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Main Street and Church

Date: 1900
Description: Horse and carriages passing in front of the Baptist Church, the Jackson County Courthouse, and the dentist office of R.C. Gebhardt.
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Cattle in Snow on Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with short-Horned cattle on a snow-covered Main Street, Black River Falls, Wisconsin, in front of the Chicago Cheap Store. The Price Manufactu...
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Fire at McGillavray Sash and Door Company

Date: 1912
Description: Building on fire, probably the McGillavray Sash and Door Company in the summer of 1912. The fire probably started from sparks from a steam engine used to f...
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High Water on River

Date: 1905
Description: View of the river and town. High water looking west. Site of the present dam, but this was the old roller dam. Building with an advertisement for Veterinar...
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Small Children Sitting in a Circle

Date: 1900
Description: A group of small children, probably Flora LeClaire's kindergarten class, sits in a circle on the floor of a classroom. Various decorations adorn the walls ...
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Couple in Cutter Sleigh

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with a man and woman sitting in a cutter sleigh pulled by a two-horse team, possibly driven by Harvey Risliands.
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Women in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Two women wearing large hats stand in a field carrying a pail. Farm buildings are in the far background.
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1905
Description: Mabel Blackhawk St. Cyr, left, and Louisa Lowcloud Thunderchief Redbird (WaQuaWaZinWinKah).
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1910 Black River Falls High School Basketball Team

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of six boys posing standing, kneeling, and sitting. Identified as BRF High School basketball team. The boys ...
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Deer Hunters and Their Deer

Date: 1908
Description: Copy photograph of an outdoor portrait of a group of men standing and kneeling in front of a line of deer suspended across First Street in Black River Fall...
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New Building on the Corner on First and Main Streets

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a man standing on a sled behind a team of two horses on a snow-covered city street in front of a two-story brick building. Location identified...
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Decorated Wagon in Parade

Date: 1905
Description: View towards a man posing sitting in a decorated wagon pulled by a team of two decorated horses on a town street. Banners on the wagon read: "The Old Stand...
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Jackson County Bank

Date: 1912
Description: View across snow-covered street towards a group of men and one boy standing in front of the Jackson County Bank, located at the southwest corner of Main an...
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Crochet Club

Date: 1900
Description: Group of fifteen women gathered around three tables behind a home, probably the DMC Club, an exclusive social and sewing society named for an imported bran...
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Portrait of Henry (Little) Snake

Date: 1915
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man, Henry (Little) Snake (HaRaChoMonEKah), sitting and wearing a scarf around his neck in front of a painted backdr...
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Telephone Workers

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of men working on telephone lines from scaffolding attached to the pole in front of the telephone exchange building.
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Train Wreck

Date: 1900
Description: Derailed locomotive and coal car. Wreck on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway, locomotive #287, in the vicinity of Black River Falls.
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Men in Headdresses

Date: 05 1913
Description: Group of a dozen men mugging for the camera. Poster on the wall advertises a "Grand Picnic and Dance in Miller's Bowery, Caroline, Wis., Sunday, May 18th 1...
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Outdoor Portrait of Man and Woman

Date: 1900
Description: Man posing sitting in a chair, and a woman posing standing next him, with a tree on the left.
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Barn Raising

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of a large group of workers, along with women, children, and dogs, posing on the frame of the barn they are building.

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