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| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from steep shoreline of a log jam of about 150 million feet of logs, stopped at the piers of Pound, Halbert, and Co., which stood in about 40... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn wagons, including a water wagon, stand on a street next to a broad sidewalk in a commercial district. The storefronts of P.L. McQuillan and Con... |
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| Description: | Elevated view from south side of the Chippewa River, with a bridge crossing it and buildings on both sides of the river. A bluff rises on the far side of t... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Fire department steamer #1 fire engine, named after hotel proprietor J.A. Taylor. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Three barefoot boys stand on a pile of logs in the foreground looking across the river at a group of men working to free a log jam in the Big Eddy on the C... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Two men, one wearing an apron, sit in a wanigan tied to the shore of the Chippewa River near Chippewa Falls. The inside of the boat appears to have a pile ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the riverfront, railroad tracks, and river, "as viewed from Joseph McGuire's." |
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| Description: | Several men and women standing inside a department store next to tables piled with bolts of fabric. The store has a pressed tin ceiling. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from road of exterior of house on the H.S. Allen homestead. The house has a widow's walk and a wrap-around porch. There are many large trees on the pr... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Big Falls, looking down the Flambeau River. There are large boulders in the foreground and patches of ice in the river. Caption at bottom reads: "Big Falls... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The square, four-story brick Chippewa Shoe Company building, located at the intersection of Bay Street and River Street looking North. There is a fire esca... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Duncan Creek with McDonnell High School and a church in the background. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across road towards two men standing facing each other just outside the front entrance to Glen and Star's Mill, near a brewery. There is snow on the g... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Hoenig Brothers & Co. two-story hardware and undertaking storefront. A man stands to the left of the building. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | An engraving of an elevated view of the Leinenkugel brewery, est. 1867, located at 5 Jefferson Avenue. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from across street of the J.W. Mason hardware store, next to a barbershop. A horse and buggy are driving past the store. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Stanley Lumber Company's office entrance way and porch. Built about 1890. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | F.G. and C.A. Stanley Manufacturing Plant. There is a plank sidewalk in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | F.G. and C.A. Stanley Manufacturing Company office and lumberyard. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Several buildings in the complex of the F.G. and C.A. Stanley Manufacturing Plant. The largest building is labeled "F.G. and C.A. Stanley." A smaller build... |
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