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Chippewa Falls Riverfront

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Description: Elevated view of the riverfront, railroad tracks, and river, "as viewed from Joseph McGuire's."
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At the Mouth of the Menominee River

Date: 1887
Description: A view at the mouth of the Menominee River showing Ludington Wells and Van Schaick's mills.
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Bonifas Lumber Mill

Date: 1930
Description: View of William Bonifas Lumber Mill showing the mill buildings, a water tower, "Railroad Crossing" sign, an automobile, lumber stacked on railroad cars, an...
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Wagons at Herrling Sawmill

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Description: View from roof of wagons lined up by the Herrling sawmill.
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Men Posed Outdoors in front of a Wooden Building

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Description: Two men posed standing outside a wooden building with a tall smokestack, probably a power plant for a sawmill. Two men are posed sitting in two wagons, eac...
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Group of Men near Two Wooden Buildings

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Description: Group of men and a young girl posed standing and in wagons outside two large wooden buildings, possibly a sawmill. There is a row of barrels along the top ...
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Goodyear Mill

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Description: Elevated view of a large group of men posing standing in front of a sawmill, probably the Goodyear Mill, three miles south of Saddle, or a mill located in ...
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Warrens Mill

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Description: View across yard of men and children posed near what is probably Warrens Mill. Men and children are posed standing, sitting in lumber wagons, on horses, an...
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Group in front of Sawmill

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Description: Large group of men, boys and girls posed standing in front of a small sawmill. In the center is a man sitting in a wagon pulled by a team of two horses wea...
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Group in front of Sawmill

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Description: Large group of men, women, and children posed standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a sawmill either under construction, or an open saw mill.
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Men Posed at Sawmill

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Description: Large group of men posed standing in front of a sawmill. Three men are posed standing in a wagon pulled by a team of two horses wearing fly-nets. One man w...
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Saw Mill

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow-covered ground towards a saw mill operated by the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Soldiers are loading logs to be processed on to a horse-drawn s...
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Men Around a Sawmill

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Description: View across open ground towards men posing sitting and standing in horse-drawn wagons in front of a sawmill.
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Sawmill Fire

Date: 1894
Description: A crowd gathers and watches the sawmill on fire.
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Oxen Pulling a Cart

Date: 05 1902
Description: Two teams of yoked oxen pulling carts used to transport logs to, and lumber from sawmills. There is a large, wood frame two-story building in the backgroun...
Postcard

Old Wade House; Blacksmith Shop

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the blacksmith shop next to a stream. Text on reverse reads: "The Blacksmith Shop was Sylvanus Wade's first venture in Greenbush....
Postcard

Mill Scene, Kelly, Wisconsin

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Description: View of a sawmill. A man is standing near a horse on the right. The building in the back has many broken windows. Caption reads: "Mill Scene, Kelly, Wiscon...
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Portable Mill at Butler's Camp

Date: 1908
Description: View of a portable mill, a wagon, and lumber in a forest clearing. Caption reads: "Portable Mill at Butler's Camp, Mattoon, Wis."

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