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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Log driving crew on river in five bateaux. In the background on the left is a bridge. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Men in bateaux for the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company's log drive on the Chippewa River at Jim Falls. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Logs move down the river, swirling with cross currents, resulting in a huge log jam. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Log jam at Big Eddy on the Chippewa River during the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company log drive. There is a bridge in the distance, and trees are along the s... |
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| Description: | Men working to break up a log jam under the Hatfield Wagon Bridge. This is the original Hatfield Bridge, destroyed when the Hatfield Dam failed in the floo... |
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| Description: | Men working to break up a log jam under the Hatfield Bridge. This is the original Hatfield Bridge, destroyed when the Hatfield Dam failed in the flood of 1... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a sawmill area and Lake Winnebago in the foreground. The square building with the "cupola" was the Revere House. A manuscript notation, very... |
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| Description: | Several men standing amidst a huge log jam on the St. Croix River. The men are standing in a line holding a rope. A bridge spans the river in the far backg... |
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| Description: | View of a flat bottom boat known as an "Alligator," which was used in "booming and towing" logs on rivers. |
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| Description: | Log driving crew sitting down for lunch on the bank of a river (probably the Trap River or Rib River). There is a batteau at the water's edge, and one man ... |
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| Description: | A composite of three photographs of the Menominee River with decorative graphics. Views of the river include log drivers and an elevated perspective of the... |
| Date: | 02 1946 |
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| Description: | Advertising proof for "rugged" International trucks, featuring a color illustration of men log driving timber down a river with an International truck bear... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Three men loading up a logging truck with timber. Two of the men are standing on the ground using pulley's, and the third man is on top of the trailer with... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a log jam under a railroad bridge about half a mile from the Black River Falls Dam. On the opposite shoreline, men sit atop a fence.... |
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| Description: | Group of men and a boy posed holding logging tools and standing in front of tents on the banks of a river, probably just south of Black River Falls. A man ... |
| Date: | 05 1909 |
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| Description: | A log driving crew at Eagle Rapids Dam on the Chippewa River. Bottom of print reads: "Eagle Rapids Jam. May, 18-09." |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a group of men posing standing on top of and around logs on a sled pulled by a team of horses. |
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