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Lumber Raft on the Chippewa River

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of lumber raft and workers on the Chippewa River. In the background on the right are dwellings.
Photograph

Log Driving Crew

Date: 1905
Description: Log driving crew for the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company. Crew members are in the process of breaking a jam at the Big Eddy. One of the men is carrying a yo...
Photograph

Huge Log Jam

Date: 1869
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...
Photograph

Trail Through Pines

Date: 1905
Description: Trail through the pines between Chippewa Falls and Long Lake, Chippewa County.
Painting

Chippewa Falls

Date: 1850
Description: Painting depicting Chippewa Falls and the first sawmill on the Chippewa River, built by Jean Brunet. The residence of H.S. Allen, one of the owners of the...
Manuscript

Chippewa Spring Sanitorium Hotel

Date: 
Description: Front cover of Prospectus of The Chippewa Spring Sanitorium Hotel. An illustration of the hotel is included along with the words: "Health, Rest, And Joy".
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of the City of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye map of Chippewa Falls.
Photograph

Hollon Richardson

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Description: First Lieutenant Hollon Richardson of the 7th Wisconsin Volunteers, Company A, Iron Brigade.
Photograph

Irvine Park Bandstand

Date: 1930
Description: Bandstand in Irvine Park.
Postcard

Chippewa Shoe Mfg. Co.

Date: 1919
Description: Slightly elevated view toward the Chippewa Shoe Manufacturing Company building, Bay Street & River Street, looking north. Caption reads: "Chippewa Shoe Mfg...
Photograph

Dam and Bridge

Date: 
Description: Dam and bridge near Chippewa Falls, looking across the river towards a few buildings on the opposite bank. Caption at bottom reads: "View of the Dam at Chi...
Photograph

Evangelical Church in Chippewa Falls

Date: 1876
Description: Front entrance to the Evangelical Church, founded in approximately 1876.
Photograph

Grand Avenue

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view from hill of Grand Avenue. A young boy is posing against a large tree in the right foreground looking out over the town.
Photograph

Stanley Hotel in Chippewa Falls

Date: 1920
Description: View from street towards the Stanley Hotel on a corner, with large electricity poles on the sidewalk in front.
Photograph

Chippewa Falls

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of Chippewa Falls during the winter.
Photograph

Chippewa Falls

Date: 1870
Description: Chippewa Falls taken from high ground.
Photograph

Chippewa Falls

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of Chippewa Falls seen through trees.
Photograph

Wilson House in Chippewa Falls

Date: 1920
Description: Wilson House at 320 Superior Street. The house was owned by the proprietor of Wilson's Wholesale Grocery.
Photograph

Indian Protest

Date: 08 02 1971
Description: Site of a demonstration by Lac Courte Oreilles Chippewa against the Northern States Power Company dam on the Chippewa Flowage, Sawyer County. There is an A...
Photograph

Log Jam at Big Eddy

Date: 1905
Description: Log jam at Big Eddy on the Chippewa River during the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company log drive. There is a bridge in the distance, and trees are along the s...

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