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Log Running on the Chippewa River

Date: 1904
Description: Logs floating down the river beneath the bridge on the Chippewa River. On the far shoreline are billboards. One advertises for "J.R. Sharp Hardware." Men a...
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International 63 Truck with Logs

Date: 06 17 1927
Description: A man and a young girl (daughter?) sitting in the open cab of an International Model 63 truck loaded with logs.
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Lumber Mill on Chippewa River in Winter

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Description: A lumber mill complex on the banks of the Chippewa River. Patches of ice are on the river. Numerous logs lie on the shore opposite the mill and on the ice.
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Spring Log Running

Date: 1904
Description: Logs floating down the Chippewa River in front of the "Big Mill".
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Warrens Mill

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Description: View across yard of men and children posed near what is probably Warrens Mill. Men and children are posed standing, sitting in lumber wagons, on horses, an...
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Zeda Sawmill

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Description: Men posed in front of and atop a sawmill, possibly the Zeda Sawmill.
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Group in front of Sawmill

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Description: Two men, two women, a girl, and a dog posed standing next to a man displaying two oxen. In the background are two men posed sitting on a wagon loaded with ...
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Loading a Bobsled with Logs

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Description: Group of men posed standing near and on two bobsleds loaded with logs and pulled by teams of four horses. There is an empty sled pulled by a team of four h...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Logging camp with numerous bobsleds loaded with logs. Two men and two women are posed sitting in a sleigh pulled by a team of two horses in front of a wood...
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Group of People on Rocky Shorline of River

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Description: View from shoreline of two women posed on logs on rocky shoreline by the river. Four or five young boys sit on the rocks on the left. There is a railroad b...
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Men Around a Sawmill

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Description: View across open ground towards men posing sitting and standing in horse-drawn wagons in front of a sawmill.

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