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Huge Log Jam

Date: 1869
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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St. Croix Log Jam

Date: 1886
Description: Log jam on the St. Croix River at the Head of the Dalles. The jam was about five miles long, and 50,000,000 board feet of white pine was piled up.
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Mill Dam and Sash Factory

Date: 1867
Description: Mill dam and sash factory. "The Northwester Gateway. Excursion to Lake Superior, June 1867. Photographed and Published by J. Carbutt, 131 Lake St., Chicago...
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Town from Across a River

Date: 1870
Description: View from shoreline over river towards the town.
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Two Lumbermen with Saw

Date: 1880
Description: Two lumbermen posing with a two-man crosscut saw they are using on a fallen tree trunk, cutting the pine into manageable sizes for hauling.
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Hauling Logs With Oxen

Date: 1880
Description: Lumberjacks hauling logs with several teams of oxen.
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Logging Crew

Date: 1895
Description: A Knapp, Stout & Company crew with J. Bracklin (in fur coat), logging superintendent.
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 Merrill

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye view of Merrill.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Prairie du Sac

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye map of Prairie du Sac.
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Logging Crew and Railroad

Date: 1888
Description: A logging crew of the Upham Lumber Company, together with the company's locomotive, "Old Vanderbilt," formerly the Wisconsin Central Railroad's Engine No #...
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Steamer "E. Rutledge" in Beef Slough

Date: 1885
Description: View from shoreline of the sternwheel steamer "E. Rutledge," owned by Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann's Rock Island Lumber Company, picking up a raft of logs at Be...
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Ore dock of Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad

Date: 1885
Description: View of the ore dock of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad. Large logs, buildings and a railroad bridge are in the foreground.
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Log Jam on St. Croix River

Date: 1886
Description: Elevated view of a log jam near the Dalles on the St. Croix River. Caption at bottom reads: "St. Croix Riv. and Bridge, St. Croix Falls."
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View of Wausau, Wisconsin

Date: 1866
Description: Elevated view taken from the extreme end of Clark's Saw and Planing Mill. An old flour mill can be seen behind the bridge, and to the extreme right are thr...
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General Store and Post Office

Date: 1895
Description: General store and post office. Hans Johsnon, Newport's founder, is shown on the porch. Logs are stacked in the foreground. The post office was established ...
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Sawmill near Lake Winnebago

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph of a sawmill area and Lake Winnebago in the foreground. The square building with the "cupola" was the Revere House. A manuscript notation, very...
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Horses Pulling Lumber Sled

Date: 02 1892
Description: A team of four horses are pulling a sled loaded with a tall pile of logs in the snow. A group of four men stand near the sled. The ends of some of the logs...
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Two Men Sawing a Tree

Date: 1890
Description: Sigvart Solbrg, (left) and Anton Follstad, (right) sawing a tree down during winter.
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Logger

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: A logger poses next to a team of horses pulling a load of logs.

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