Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Log transportation
Filter: Subject of land
Filter: Subject of botany
| Date: | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of lumber raft and workers on the Chippewa River. In the background on the right are dwellings. |
| Date: | 1869 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view from steep shoreline of a log jam of about 150 million feet of logs, stopped at the piers of Pound, Halbert, and Co., which stood in about 40... |
| Date: | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A fleet of rafts on the Wisconsin River below the Kilbourn dam. |
| Date: | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Stereograph view of several groups of men on rafts loaded with felled trees. |
| Date: | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Stereograph of a man on a lumber raft steering the raft through the rapids in the Wisconsin Dells. Caption at bottom: The Camera's Story of Raftman's Life ... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A fleet of rafts on the Wisconsin River below the Kilbourn dam. |
| Date: | 1887 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two lumber rafts with men aboard floating down the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Stereograph of a man on a raft throwing a rope. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Swallows Nests, south face, with lumber rafts at the base. |
| Date: | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Stereograph of a group of men "witching up." |
| Date: | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Stereograph of men working on rafts. |
| Date: | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Stereograph of four raftsmen shipping an oar in the Dells. |
| Date: | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Stereograph of Jim Short steering a raft riding the rough waters of the river. |
| Date: | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Stereograph of a raftsman, Jim Aljoe, standing with his elbow propped on his knee holding the end of the rudder. A second man is sitting on the raft in the... |
| Date: | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two men on a raft that is breaking up are throwing a rope to a man standing on rocks on the riverbank. |
| Date: | 08 24 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View across water of several men steering a lumber raft over the dam at Munger's Mill. A second raft is in the background, in front of railroad bridge. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two men are on a raft. One man is bending to lift a piece of wood, and the second man is throwing a rope to a third man on the shore. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Stereograph of a group of raftsmen eating at a table onboard a lumber raft near the shoreline. |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at:
