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| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from steep shoreline of a log jam of about 150 million feet of logs, stopped at the piers of Pound, Halbert, and Co., which stood in about 40... |
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| Description: | Large log jam on the Chippewa River. In the distance a group of men stand atop the jammed logs. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| 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 ... |
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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: | 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: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized photographic postcard showing Keith & Hiles lumber mill. There is a tall building on the right that appears to be a silo. Caption reads: "Keith &... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A colored photographic postcard view of a large log jam in the Dells Pond at Eau Claire. There are "booms" and several men standing on logs. Caption reads:... |
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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. |
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