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Photograph

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...
Photograph

Alabama Sawmill

Date: 05 1902
Description: Alexander Krueger and Ernst Goetsch standing along a railroad track leading to a sawmill. The mill stais at the end of the tracks, which is lined with tree...
Photograph

Lumber Wagon

Date: 05 1902
Description: View across yard towards six oxen pulling a lumber wagon along a road near a sawmill. A man is standing beside the oxen holding a long whip over his should...
Postcard

C.W. Begg's Mill

Date: 1910
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...
Postcard

Big Mill

Date: 1909
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...
Photograph

Steam Powered Saw Mill

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Description: View towards three men posing standing near a steam-powered open saw mill next to piles of logs.
Photograph

Steam Powered Saw Mill and Workers

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Description: Group portrait of men, women, and a child posing standing next to a steam-powered open saw mill next to piles of logs.
Photograph

Steam Powered Saw Mill and Workers

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Description: Group portrait of a group of men sitting near an open steam-powered saw mill.
Photograph

Steam Powered Saw Mill and Workers

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Description: View towards a group of men posing standing by a pile of logs on snow-covered ground in front of a steam-powered saw mill.
Map or Atlas

Map Showing Location of Black River, Bridge, and C.M. and St. P. Ry

Date: 1876
Description: This map is ink on tracing cloth and shows the Black River, French Slough, Little French Slough, the southern portion of North La Crosse, the Milwaukee & S...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Ashland

Date: 06 1923
Description: Sanborn map of Ashland, which includes Chequamegon Bay.
Map or Atlas

Map of Price County, Wis.

Date: 1891
Description: This map shows vacant Southwick & Sellers lands, settlers' houses, Goodland Co. land, schools, churches, saw mills, roads, and railroads. A key in the uppe...
Map or Atlas

Map of Ashland County & Part Bayfield Co., Wis., Showing Wisconsin Central Ry. Lands

Date: 1909
Description: This map shows vacant Wisconsin Central Ry. lands, settlers houses, lands sold by Wisconsin Central Ry., schools, churches, saw mills, and roads; also show...
Map or Atlas

Map of Iron County, Wis. Showing Wisconsin Central Ry. Lands

Date: 1909
Description: This map covers Iron and Price Counties and portions of Sawyer and Oneida Counties. The map shows vacant and sold Wis. Central Ry. land, settlers houses, s...
Photograph

Logging; McKenna Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: View from hill of the McKenna Sawmill, surrounded by stacks of lumber.
Photograph

McKenna Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: View of the McKenna Sawmill. Workers are posing in front.
Map or Atlas

Map of Lincoln County, Wisconsin

Date: 1923
Description: This blue line print map shows townships, landownership, roads, residences, churches, schools, town halls, saw mills, and cheese factories. Includes red ma...
Photograph

Logging Scene

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Description: View towards men standing and sitting near a wooden structure, perhaps a sawmill.
Photograph

Group of Men at Sawmill

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Description: Elevated view of a group of employees assembled in front of a sawmill.
Map or Atlas

Military Reserve : The Following Are the Boundaries of the Lands Which Have Been Occupied by the Troops of the U.S. at Fort Howard, Green Bay

Date: 1900
Description: This photostat of a manuscript map originally drawn in 1829 shows landownership, buildings, including Fort Howard and U.S. sawmill, swamps, public barns an...

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