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Ruins of Forest Fire

Date: 1913
Description: Forest of burnt tree trunks and broken logs.
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Pumpkins and Corn Shocks

Date: 1913
Description: A cleared portion of a cornfield filled with corn shocks and pumpkins. The uncleared corn field is in the background.
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Logging Stacks

Date: 1913
Description: View from low hill of piles of logs along the icy rivers edge. A pile of logs is on the shoreline, and a large amount of neatly stacked logs are in the bac...
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Two Girls Standing on Bridge

Date: 1913
Description: View from riverbank looking down towards two girls standing in the middle of a bridge along a road. They are looking over the railing at the water below. F...
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Home of Dr. Joseph Smith

Date: 1913
Description: Dr. Joseph Smith's home at 118 E Scott, which is a corner lot close to the tree-lined road. Rocking chairs sit on the front porch.
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Christmas Decorations

Date: 1911
Description: Christmas decorations in an office at Dr. Joseph Smith's house. Wrapping paper from opened gifts lie beneath the decorated Christmas tree.
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Visiting a Log Drive

Date: 1912
Description: Businessmen visiting a log drive down the Wisconsin River. One man wearing a vest sits in a boat holding a peavey hook over his shoulder. Other men wearing...
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Businessmen Visiting Logging Crew

Date: 1912
Description: View from shoreline over tree branches of three businessmen visiting a logging crew on the Wisconsin River. One businessman sits on a boat while two others...
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Meal with the Log Drivers

Date: 1912
Description: View towards shoreline of log drivers eating lunch on the edge of the riverbank. Visiting businessmen share a meal with the log drivers who are sitting and...
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Log Drivers Lunch

Date: 1912
Description: View towards shoreline of log drivers eating lunch on the edge of the riverbank. The men wait in line along a buffet table filled with provisions. The busi...
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Traveling to the Log Drive

Date: 1912
Description: Four businessmen in suits and hats stand around an automobile parked among birch trees, while another man sits in the passenger seat. They are visiting a l...
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Posing on the Cooks Tent

Date: 1912
Description: View looking down from riverbank of four businessmen and the log driving cook posing on the cooks tent barge during the log drive.
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Lunch on the Log Drive

Date: 1912
Description: Four businessmen standing around a table, eating along the banks of the Wisconsin River. The table is set with a stack of bowls and a crate of apples. Logs...
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Loggers Next to a Log Cabin

Date: 02 1914
Description: Several loggers are standing next to a log cabin, while a few men are sitting on the roof of the cabin during a snowstorm.
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Steamhauler

Date: 02 1914
Description: A steamhauler pulling logs on skids to the mill during a snowstorm.
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Rosenberry Picnic

Date: 1913
Description: Marvin B. Rosenberry cooks over a campfire in a wooded area, while Katherine Landfair Rosenberry and Mary E. Smith stand behind him watching.
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Rotary Club Barbeque

Date: 1916
Description: Rotary Club barbeque along the Plover River at the campsite of Neal Brown. Several men gather around a barbeque pit where meat is being cooked on a rotisse...
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Rotisserie at Rotary Club Barbeque

Date: 1916
Description: Basting the meat on the rotisserie for the Rotary Club Barbeque held at the campsite of Neal Brown.
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Marvin B. Rosenberry Picnic

Date: 1913
Description: Marvin B. Rosenberry cooking over a campfire while a young woman, possibly his daughter (?), holding a bouquet of flowers watches.
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Picking Flowers

Date: 1913
Description: Woman, possibly Marvin B. Rosenberry's daughter (?), picking flowers in a field near a lake.

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