Date: | 1884 |
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Description: | View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large... |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | Elevated view of lumber raft and workers on the Chippewa River. In the background on the right are dwellings. |
Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Norwegian Sunday School Picnic at Mendota steamboat landing. Small lake steamer "Mendota" could reach speeds of up to 18 mph. The barge "Uncle Sam" was 75f... |
Date: | 1898 |
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Description: | Horse-drawn carriage stuck in a rut on a muddy road near the Ohio River in Floyd County, Indiana. One man is holding the horse while another attempts to di... |
Date: | 1894 |
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Description: | Man in a rowboat on Lake Monona with a view of the city in the background. |
Date: | 1869 |
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Description: | Elevated view from steep shoreline of a log jam of about 150 million feet of logs, stopped at the piers of Pound, Halbert, and Co., which stood in about 40... |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | View along shoreline towards Indian log drivers, two in a bateau, and one man standing on the bank of the Chippewa River. |
Date: | 1897 |
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Description: | A view of Lone Rock from below, with a canoe on the left-hand side. |
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... |
Date: | 1886 |
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Description: | Stereograph of a man on a lumber raft steering the raft through the rapids in the Wisconsin Dells. Caption at bottom: The Camera's Story of Raftman's Life ... |
Date: | 04 24 1899 |
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Description: | Partial view of a boathouse at the foot of North Carroll Street, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built for the city of Madison. The University of Wiscon... |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | The Clyde after being converted to a sternwheel rafter, pushing a tow with a locomotive on board. |
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 ... |
Date: | 1863 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the steamboat Golden Era, which did service during the Civil War, docked near buildings. It was sold to Michael Purcell of New Orle... |
Date: | 1887 |
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Description: | Two lumber rafts with men aboard floating down the Wisconsin River. |
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." |
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