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| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a group of men standing knee deep in water using handspikes probably in an attempt to dislodge a lumber raft from a sandbar or from the shor... |
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| Description: | A raftsman at work raising an oar (possibly rowing) with another man standing in the background. A second raft is in the distance. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Two lumber rafts with men aboard floating down the Wisconsin River. |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a man on a raft throwing a rope. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of five men on a raft working a Spanish windlass. |
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| Description: | Group of eight men sitting on shore around a fire, with the river and a boat in the background. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of men unloading lumber off a raft. A man at the left is loading lumber onto a horse-drawn wagon, while a man in an apron is holding the horses... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of four men sitting by and lying in wooden a-frame shaped "bunks" on the Cook Float. Mike Lane, the Cook, is the nearest man just crawling out ... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Three men on raft pulling in a grub. In the background are logs floating in the water, and a man carrying a log. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a group of men "witching up." |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of a man putting in a "Yankee" while another man is chopping a log with an axe. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of men working on rafts. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of four raftsmen shipping an oar in the Dells. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of raftsmen shipping an oar. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of five raftsmen working a jack on a sandbar. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a group of raftsmen on a sandbar working a jack. |
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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... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Washburn on Lake Superior. There is an inset of Washburn, Chequamagon and the Apostle Islands. |
| Date: | 09 01 1882 |
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| Description: | View looking up towards the special train of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad comprised of 24 freight cars loaded with lumber and other ... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Logs floating down the river beneath the bridge on the Chippewa River. On the far shoreline are billboards. One advertises for "J.R. Sharp Hardware." Men a... |
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