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Log Drive on Wisconsin River

Date: 1913
Description: Eight men are in a boat driving logs down the Wisconsin River.
Map or Atlas

Wausau Looking North

Date: 1891
Description: Bird's-eye map of Wausau, looking north with ninety-eight businesses, industries, churches, schools, and civic buildings identified in location key below i...
Photograph

Spring Runoff at Big Bull Falls

Date: 1916
Description: Water churns under a railroad bridge as the spring thaw swells the Wisconsin River.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Wausau

Date: 1879
Description: This map is a bird's-eye view of Wausau, the County Seat of Marathon County. The map features an index of points of interest.
Photograph

Wausau Memorial Hospital

Date: 1945
Description: View of the Wausau Memorial Hospital, with the Wisconsin River in the foreground.
Photograph

View of Wausau, Wisconsin

Date: 1928
Description: Elevated view of the main street with the Wisconsin River in the top left corner. The street just outside the Hall Garage Company is lined with cars.
Photograph

Wausau, Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view looking up the Wisconsin River, with Wausau in the background. There are railroad cars on a bridge on the right.
Postcard

Wreckage Left by Flood

Date: 07 1912
Description: Elevated view across the Wisconsin River, showing the wreckage left by the disastrous flood of July 24, 1912. A power dam on the Wisconsin River above Waus...
Postcard

Stroller's Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: View from shoreline towards Stroller's Bridge. Caption reads: "Strollers Bridge and the Old Wisconse, Wausau, Wis."
Photograph

View Looking West at Rib Mountain

Date: 1930
Description: View looking west at Rib Mountain across the Wisconsin River from the outskirts of Wausau.
Postcard

East Hill

Date: 1905
Description: View across water toward East Hill. Caption reads: "East Hill, from Depot Grounds, Wausau, Wis."
Photograph

Wausau

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of Wausau.
Photograph

Aerial View of Wausau

Date: 1925
Description: Aerial view of buildings in the downtown area.
Photograph

Bridge Over Wisconsin River

Date: 1918
Description: View of the bridge over the Wisconsin River at Big Bull Falls, seen at low water.
Photograph

Cereal Mills Company

Date: 1900
Description: View from bank of river towards the Cereal Mills Company, looking North toward Big Bull Falls.
Photograph

Log Jam on Wisconsin River

Date: 1900
Description: Two women and one man in street clothes and wearing hats posing among the logs of a large log jam on the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Falls Scene on the Wisconsin

Date: 
Description: View up the Wisconsin River showing the dam and a bridge. A streetcar and a small group of people are gathered on one end.
Photograph

Environmental Studies

Date: 1978
Description: Students at Wausau West High School involved in an innovative science project that studied energy consumption and pollution of the Wisconsin River.
Map or Atlas

City of Wausau

Date: 1932
Description: This map of Wausau shows lots and landownership, buildings, roads, railroads, parks, city wards, and the Wisconsin River. The map features an inset map sho...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Wausau Wisconsin

Date: 1955
Description: This map of Wausau distributed by the Wausau Chamber of Commerce was originally published in July of 1940 and shows the Wisconsin River. The map includes a...

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