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Wisconsin Telephone Company Building

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Description: A group of men with a horse-drawn vehicle are standing outside of the Wisconsin Telephone Company Building, located at 16-18 S. Carroll Street.
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Horse-Powered River Ferry

Date: 1907
Description: Horse-powered Mississippi River Ferry. This ferry was operated between Turkey river, Iowa and Cassville, Wisconsin by Alfred Dietrich.
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Two Women Sitting on the Laps of Two Men in a Buggy

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of four people posing sitting in a buggy drawn by a single horse.
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Two Men in a Buggy

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Description: Outdoor portrait of two European American men posing sitting in a wagon pulled by a single horse.
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Fountain on Broadway

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Description: Two men are standing by the fountain on Broadway, which is topped by a statue. A horse and carriage are parked next to the fountain, and a dog is relaxing ...
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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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Judging Horses

Date: 1925
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men gathered around four teams of horses hitched to sleighs in a snow covered lot. There is a dog at the center of the...
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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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Horse-Drawn Patent Medicines Wagon

Date: 01 07 1937
Description: A traveling salesman with Willson's Monarch Labs is standing beside the horse-drawn wagon that took him on sales routes in rural Wisconsin. Willson manufac...
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Man and Woman in Horse-Drawn Buggy

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Description: Man and woman posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse. There is a large fur over their laps. They are in front of the gate of a wooden fence and...
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Falls House

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Description: Falls House, a little one-dollar-a-day hotel near the banks of the Black River at the corner of First and Fillmore Streets, built by Susan Gebhardt in 1886...
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Charcoal Kilns

Date: 09 27 1895
Description: Elevated view of men and horses standing atop the platform used to load wood into charcoal kilns, also known as pits. These kilns convert cord wood into ch...
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Bridge Over River

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Description: Elevated view over buildings of men and women walking across a bridge over a high river. There is a railroad bridge in the background.
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H.H. Bright and his Daughters and Friend

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Description: Four girls posed sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse, and man posed standing nearby, probably H.H. Bright and his daughters and their friend.
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People in front of Frame House

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Description: Man posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse. Nearby are two men and two women posing standing near a wooden fence. In the background is a two-st...
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Group of People Near a Fence

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Description: Angular view across road towards a man, woman, girl and boy posing near a fence in front of a frame house. There is a horse-drawn buggy on the left.
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Couple in a Wagon

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Description: Exterior portrait of a man and woman posing sitting in a wagon pulled by a single horse. Location identified as in front of the Methodist Church, its steep...
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Peddler's Wagon

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man and woman posing standing by the rear of a wagon pulled by a team of two horses. There is a man posing sitting in the wagon. Iden...
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Horse and Buggy near Merchant's Hotel

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Description: Outdoor view of a man posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a horse on a town street. Location identified as in front of the Merchants Hotel.
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Two Images: N.L. Ellis Photographer Cart; Man

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Description: Two images on one glass plate. On the left: N.L. Ellis Photographer cart, with a dog on a fur-covered chair posing in front. On the right: portrait of a ma...

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