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| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a sawmill and the distant town in the background. Stacks of logs are in the lumberyard. Along the bottom is a New Year's greeting in Germa... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view toward the lumber company. A bridge over a river is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Looking South from City Hall Tower, Wausau, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across river towards the town. Caption reads: "Ladysmith, Wis." Logs are floating in the water in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Log entrance of the Paine Lumber Co. Edward L. Paine founded the lumber mill in 1853 on the east bank of the Fox River. Caption reads: "Log Entrance, Paine... |
| Date: | 03 23 1909 |
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| Description: | Five International Harvester Auto Buggies with men sitting inside are on a dirt road in front of the Spooner Lumber Company. Caption reads: "Delivery of I.... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized photographic postcard showing Keith & Hiles lumber mill. There is a tall building on the right that appears to be a silo. Caption reads: "Keith &... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Black and white postcard of a typical logging scene, showing a wagon, logs on the ground and two buildings. Caption reads: "Typical Logging Scene Near Colb... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a group of workers, horses, and a dog posing at railroad siding at C.W. Begg's Mill. Caption reads: "C.W. Begg's Mill at Siding, C... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of Big Mill, a lumber sawmill on the Chippewa river, next to a churning rapids. In the foreground are loose logs, whitewater, river boulders... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of logs floating in river, looking east between falls and railroad bridge. In the upper right corner is a large number of logging pylons... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Two men standing on logs are looking at the log jam in the river. Caption reads: "Breaking Log Jam in the Chippewa River" |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking east and upstream from the shoreline towards the wide Chippewa River. The water level is nearly up to the railroad tracks in the fore... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Eau Claire, looking northwest. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View Eau Claire—Looking Northwest, Eau Claire, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A colored photographic postcard view of a large log jam in the Dells Pond at Eau Claire. There are "booms" and several men standing on logs. Caption reads:... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view across field toward the lumber mill. Caption reads: "Dan'l Shaw Lumber Company Mill, Eau Claire, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view across river towards the North Western Lumber Company's mills. Caption reads: "North Western Lumber Co's. Mills, Eau Claire, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Glidden. The lumber mill is in the foreground. A church and a water tower are on the horizon. |
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| Description: | View of a fiber mill by the riverside, with a log jam in the river in the foreground. Caption reads: "Kaukauna Fibre Co., Kaukauna, Wis." |
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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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