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Raft Construction

Date: 1865
Description: Raft construction on the water.
Postcard

View of Wausau

Date: 
Description: View over rooftops of town. A river is on the left, with a neighborhood on higher ground beyond. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View, Wausau, Wis."
Postcard

Alexander Stewart Lumber Company

Date: 1905
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."
Photograph

George Stevens Marker

Date: 1929
Description: View of the George Stevens marker with the Wisconsin Auto Supply Company in the background and the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Clark's Saw and Planing Mill

Date: 1880
Description: Clark's Saw and Planing Mill in the right foreground which is now the site of the electric plant. Behind Clark's is Plummers Mill where the Vocational Scho...
Postcard

Wausau Railroad Station

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the railroad station looking west. A bridge over the river is in the foreground, and a large water tower is across the railroad tracks on ...
Postcard

Marathon Paper Mills

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the Marathon Paper Mills from across the river. Caption reads: "Scene at the Marathon Paper Mills, Wausau, Wis."
Photograph

Log Jam on Wisconsin River

Date: 1900
Description: Two women and one man in street clothes and wearing hats posing among the logs of a large log jam on the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Alexander Stewart Lumber Company

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

Map of the City of Wausau

Date: 1892
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers and dimensions, some landownership, wards, railroads, streets, and mills. The map includes 5 plat additions that have ...
Photograph

Dr. Joseph Smith and His Wife

Date: 1919
Description: Dr. Joseph Smith and his wife, Mary, pose next to trees by a rivers edge.
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Dr. Joseph Smith and Friends

Date: 1919
Description: Dr. Joseph Smith poses with friends next to a tree along a rivers edge.
Photograph

Man Overlooking the Eau Claire River

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of man seated on cliffs edge overlooking the dells of the Eau Claire River. Farther upstream is a bridge over the river.
Photograph

Eau Claire River Dells

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of the Eau Claire River rushing over large rocky formations. A bridge crosses over the river on the left. Large tree trunks have been stacked...
Photograph

Bridge over the Eau Claire River

Date: 1913
Description: View up river towards a bridge over a rocky portion of the Eau Claire River. A women is standing on rocks beneath the bridge in the center, while a man sta...
Photograph

Dam in Wausau

Date: 1913
Description: View down riverbank towards dam of a river around Wausau. Two men and a limber (two-wheeled cart) are near the rivers edge. A man, perhaps a construction w...
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Logging Stacks

Date: 1913
Description: View from low hill of piles of logs along the icy rivers edge. A pile of logs is on the shoreline, and a large amount of neatly stacked logs are in the bac...
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Two Girls Standing on Bridge

Date: 1913
Description: View from riverbank looking down towards two girls standing in the middle of a bridge along a road. They are looking over the railing at the water below. F...
Map or Atlas

Welcome to the Greater Wausau Area

Date: 1987
Description: This pictorial map shows roads, bridges, local businesses with phone numbers, and public buildings. Relief is shown pictorially. Also included is a calen...
Photograph

Dells of the Eau Claire River

Date: 1935
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Eau Claire River flowing between block-like rock formations downstream from a stone bridge in the Dells of the Eau Claire Cou...

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