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Early Power Boat Used for Fishing

Date: 1900
Description: Steamboat on Long Lake owned by Lorenzo Newman of Chippewa Falls. It is anchored at Newman Peninsula on Long Lake near a wet boathouse. The boat was operat...
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Loggers in Bateaux

Date: 1900
Description: Log driving crew on river in five bateaux. In the background on the left is a bridge.
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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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Log Drive at Jim Falls

Date: 1909
Description: Men in bateaux for the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company's log drive on the Chippewa River at Jim Falls.
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Irvine Park

Date: 1910
Description: Margery Bish sitting on the wooden stairs at Irvine Park. Two men are standing further back on the tree-lined path. Irvine Park was established in 1906 on ...
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Birch Trees at Round Lake

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Description: Round Lake with birch trees on shore in foreground and a rowboat pulled up to shoreline.
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Round Lake

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Description: The curved shoreline of Round Lake. A rowboat is drawn up to the sandy shoreline on the right. The surface of the water is smooth.
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The Last of the Great Lumber Rafts

Date: 1900
Description: A woman and a man are standing on a hill overlooking a large lumber raft (allegedly the last of its kind) traveling down the Mississippi River. There is a ...

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