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Downriver from Grand Avenue Bridge

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Description: Schooners docked on river. The view is downriver from the Grand Avenue Bridge.
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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...
Map or Atlas

Section Including Falls & Dam in Red-River

Date: 1864
Description: This map shows pictorially a section of bracketdam, section of tree dam, and crib of stone. This map was prepared by order of General Joseph Bailey and is ...
Photograph

Sorting Logs

Date: 1900
Description: Log pond with two lumberjacks walking on the floating logs and sorting them in the Peshtigo River area.
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Indian Log Drivers

Date: 1899
Description: View along shoreline towards Indian log drivers, two in a bateau, and one man standing on the bank of the Chippewa River.
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Kickapoo River Bridge

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Description: View down a metal bridge over the Kickapoo River showing a truck parked on the far side of the bridge. A man and a boy are standing at the rail of the brid...
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Chippewa Falls from the South Side

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Description: Elevated view from south side of the Chippewa River, with a bridge crossing it and buildings on both sides of the river. A bluff rises on the far side of t...
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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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Women Posing in Stream

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Description: Group of women in comical poses pulling up their skirts while standing in a stream. One woman stands on the river bank on the right. Behind them is a hill...
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Downriver from State Street Bridge

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Description: View downriver from the State Street Bridge showing a large sailing vessel.
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View from Near East Water Street Bridge

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Description: View of a steamboat down the river from near East Water Street Bridge.
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Toward the Bay from Walker's Point Bridge

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Description: View down the river toward the Bay from Walker's Point Bridge, showing several steamboats.
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Axtell House

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Description: Exterior view of the Axtell House with Walker's Point Bridge in the foreground.
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Milwaukee River Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a Milwaukee River scene showing people watching several steamboats from a bridge.
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Old Hulks and Elevator A

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Description: View of old sailing boats at a shoreline with elevator A in the background.
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Wanigan and Bateau on the Chippewa River

Date: 1896
Description: Two men, one wearing an apron, sit in a wanigan tied to the shore of the Chippewa River near Chippewa Falls. The inside of the boat appears to have a pile ...
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Steamer "St. Paul"

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Description: The bow of sidewheel excursion, "Saint Paul," at shore. Passengers are on all three decks. Sign on bow reads: "St. Louis, Dubuque, St. Paul." Later named t...
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Whaleback Shipyard

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Description: Painting of a whaleback shipyard.
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Kilbourn, Interior of Railroad Bridge

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Description: Interior of railroad bridge, with walkway below. There is a man standing on the left at the railing of the walkway.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1427: Muscular Vigor In Action

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Description: Stereograph of a man on a raft pulling down on the end of a hand hewn log, most likely the oar, while a second man stands by and watches.

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