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Lumbering horses and oxen

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Description: Lumber crew posing with horses and oxen.
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Schooner Leaving Milwaukee Harbor

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Description: Leaving Milwaukee harbor via tugboat, this was the final voyage of the Lucia B. Simpson. Made in 1928, the Simpson was the last of the lake lumber s...
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J.S. Timlin Lumber Company

Date: 1958
Description: Aerial photograph showing the J.S. Timlin Lumber Company, 2702 University Avenue, as well as Doctors Park, the Veterans Hospital, and the First Unitarian S...
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The "Hilton"

Date: 1910
Description: The "Hilton," a boat owned by the John Schroeder Lumber Company; captained by Harry Brower.
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Chippewa River Log Marks

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Description: A few typical Chippewa River log marks, including bark marks and end stamps.
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Group of People near Waterfall

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Description: Group of four men and a girl standing on the opposite shoreline by the falls, with probably the Charter Oak Mill on the right on Squaw Creek.
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 06 23 1949
Description: Soap Box Derby participant, Warren Slightam, age 13, with Marshall "Marsh" Parkinson, yard manager of the J.J. Fitzpatrick Lumber Company, which is sponsor...
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West Ward

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Description: Elevated view of the West Ward of town including the hospital. View features many large wooden buildings built on a hillside with a lumber yard in the fore...
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Lumber Yard

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Description: Elevated view across railroad tracks of a lumber yard. A two-story building on the right has a sign that says: "Lovejoy & Ringham". There are fences, a sto...
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Interior of Lumber Mill Office

Date: 1898
Description: Interior of the Knapp, Stout & Co. lumber mill office with posed members of the staff. On the desk in the center of the room is a device with an earpiece h...

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