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Central Wisconsin Telephone Company Exchange Building

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Central Wisconsin Telephone Company exchange building from the street.
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Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: View down unpaved Main Street. Caption reads: "Main Street Looking North, Merrillan, Wisconsin".
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Hull Mill

Date: 1880
Description: View across water towards the Hull mill (right), showing Merlin Hull's ancestral home at left.
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C.N. Oulie Jewelry Store

Date: 1906
Description: C.N. Oulie Jewelry Store located at 9 Main Street. Sign reflected in the window advertises the Wisconsin State Fair, September 10-14, 1906.
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First and Main, Black River Falls

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view of First and Main Streets. A banner promoting the 1891 Wisconsin State Fair is posted on the side of a building.
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Storefront with Woman and Children

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Description: Woman and children on a raised storefront.
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Cattle in Snow on Main Street

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Description: Winter scene with short-horned cattle on snow-covered Main Street, Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
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Schoolhouse

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Description: Schoolhouse, probably the Waldrich/Waldrick School.
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Pleasant View School, Brockway, Wisconsin

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Description: View across snow-covered ground towards a fence in front of a wooden school house building. Identified as the Pleasant View school in Brockway.
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Parade in Black River Falls

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a parade on a town street. Identified as a parade in Black River Falls, taking place for the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Main Street in Alma Center

Date: 1908
Description: Main Street in Alma Center.
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Red Cloud Park

Date: 1978
Description: Native Americans keeping the music alive. George Whitewing, a Ho Chunk musician from Wittenberg, Wisconsin, plays his drum while a crowd looks on in Red Cl...
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Church and Houses

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Description: Church building and two frame houses.
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Field of Tall Vegetation

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Description: Outdoor view of a field with tall vegetation.
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Sleds and Sleighs

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Description: Winter scene with sleds and sleighs on a snow-covered street in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. The man in center sleigh is probably Moses Paquette.
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American Express Company and Exchange Office of the Central Wisconsin Telephone Company

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Description: Exterior view from street of brick two-story building partially owned by Charles J. Van Schaick which housed the American Express Company and Exchange Offi...
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Family Posing in Front of their House

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a man and five children posing standing in the yard of a small wooden house. Possibly Native American.
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Black River — Hell's Half Acre

Date: 1929
Description: View of the rocky Black River.
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McGillivray Factory Fire

Date: 07 1912
Description: Elevated view of the fire at the McGillivray factory.
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Copy Photograph; Ice and Log Jam

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Description: Copy photograph of an ice jam on a river and a town.

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