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Dome of Exposition Building

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Description: View east of buildings and lake from the dome of the Exposition building. Lumber is stacked on the right.
Photograph

Tent at Tent Colony

Date: 06 27 1931
Description: Man sawing wood in front of a tent in the woods at the University of Wisconsin Tent Colony. The tent is set up on a wood platform. Also known as Camp Galli...
Postcard

Elevated View of Rice Lake

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of the city of Rice Lake with a lumber yard in the foreground, a railroad and Rice Lake at left. Caption reads: "Rice Lake, Wisconsin."
Photograph

Dantzler Lumber Company Fleet

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Description: View of the fleet owned by Dantzler Lumber Company. Several large sailing vessels are docked, and nearby is a canoe with two passengers. Caption reads: "Lu...
Photograph

K-5 Truck Hauling Logs

Date: 03 1941
Description: An International K-5 truck drives on a snow-covered hillside road in Eagle Lake, Ontario, Canada to deliver cut logs.
Map or Atlas

1858 Map of Racine County, Wisconsin

Date: 1972
Description: This map on 5 sheets features a title page sheet with business directory and shows section numbers, roads, railroads, saw mills, churches, blacksmith shops...
Map or Atlas

Farmer's Rail Road & Township Map of Wisconsin and Chart of the Lakes

Date: 1872
Description: This map, which includes eastern Iowa, northern Illinois and a portion of Michigan's Upper peninsula, shows the township survey grid and identifies countie...
Map or Atlas

Map of Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Date: 1926
Description: Relief shown by hachures. Shows local streets, roads, railroads, businesses, Half Moon Lake, Chippewa River, and log reservoir.
Photograph

Saw Mill

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Description: A sawmill with workmen sitting outdoors in front of the mill. One man sits on a stack of logs, the other three men stand on a roof which is open sided and ...
Photograph

Lumber Wagon

Date: 05 1902
Description: View across yard towards six oxen pulling a lumber wagon along a road near a sawmill. A man is standing beside the oxen holding a long whip over his should...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Illustrated Map

Date: 1974
Description: Map of Wisconsin with drawings illustrating historic places and events throughout the state. The Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin appears at the top ri...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing Territory 4 Miles North, 8 miles East, 7 Miles South, and 6 Miles West of Harshaw, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: This map shows logging roads, railroads with spur lines, trails, rapids, lumber camps, Indian villages, summer resort, lakes, rivers, and ponds.
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...
Photograph

Rice Lake Plant

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a lumber plant, with large stacks of lumber stacked around it. A lake is behind the plant.
Photograph

Findorff Mill Fire

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of the damage from the fire. Burned logs are in the foreground, and pieces of burned and broken machinery is among the broken foundation. Men...
Photograph

Wallace Rumsey Building a Seat

Date: 1899
Description: Wallace Rumsey is building a wooden seat from a fallen log at Lookout Point on the Island at Archibald Lake. Caption reads: "Building the seat on the point...
Photograph

Riding the "Kentucky Mule"

Date: 08 11 1914
Description: W.A. Holt, second from the right, and a group of mostly children are playing in Archibald Lake. On the far left, Alfred Holt is giving a thumbs up, with a ...

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