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Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Eau Claire

Date: 1880
Description: Bird's-eye view of Eau Claire.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Prairie du Sac

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye map of Prairie du Sac.
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

Scouler & Jacobson Lumber Company

Date: 1905
Description: View looking east of logs floating in the pond at Scouler & Jacobson Lumber Company. Logs were dumped into the pond from the rollways on the left and sent ...
Photograph

Wolf River Paper and Fiber Company

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Description: Stacks of logs are in the foreground with a man in a hat near the river. There is a chimney billowing smoke near the factory.
Photograph

Truck Transporting Logs

Date: 1947
Description: An International K-model truck with logs piled on its trailer parked next to a dirt ramp or embankment leading to a river(?). Industrial buildings are to t...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Ruins of an Old Mill

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Description: Elevated view across water toward mill ruins on the shoreline. A pile of logs are next to the dilapidated structure. In the far background is a bridge and ...
Postcard

Logging Scene

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Description: Colorized view of a river full of logs, and a smokestack and factory in the distance. On the left is a dirt road and trees. Caption reads: "Logging Scene, ...
Postcard

A Log Jam

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Description: Colorized view of a log jam scene with industrial buildings in the background. Caption reads: "A Log Jam, Marinette, Wis."
Photograph

At the Mouth of the Menominee River

Date: 1887
Description: A view at the mouth of the Menominee River showing Ludington Wells and Van Schaick's mills.
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...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Winter Logging on Rice Lake

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Description: View across water towards logs floating along the lake. Several buildings, including a water tower and a silo, are on the opposite shoreline.
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."
Photograph

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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