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Visitors to the Iron Ridge Mine

Date: 1900
Description: Visitors, dressed in their Sunday best, contrast with the rough garb of the miners. Left to right, miners were: Charles Kanass, Robert "Beaver" Smith (hold...
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Stahl Dog Team

Date: 1910
Description: Tom Stahl's dog team transporting two women in La Pointe on Madeline Island.
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Woman at Traveling Photographer's Wagon

Date: 1890
Description: A woman, possibly the daughter of C.R. Monroe, holding up an image of Black River Falls Main Street at the back of a traveling photographer's wagon.
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La Pointe Village School

Date: 1910
Description: Two women sitting in dog cart on dirt street in front of boardwalk. La Pointe Village School is in the background. Dog team belongs to Tom Stahl.
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Wisconsin Farm

Date: 1873
Description: Three people are posing in the foreground, with a man with a long beard standing in front of two women sitting in a horse-drawn carriage. There is a barn a...
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Man in front of Fence

Date: 1873
Description: A bearded man is standing in the foreground in front of a fence, and a person is sitting on the fence on the right. Two people are standing on the hill beh...
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Edward Truempler Farm, Mill Creek

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Description: Elevated view across field with large haystacks towards a woman sitting in horse-drawn carriage in a farmyard.
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Farm and Rolling Hills

Date: 1873
Description: View of a prosperous farmstead from a neighboring hill. A man is standing near a woman in a horse-drawn vehicle in front of a board fence in the foreground...
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G. Gullockson Farmstead

Date: 1876
Description: View, from above, of what may be the G. Gullockson farmstead. A frame house is in the left foreground, with a large group of men, women and children standi...
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People with Wagon and Carriage on Farm

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Description: A man stands on grain bundles piled on a wagon in front of the barn, and other people are in a horse-drawn carriage on the left side of the barn. In the ba...
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Family with Carriage

Date: 1870
Description: A carriage and a family stand in front of a picket fence in front of an unpainted Greek Revival frame house. Attached to the house is a storefront. Althoug...
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Landscape View with River and Riverboat

Date: 1858
Description: Lithograph view of river with a riverboat on the river, and a family on a hill above the river. There is a wagon or cart on the road below the hill.
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Lost Canyon

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Description: Elevated view of a cart of tourists in Lost Canyon.
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Mrs. Saxon and Horse Trixie

Date: 1919
Description: Mrs. Saxon in buggy with umbrella being pulled by her horse named Trixie.
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Street Scene

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Description: Group of men and children standing in the middle of the unpaved street. On the left are storefronts, and in the far distance is a church and tree-lined rid...
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Main Street Looking North

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Description: View uphill of an unpaved Main Street. There is a horse and buggy in the street. A group of men congregate on a sidewalk at the corner.
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Bridgeport Hotel

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Description: The exterior of the Bridgeport Hotel. A man, boy, dog, and two women stand on the porch.
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First Avenue

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Description: View of First Avenue, the main street in town. Stores, restaurants, and lodging houses stand on either side of the street. Snow-covered mountains rise in t...
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Train Depot — Looking North

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of the De Soto depot. A locomotive, blowing steam, is approaching the platform, where a small group of people waits to board. A boxcar on the...
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Freighting in Okanogan County

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Description: A couple sits atop a covered wagon pulled by mules. In the background is a steep hill. Another man squats near the wagon with his arms around a dog.

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