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Kalb Glibbert Lumber Co.

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Description: View toward the lumber mill. The mill complex is on the far shoreline, with two smokestacks. The building on the left side has a track the extends from th...
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Siler Lumber Co.

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Description: Elevated view across water toward the lumber mill. On the left is a boat, moving away from the loading dock. Smoke and steam emanate from various building ...
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Loading Lumber, Bound for San Francisco

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Description: View of lumber being loaded onto a boat with men on the boat and on the dock. On the dock is a small building, with a group of men, two in suits, leaning a...
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The Assorting Table

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Description: View of lumber transported from the mill and across the assorting table, where it is then moved and sorted into different groups. Men stand on the lumber o...
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Girl Feeding Chicks

Date: 03 1914
Description: A girl wearing a dress and boots is standing outdoors in a yard near a house to feed chickens and chicks. In the background on the left a child is playing ...
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Old Farm Machinery

Date: 04 23 1926
Description: Exterior view of a barnyard littered with old farm machinery and piled wood.
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Men Sawing Wood

Date: 1926
Description: Three men use circular saws to cut wood in a forest. The tractor on the right appears to be providing belt-driven power to the saws.
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United States Wireless Station

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Description: View of a United States Wireless Station. A residential building stands to the left of a tall tower where piles of lumber can be seen. Caption reads: "U.S....
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McCormick Reaper Works Factory

Date: 1900
Description: View across canal of the McCormick Reaper Works factory, rail yard, and surrounding buildings. Men in the foreground are stacking piles of lumber. After 19...
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International Trucks for Construction Industry

Date: 1932
Description: Advertising proof encouraging the purchase of International Harvester trucks by individuals in the construction business. The poster features a two-color i...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsor

Date: 07 01 1952
Description: Robert Timlin of the Timlin Lumber Company gives some pointers to Kenny Kelm, who will be sponsored by the lumber company in the upcoming soap box derby ra...
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Stacked Boards

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Description: Two men stand next to high stacks of boards in a lumber yard.
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Three Women and Two Men

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Description: Outdoor portrait of three women and two men, all posing sitting on a wooden platform, perhaps in a lumber yard. A large open shed structure and stacks of t...
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Schofield Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Dam and mill at on the Wisconsin River.
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Alexander Stewart Lumber Company

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Description: A view of the Alexander Stewart Lumber Company, at 502 3rd Street. Several men are fishing off the bridge/dam over the river.
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Rock Crusher

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Description: A man stands outside the rock crusher at the Wisconsin Granite Company quarry. To the right, railroad tracks span the side of the building.
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Emerson Bros. Sawmill

Date: 1908
Description: Emerson Brothers Sawmill with large piles of cut trees in the foreground.
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R. Stephenson & Co. Mill

Date: 07 30 1865
Description: An exterior view across water of Robert Stephenson & Company Mill, which was a steam mill.
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Peshtigo Company Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Peshtigo Company sawmill including the old wooden dam in the foreground. There are logs in the water on the left.
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Log Jam on the Flambeau River

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Description: Men holding axes and other tools stand atop a log jam on the Flambeau River.

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