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| Description: | Four scenes of Trout Lake. The top left shows a man surveying on the shoreline of a lake. Handwritten text reads: "PA. MacDonald, Trout Lake 1910." The top... |
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| Description: | Men are working in a clearing, among many trees that have been cut. |
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| Description: | View towards a group of men who appear to be clearing trees. There is a road directly behind them. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Engraved drawing of Norman Wiard's ice locomotive, Lady Franklin being pulled from water onto ice using its anchor. The vessel was built, but never ... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Cutaway details of Norman Wiard's ice locomotive, Lady Franklin sowing the stern and seating area. Also included is a drawing of the vehicle's ancho... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of three men cutting and loading ice into a dump truck on Namakagon Lake. One man is guiding ice blocks through open water to a conv... |
| Date: | 10 23 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Scene Near Rice Lake, Wis." Five lumberjacks pose with a load of logs on a sled pulled by horses. Two skids lean against the logs. Th... |
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| Description: | Three women are kneeling and binding birch bark to a canoe frame. A girl is standing behind the canoe in the center. Buildings are in the background. |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Man standing outdoors using a frow to split shingles. |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Man using an axe to split wood for shingles. |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on back: "3. Man at right is cutting off sap wood. R. Man at left is using a frow (knife) to split block into thinner sections." |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | A man is making split shingles. Handwritten on back: "5. A thin section of block being split to shingle thickness with the aid of the frow[sic]." |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men are sawing a log. Handwritten on back: "1. Sawing white oak log the required length." |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on back: "2. Man at right is taking out the heart wood. 6. Man at left is finishing completed shingles with draw knife." |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men working outdoors making split shingles. |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men are looking toward the back of the mill building which is on the right. Behind the man on the right is the Blacksmith Shop. In the distance are fen... |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | View towards side of cabin, which has a door and window opening in the log structure. Scaffolding is set up around the building, and tools and building mat... |
| Date: | 05 09 1938 |
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| Description: | View towards side of slave log cabin with a door in the center and a small horizontal window to the left. The roof is peaked and shingles are in place. The... |
| Date: | 08 04 1938 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of workers posing at the back of the Grist Mill at Walnut Grove. A number of the men are holding their tools. Herbert A. Kellar, in charge o... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Four men are posing inside the blacksmith shop at Montello Granite Co. |
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