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Log Driving Crew

Date: 1905
Description: Log driving crew for the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company. Crew members are in the process of breaking a jam at the Big Eddy. One of the men is carrying a yo...
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Load of Bark with Little Girl

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Description: Men with horse-drawn load of lumber with a little girl standing in front.
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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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International 63 Truck with Logs

Date: 06 17 1927
Description: A man and a young girl (daughter?) sitting in the open cab of an International Model 63 truck loaded with logs.
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Rail Siding and Hand Car with Crew

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Description: Rail siding and handcar with crew at Slashing, Waupaca County. Three men are standing on the handcar in the foreground. A young boy is sitting on a load of...
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Zeda Sawmill

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Description: Men posed in front of and atop a sawmill, possibly the Zeda Sawmill.
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Arpin Lumber Co. Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: 90,000 feet of pine logs floating in the storage/sorting pond at the Arpin Lumber Company sawmill. The sawmill and other buildings are in the background. O...
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Locomotive Trailing Logs

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Description: Train-load of logs with wood-burning Heisher geared locomotive and train crew.

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