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Structure of a Log Cabin

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Description: The structure of a log cabin as seen from a horse-drawn vehicle.
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Small Wooden House

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a small wooden house and bare trees in the yard.
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Residential Street om Black River Falls

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Description: Residential street, with a blacksmith's shop on the left hand side of the street.
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S.H. Van Gorden & Son General Merchandise Store

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Description: Men posed standing in front of the S.H. Van Gorden & Son General Merchandise Store on a snow-covered street. S.H. Van Gorden is probably standing on porch ...
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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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Family Group in Front of an Unidentified House

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a family group, and a man posing standing displaying a horse and buggy, in front of a two-story wooden house.
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Peddlers

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Description: View towards two men sitting by a wagon with wares spread out on the ground. Probably peddlers with their products.
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Jackson County Poor Home

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Description: Man posed sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse in front of a two-story brick building, probably the Jackson County Poor Home.
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Parade Dispersing

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Description: Elevated view of spectators and a marching band leaving a parade. There are bridges crossing a river in the background.
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Logging Camp or Mining Camp

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Description: Exterior stereograph view across snow-covered field towards buildings and trees. Identified possibly as the York Iron Mine. *It looks like a logging camp.
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Horse and Sleigh

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Description: Right side view of a horse pulling an empty sleigh standing on the snow-covered ground. In the background on the right is a barn. There are houses in the f...
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Two Men in a Wagon

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Description: Outdoor view of two men posing sitting in a two-wheeled wagon pulled by a single horse. There are wooden buildings in the background.
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Man Displaying a Horse

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Description: View towards a man displaying a single horse near a racing buggy resting on a trunk. There are buildings among trees in the background.
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Two-Horse Sled

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Description: Outdoor view of a man posing standing on a sled pulled by a team of two horses on a snow-covered road.
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Patriotic Parade

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Description: View across unpaved road towards a group of people on a stagecoach patriotically decorated for a parade on a town street.
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Farming Scene

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Description: View across road and field towards a farm. The farmhouse is on the right, with farm buildings on the left. A two-horse cart is in the center.
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Group Portrait of Seven Men and a Photographer's Cart

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a group of seven men posing in front of C.R. Monroe's photographer's cart among trees.
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Man in Buggy

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Description: Man in a top-buggy posing with a team of two horses in front of the Merchants Hotel.
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Ho-Chunk Summer Lodges

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Description: Ho-Chunk summer lodges behind a fence surrounded by trees. In the foreground is a wagon.
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Horse and Buggy in front of a House

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Description: Two men are posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse wearing a fly-net in front of a frame house.

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