Title: Howard Greene Black River Falls, Wisconsin, Photographs
Inclusive Dates: circa 1911

Creator:

• Greene, Howard, 1864-1956

Call Number: PH 6004

Quantity: 15 photographs (15 folders)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Images of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, circa 1911, the majority of which document the October 6, 1911, flood at Black River Falls. Other images include buildings in Black River Falls before the flood and a view of the dam at Hartfield, Wisconsin, which failed to hold back the floodwaters.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph06004

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Howard Greene, 1917.

Processing Information

Processed by David Benjamin, 1995. Transferred from PH 399.

PH 6004 Item   1	Hatfield dam, Hatfield, Wisconsin
	Before the flood of 1911 October 6
Item   2	View of city from depot
Item   3	Bird's eye view of power plant
Item   4	South end of Water Street
Item   5	High water, 1911 June 6 Note: View of railroad bridge over Black River.
Item   6	Water coming over main side of our dam, 1911 June 6
Item   7	“Jim” Maitland watching the “sounding” of the rapids of Black River
Item   8-9	Nelson house sliding into river, 1911 October 6
	After the October 1911 flood
Item   10	Ruins of power plant
Item   11-12	Wreckage in Pines [Bright's Pine Grove] below city
Item   13	Steel bridge in Pines [Bright's Pine Grove] below city
Item   14	Wreckage three miles below city
Item   15	Where main channel of Black River now lies