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Raftsman's Series No. 1429: Running The Portage Bridge

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Description: Stereograph of a man standing on the back of a raft holding a hand-hewned oar. The raft is passing under a wooden bridge. A town, including a church, are i...
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Lumberyard

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Description: A lumberyard at about E. Lincoln Avenue and S. Burrell Street in Bay View, looking west to St. Josaphat's Basilica.
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Lumberyard with Town in Background

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Description: A view of the lumberyard with the town in the background.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1429: Running The Portage Bridge - Anaglyph

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Description: Stereograph of a man standing on the back of a raft holding a hand-hewned oar. The raft is passing under a wooden bridge. A town, including a church, are i...
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Wreckage Left After Flood

Date: 1903
Description: View from railroads tracks of the wreckage of wooden buildings left behind after a flood. Intact buildings are visible in a skyline in the distance, and pe...
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Basley's Good Lumber Company Truck

Date: 1937
Description: A man is loading a piece of lumber onto the back of an International D-2 truck owned by Basley's Good Lumber Company. There appears to be a church steeple ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Iowa County Wisconsin

Date: 1870
Description: A map of Iowa County, Wisconsin mounted on cloth that shows the villages of Avoca, Mifflin, Linden, Arena, Helena Station, Highland, Dodgeville, as well as...
Map or Atlas

Map of Iron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: A map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shows vacant Wisconsin Central Rail Road lands, settlers houses, land sold by Wisconsin Central R.R., schools, churches, s...
Map or Atlas

Map of Iron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: A map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shows vacant Wisconsin Central Rail Road lands, settlers houses, land sold by Wisconsin Central R.R., schools, churches, s...
Photograph

Southeast Panorama of McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across canal. Along the shoreline are piles of lumber along the shipping dock. Men are working with horse-drawn vehicles among the stacks of ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Polk County, Wisconsin

Date: 1902
Description: This map shows townships, land parcels, schools, rivers, lakes, creameries, churches, cemeteries, roads, post offices, town halls, saw mills, roads and sto...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Onalaska, Wisconsin

Date: 1889
Description: This map lists township and section numbers outside municipality, housing additions and subdivisions and plat owners outside municipality, the Black River,...
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View of Glidden, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of Glidden. The lumber mill is in the foreground. A church and a water tower are on the horizon.
Postcard

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 ...
Photograph

Rock River Valley

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Description: Elevated view of several industrial buildings near water, and in the background are fences on a slope, and at the top of the hill are buildings and what ma...
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Looking West Towards Hurley, WI From Ironwood, MI

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of Hurley, WI and nearby industrial sites (Scott & Howe Lumber Co. Mill, Ashland Mine). Inventory reads: "Looking west and a little south ove...

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