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Photograph

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.
Photograph

Carvers Working at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 1899
Description: Two stone cutters (probably Italian) working on decorative details over the east entrance during the construction of the State Historical Society of Wiscon...
Photograph

Construction of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 1899
Description: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, during construction. Details of interior, including ceiling and arches.
Photograph

Knapp, Stout and Company Lumber Mill

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view looking north towards Menomonie, the Knapp, Stout and Company lumber mills.
Photograph

Wagon Load of Logs

Date: 1899
Description: Front view of a man holding the reins of two horses hitched to a sled loaded with logs on a snowy path in or near Vinette's logging camp.
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Lumber Planing Mill

Date: 1899
Description: Several wagon loads of lumber stand in the yard of a planing mill.
Map or Atlas

Douglas County, Wisconsin Showing Copper Bearing Formation

Date: 1899
Description: This 1899 map of Douglas County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities, villages and railroad stations, mines, roads, railr...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Joseph Dessert Lumber Co’s Addition to Mosinee

Date: 1899
Description: This map is ink on tracing cloth and shows lot and block numbers and dimensions, streets, the high school park, and survey monuments. The map is oriented ...
Photograph

Rebuilding

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of a horse-drawn wagon loaded with lumber standing in front of the frame of building under construction facing Main Street. There is a worker...
Photograph

William Leonard Burnap Carrying Wood

Date: 1899
Description: Standing on the steps of Island Lodge, William Leonard Burnap is carrying newly split wood. Jeannette Holt is standing inside the screened-in porch on the ...
Photograph

Wallace Rumsey Building a Seat

Date: 1899
Description: Wallace Rumsey is building a wooden seat from a fallen log at Lookout Point on the Island at Archibald Lake. Caption reads: "Building the seat on the point...

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