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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.
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Chippewa Valley Village

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Description: Winter view of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Valley village.
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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...
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Hand Engine of Volunteer Fire Department

Date: 1887
Description: Peter Selb, Ben Dietrich, J.A. Lockwood, Matt Dietrich, and John Downing pose around the hand engine of the volunteer fire department. All but Selb were ch...
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J.A. Taylor Steamer #1

Date: 1905
Description: Fire department steamer #1 fire engine, named after hotel proprietor J.A. Taylor.
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Breaking Log Jam on Chippewa River

Date: 1903
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...
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Herreman Drugstore

Date: 1918
Description: Rial Herreman, Sr. and Rial Herreman, Jr. inside the Herreman Drugstore in Boyd, Wisconsin.
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In the Laboratory

Date: 1920
Description: Rial Herreman prepares a mixture in the laboratory of his drugstore in Boyd, Wisconsin.
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Chippewa Falls Riverfront

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Description: Elevated view of the riverfront, railroad tracks, and river, "as viewed from Joseph McGuire's."
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Department Store Interior

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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.
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Duncan Creek

Date: 1900
Description: View from shoreline of Duncan Creek, a dam, and a flour mill.
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Duncan Creek

Date: 1920
Description: View from shoreline of Duncan Creek, with an old dam and on the oppostie shoreline, the residence of Fred Adler, the owner of a brewery and a store in the ...
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Kierig-Babbitt Building in Bloomer

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior view of the Kierig-Babbitt building, built in 1880.
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Twelve Mile House

Date: 1935
Description: An old house in a rural area, with some broken windows, and a road in the foreground.
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1895
Description: View of Methodist Episcopal Church or Emma Suxton Memorial Church.
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H.S. Allen Homestead

Date: 1900
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...
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Irvine Park Bandstand

Date: 1930
Description: Bandstand in Irvine Park.
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Big Falls on the Flambeau River

Date: 1900
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...
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Chippewa Shoe Company

Date: 1900
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...
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Dam and Bridge

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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...

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