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| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Back cover of a pamphlet advertising 10-ton Caterpillar tractors. The headline reads: "Dependable Under All Conditions" and is illustrated with six photogr... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Interior page of a pamphlet advertising the Best tractor for loggers. The text reads: "It is in getting the logs from the woods to the pond or mill that gr... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view towards the front left side of the "Sixty" logging cruiser tractor made by the C.L. Best Tractor Company. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of loggers posing with logs piled on horse-drawn sleds. Caption reads: "Logging, Athens, Wis." |
| Date: | 12 07 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated photographic postcard view of a paddle steamer towing rafts loaded with logs through an open pontoon bridge on the Mississippi River. Caption read... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from rocky shoreline across river towards a man standing on rocks and holding a stick in front of a rock face on the opposite shoreline. There are lar... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn load of 6000 ft. of pine logs, accompanied by a cornet player and two women, at the Weinkauf & Co. timber lands. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View from low hill of piles of logs along the icy rivers edge. A pile of logs is on the shoreline, and a large amount of neatly stacked logs are in the bac... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 1914 |
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| Description: | A steamhauler pulling logs on skids to the mill during a snowstorm. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of a horse-drawn sled loaded with logs coming out of the woods. One or two men are driving the sled, and a man is wal... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of logs floating in river, looking east between falls and railroad bridge. In the upper right corner is a large number of logging pylons... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Two men standing on logs are looking at the log jam in the river. Caption reads: "Breaking Log Jam in the Chippewa River" |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of log jam. A sand bluff is across the river in the upper left corner. Caption reads: "Log Jam on Chippewa River." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A colored photographic postcard view of a large log jam in the Dells Pond at Eau Claire. There are "booms" and several men standing on logs. Caption reads:... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Black and white elevated view of Half Moon Lake and Island. Logs are in a boom in the lake. Caption reads: "Half Moon Lake and Island," and "Eau Claire, Wi... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Illustration of a man driving a logging truck 6x4 with tandem axle. |
| 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: | 1957 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of logs floating in the water of Neopit Mill Pond. The sawmill is across the water, partially obscured by tall piles of logs. |
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