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| Date: | 1903 |
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| 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: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A crowd surrounds a man as he stands atop a tree trunk swinging his axe in a woodchopping contest. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Sawmill on a Menominee Indian reservation, with logs floating in the water in the foreground. Caption reads: "Menominee Indian Mills." |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the city and the Mississippi River from the bluffs above the city. Photograph was taken after 1902 when the Buffalo County Training School... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Mississippi River with log rafts. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the Wausau mill and dam next to the river, where logs were first sorted. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Chippewa Falls from the south side of the river below the falls. Includes the Sheely House Tavern, railway buildings, box cars, a train with five passenger... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Chicago and Northwestern railroad staton in Elton, with lumber stacked on the ground. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the Green Bay (later Hoberg) Paper and Fibre Company, from the back. Stacks of logs are in the foreground near water. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across river towards the town. Caption reads: "Ladysmith, Wis." Logs are floating in the water in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Logs floating down the river beneath the bridge on the Chippewa River. On the far shoreline are billboards. One advertises for "J.R. Sharp Hardware." Men a... |
| Date: | 09 04 1919 |
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| Description: | A man in a hat drives an International model "G" truck carrying logs with a wagon past a building. On the image is written: "Weight of load, "16.000.LB", a... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View from river of a machine/crane moving bundles of pulpwood to be made into paper. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Logs floating down the Chippewa River in front of the "Big Mill". |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Team of horses driving through Antigo hauling 12800 Ft. of lumber. Three men and one driver are sitting on top of the large pile of wood as a crowd of peop... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of William Bonifas Lumber Mill showing the mill buildings, a water tower, "Railroad Crossing" sign, an automobile, lumber stacked on railroad cars, an... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of logs floating down the Wisconsin River, with rocky cliffs along the shoreline. A bridge and buildings are in the background, with a tree-c... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View toward four men riding in a car, with deer fixed to the left running board and the rear. Some of the men are smoking cigars. Behind them is the Nathan... |
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