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Chippewa Falls, Wis. General View, from South Side of River

Date: 1910
Description: Chippewa Falls from the south side of the river below the falls. Includes the Sheely House Tavern, railway buildings, box cars, a train with five passenger...
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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....
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Scene on Fox River

Date: 06 12 1908
Description: Colorized postcard looking down hill of the Fox River through the trees. A bridge is spanning the river, and piles of lumber are on the shoreline. Caption ...
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Berlin Shops from Bell Tower

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Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view of Berlin Shops. There are piles of lumber and freight cars in the foreground. A factory with a water tower is in th...
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Windsor Mine Shaft on Fire

Date: 05 02 1910
Description: The postcard shows billowing smoke from the Hurley, Wisconsin Windsor mine shaft. Two men who were in the mine at the time lost their lives. A group of boy...
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Log Train, Drummond, Wis.

Date: 1920
Description: View across snowy ground towards a steam-belching train engine on the right pulling flatbeds of stacked logs near a forest of tall pines. Caption reads: "L...
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Lumbering in Wisconsin, Filling the Sprinkling Tank

Date: 1910
Description: Reproduction by the Museum and Local History Department of the Eau Claire Public Library of a black and white photograph of a lumbering crew filling the sp...
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Planing Mill from Park Street

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Description: Tinted view of the Planing Mill, with Cedar Creek running alongside. There is a bridge on the left. Caption reads: "Planing Mill from Park Street, Cedarbur...
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C. & N.W. Railway Bridge

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of the railroad bridge over the Rock River at Ft. Atkinson. Wilcox Lumber is on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "C. & N.W. Railway Bri...
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Street Scene

Date: 1908
Description: View of a street with a lumber office and a church on the left, and dwellings on the right. A man and a dog are on the sidewalk. A tree-covered hill is in ...
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Steamer Kit Carson Towing Largest Lumber Raft . . .

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Description: Hand-colored view from the shoreline towards a lumber raft. Caption reads: "Steamer Kit Carson Towing Largest Lumber Raft ever taken down the Mississippi R...
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Lumber Wagons

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Description: A group of men standing among a row of lumber wagons.
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Portable Mill at Butler's Camp

Date: 1908
Description: View of a portable mill, a wagon, and lumber in a forest clearing. Caption reads: "Portable Mill at Butler's Camp, Mattoon, Wis."
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Row of Wis. Timber & Land Cos., Lumber Piles

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Description: View of rows of stacked wooden palettes. A wood plank sidewalk is between them. Caption reads: "Row of Wis. Timber & Land Cos., Lumber Piles, Mattoon, Wis....
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Sawmill & Dam

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Brooks & Ross Sawmill & Dam, Schofield, Wis. 1909." The dam and millpond with the sawmill behind it. There are multiple buildings wit...
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Tigerton Lumber Company

Date: 05 13 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "Car of 4 1/2 inch, 13 inch and wider, 1st and 2nd Hard Maple Plank." Three men are standing on a horse-drawn lumber wagon full of pla...

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