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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Log driving crew on river in five bateaux. In the background on the left is a bridge. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Men in bateaux for the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company's log drive on the Chippewa River at Jim Falls. |
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| Description: | Wanigans tied to the banks of the St. Croix River among floating logs. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Three men in a covered boat on an International Harvester logging(?) canal surrounded by trees on either side. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Buildings and boats on water at or near an International Harvester logging camp or sawmill. A man is standing on a crane on the right side of the image, an... |
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| Description: | Four women, two in each boat, row near a pile of logs along a shoreline. |
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| Description: | View of a flat bottom boat known as an "Alligator," which was used in "booming and towing" logs on rivers. |
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| Description: | Logging scene on Waccamaw River. On the right is a group of logs floating in a contained area in front of a boat. In the background on the left is another... |
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| Description: | View across water toward men standing and working on logs in the middle of the river. Booms help to collect the logs that are shipped down river from the f... |
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| Description: | Log driving crew sitting down for lunch on the bank of a river (probably the Trap River or Rib River). There is a batteau at the water's edge, and one man ... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Northwestern Lumber Company of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, manufacturer of "Lath Shingles & Pickets," with two men in the woods, one poised with a... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View from hill looking down at a wood framed warehouse building on a pier with boats docked alongside. Near the warehouse are fish net drying reels. Wooded... |
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| Description: | The boss says — The center is — Good workmen then served two masters One a man, the other a craft A fine-edged tool biting life-long in... |
| Date: | 05 1909 |
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| Description: | A log driving crew at Eagle Rapids Dam on the Chippewa River. Bottom of print reads: "Eagle Rapids Jam. May, 18-09." |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a small boat on a body of water near the shore and a large group of logs. Location identified as the Black River. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A bateau or york boat full of lumberjacks traveling down the river. |
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