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Log Jam

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Description: Elevated view of a log jam in the middle of the river. Logs are stuck on a small sandbar in the foreground. Trees are on both sides of the water, and house...
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Logging Scene

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Description: View towards men standing and sitting near a wooden structure, perhaps a sawmill.
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Outdoor Portrait of Two Loggers

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Description: Two men are standing in the snow at a logging camp. In the background are railroad tracks, and two pigs foraging around buildings.
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Logs and Industrial Buildings

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Description: View of logs stacked closely together. Industrial buildings and trees are in the background.
Postcard

The First Northern Loggers

Date: 1980
Description: Color reproduction of a metal sculpture of two loggers driving their horse. The sculpture is in front of a building. Text on reverse reads: "The First ...
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Logging Scene at Park Falls

Date: 07 1936
Description: Stacks of logs cover a large flat area in the foreground, and in the distance is a complex of buildings at a sawmill. There are many large stacks of lumber...
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American Excelsior Company

Date: 07 1936
Description: Aspen logs are stacked in rows in front of the buildings of the American Excelsior Company. There are large frame buildings on the left, and a water tower ...
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Rice Lake Lumber Company Base Camp — Long Lake Dam

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Description: View of a lumber camp, with several buildings in the background. A bridge spans a river near the dam site.
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Above Long Lake Dam

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Description: Exterior view down slope of several buildings. A sluice gate is partially visible, with several logs nearby.
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Driving Crew at Hardwood Mill

Date: 1900
Description: View of several men standing and kneeling in front of mill buildings. There are logs floating near the sluice gate.
Postcard

River Scene

Date: 1912
Description: View of a small river with logs piled on the left bank near an industrial building with a smokestack. Caption reads: "River Scene, Leopolis, Wis."
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Log Drive on the Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
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...

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