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| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Two men, one wearing an apron, sit in a wanigan tied to the shore of the Chippewa River near Chippewa Falls. The inside of the boat appears to have a pile ... |
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| Description: | Large log jam on the Chippewa River. In the distance a group of men stand atop the jammed logs. |
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| Description: | The Chippewa Spring House, a small round building with a conical roof with a sign over the door reading "Chippewa Spring," sitting off to the side of a dir... |
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| Description: | View from hill looking down on a group of log cabins inhabited by "dam tenders" on the shore of the icebound Chippewa River. A logging dam in is in the rig... |
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| Description: | Five men holding hunting rifles sitting or standing to the left of a log cabin (only a corner of which is in the image) in front of the hanging carcasses o... |
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| Description: | One man sits in the bow and one man stands on shore holding the stern of a birch bark canoe at the edge of a lake. They may be Indians. The man in the cano... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Two sled loads of logs each drawn by teams of two horses at Bruno Vinett's logging camp. Drivers sit atop the loads. The ground is covered with snow. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | A man stands atop a sled load of logs drawn by two horses at Hein's Logging Camp. Several other men stand atop large pile of logs behind him. Snow lies on ... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | A man sits atop a very high load of logs on a sled pulled by three horses. There is snow on the ground. Numbers are written on the cut ends of the logs. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Front view of a man holding the reins of two horses hitched to a sled loaded with logs on a snowy path in or near Vinette's logging camp. |
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| Description: | Two men sit on the shore of the Chippewa River near Brunet Falls. The light is dim. There are large trees behind them. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Five men stand on or nearby a sled loaded with logs and pulled by two horses at the landing at Hein's logging camp. There is snow on the ground. |
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| Description: | A bridge across a small creek in Silver Springs Park. Some birch and pine trees are nearby. |
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| Description: | About a dozen men stand in the woods by a large tent. The carcass of a deer is hanging from one of the trees. A horse stands nearby. There are some traces ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Two men stand at Hein's Lumber Camp atop a load of logs on a sled to which is hitched four horses, claimed to be the largest load of logs ever hauled by fo... |
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| Description: | Numerous men stand on and around a large pile of logs and a sled stacked with logs pulled by four horses at the C & M Ry Company's camp. There is snow on t... |
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| Description: | The Richardson Farm stands at the far edge of a farm field with a creek running through it and animals grazing. The farmhouse is white and surrounded by tr... |
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| Description: | Rear view of a man and woman standing on a wooden bridge in a wooded area. |
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| Description: | A barn and outbuilding on the Joe Kelley farm in a field at the end of a dirt track. There is a mailbox attached to a post in the left foreground. |
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| Description: | The clapboard Hickory Park Cottage stands at the edge of a wooded area. A man holding a gun stands behind cut logs to the right of the cottage. There appea... |
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