Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 101-120 of 404

Photograph

Log Jam on St. Croix River

Date: 1886
Description: Elevated view of a log jam near the Dalles on the St. Croix River. Caption at bottom reads: "St. Croix Riv. and Bridge, St. Croix Falls."
Photograph

Log Jam

Date: 
Description: Log jam, perhaps on the Black River or the Chippewa River in the Black River Falls area.
Photograph

Log Driving Crew

Date: 
Description: Crew of log drivers stand on logs with poles.
Photograph

Green Bay Paper and Fibre Company

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Green Bay (later Hoberg) Paper and Fibre Company, from the back. Stacks of logs are in the foreground near water.
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

Indian Sawmill

Date: 1950
Description: A sawmill run on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
Photograph

Unloading Logs

Date: 
Description: Indians (Native Americans) unloading logs at the sawmill on the Menominee Reservation.
Photograph

Wood Laden Trucks

Date: 05 22 1974
Description: Trucks heavily laden with logs at the intersection of Highways 173 and 80.
Photograph

Austin Creek Mill

Date: 04 1973
Description: View of Austin Creek mill race as it enters the sawmill building.
Postcard

Ladysmith

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view across river towards the town. Caption reads: "Ladysmith, Wis." Logs are floating in the water in the foreground.
Photograph

Brunette Falls on the Chippewa River

Date: 1908
Description: Brunette Falls on the Chippewa River. Several logs are jammed on a rock formation in the river.
Photograph

Log Running on the Chippewa River

Date: 1904
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...
Photograph

Loading Big Log

Date: 1936
Description: Loading a large white pine log cut on the Menominee Indian Reservation onto a truck. The log was hauled to the Wisconsin State Fair for a display about the...
Photograph

Logs Floating Down River

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of logs floating down the river.
Photograph

Log Jam on Icy River

Date: 
Description: Five men and a log jam on an icy river.
Photograph

Log Jam under Hatfield Wagon Bridge

Date: 
Description: Men working to break up a log jam under the Hatfield Wagon Bridge. This is the original Hatfield Bridge, destroyed when the Hatfield Dam failed in the floo...
Photograph

Log Jam under Hatfield Bridge

Date: 
Description: Men working to break up a log jam under the Hatfield Bridge. This is the original Hatfield Bridge, destroyed when the Hatfield Dam failed in the flood of 1...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Chippewa River from the Head of Navigation at the City of Chippewa Falls

Date: 1872
Description: Map of the Chippewa River, from the head of navigation at the city of Chippewa Falls, covering a distance of 16 miles above : showing the established impro...
Photograph

Overflowing River

Date: 1876
Description: Town with logs overflowing the river into yards, probably the Ice Gorge of 1876.
Photograph

Panoramic View of Log Stockpile

Date: 
Description: Panoramic view of a log stockpile next to a sawmill.

Have Questions?

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:

feedback@wisconsinhistory.org