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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

Crane Lifting Logs at Logging Camp

Date: 1904
Description: At Hein's logging camp, a crane mounted on a railroad train lifts logs onto a flatbed railway car. Other logs are stacked on the snowy ground. A number of ...
Postcard

Filtz and Sons Box Factory

Date: 05 03 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of the Filtz and Sons Box Factory. Logs are stacked in the foreground. Caption reads: "Filtz and Sons Box Factory, Cadott, Wisconsin....
Postcard

Big Mill

Date: 1909
Description: Colorized view of Big Mill, a lumber sawmill on the Chippewa river, next to a churning rapids. In the foreground are loose logs, whitewater, river boulders...

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