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| Date: | 11 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of funeral and tent/morgue from the Cherry Mine disaster. Caption reads: "#37 Cherry Mine Horror Showing Morgue Dunham Photo Princeto... |
| Date: | 11 1909 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a family. Caption reads: "W.H. Clelland and Family. One of the Cherry Mine survivers [sic]. It is this man who was said to have le... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | View looking across the river east into Black River Falls during the flood, showing the elevated level of the river and buildings falling into the water. C... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Damage caused by a tornado to a barn near Reseburg. The caption notes that the farm was rented and that "moonshine" was being made there. Some locals at t... |
| Date: | 07 03 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a tornado that destroyed a farm. Caption reads: "Berlin Wis., Cyclone, July 3, '07 — Wightman's House and Ba... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the devastation after a flood in central Black River Falls. Caption reads: "Where City Once Stood - Business Section." |
| Date: | 10 05 1911 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a flood. Crowds are gathered on the river bank, the bridge and the higher ground in the background. Caption ... |
| Date: | 10 05 1911 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a flood in a residential neighborhood. A man is picking up pieces of wood in the road. Large piles of debris... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a fire. Most of the parsonage is destroyed. There are onlookers on the lawn in front of the house. Caption r... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Pecatonica River at the bridge. The river is flooding the town. Caption reads: "Pecatonica River on a Rampage, Darlington, , Wis." |
| Date: | 10 10 1913 |
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| Description: | View towards a tornado-damaged home with most of the roof missing and a collapsed barn. A chicken is in the yard. Captions read: "Barn" and "Mrs. E.C. Barn... |
| Date: | 10 10 1913 |
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| Description: | View of a collapsed barn after a tornado. The house in the background on the right is missing its roof. Captions read: "Barn," "House," "After the Cyclone,... |
| Date: | 10 10 1913 |
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| Description: | View looking down towards two men standing on a sidewalk in a residential neighborhood after a tornado. There are damaged trees, and part of a wooden wall ... |
| Date: | 08 01 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "North and West View, St. John's Institute for Deaf Mutes, St. Francis, Wis. Aug 1, 1907." A partially burned stone and brick building... |
| Date: | 07 18 1916 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Effect of Hard Storm, June 1st, 1916. Pra. Du Sac, Wis." Five adults and two children survey the damage after a large tree was blown ... |
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