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Lumber Raft on the Chippewa River

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of lumber raft and workers on the Chippewa River. In the background on the right are dwellings.
Map or Atlas

A Bird's-Eye View of the City of Ashland, Wis. County Seat of Ashland Co.

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye view of Ashland, on the shores of Lake Superior, with insets of The Apostle Islands Chequamagon Bay & Ashland, and Distances from Ashland.
Photograph

Log Drive on Wisconsin River

Date: 1913
Description: Eight men are in a boat driving logs down the Wisconsin River.
Map or Atlas

La Crosse Bird's-Eye Map

Date: 1876
Description: Bird's-eye view of La Crosse.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series Unnumbered: Eating On Board

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Description: Stereograph of a group of raftsmen eating at a table onboard a lumber raft near the shoreline.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of the City of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye map of Chippewa Falls.
Map or Atlas

Panoramic View of Fountain City, Buffalo County, Wisconsin

Date: 1880
Description: Bird's-eye map over the Mississippi River of Fountain City. Paddle steamers and steamboats are on the river, and bluffs are in the background.
Photograph

Cook's Tent in Log Drive

Date: 1913
Description: Cook's tent on a raft in the midst of a log drive on the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Log Jam

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Description: Elevated view of a log jam in the middle of the river. Logs are stuck on a small sandbar in the foreground. Trees are on both sides of the water, and house...
Photograph

Log Drive Down the River, West Virginia

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Description: Elevated view of logs in the river. Near the river's bend are houses and other structures. The rolling hills and forests of West Virginia are in the backgr...
Photograph

Log Cabin in Woods

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Description: View from hill looking down on a group of log cabins inhabited by "dam tenders" on the shore of the icebound Chippewa River. A logging dam in is in the rig...
Painting

Menasha Painting

Date: 1856
Description: ". . . The upper Grand Chute was the last of the 'improvements' paintings signed by Brookes and Stevenson. Yet there were two more vital links in the Fox R...
Photograph

Visiting a Log Drive

Date: 1912
Description: Businessmen visiting a log drive down the Wisconsin River. One man wearing a vest sits in a boat holding a peavey hook over his shoulder. Other men wearing...
Photograph

Businessmen Visiting Logging Crew

Date: 1912
Description: View from shoreline over tree branches of three businessmen visiting a logging crew on the Wisconsin River. One businessman sits on a boat while two others...
Photograph

Logs in the Black River

Date: 
Description: View of a large group of logs on the rocky shoreline of a river. Buildings are along the opposite shoreline, also covered with logs. Identified as the Blac...
Postcard

Grand Rapids and the Wisconsin River

Date: 
Description: Elevated view from bluff of Grand Rapids and the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

On the Raft

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Description: Stereograph of men on a large raft on the Wisconsin River, with exposed, tree-lined rock formations on the shoreline in the background. Wanigans (shelters)...

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