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| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Ashley Bennett ("Cookie") who volunteered his services during the float, and the cook Mike Lane, on the Arpin fleet of lumber rafts. |
| 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." |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of a man putting in a "Yankee" while another man is chopping a log with an axe. |
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| Description: | Stereograph of four men on a raft working a Spanish windlass. The raft is in front of a rock wall. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Two men on raft putting in a twister. There is a rock wall formation in the background. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of men working on rafts. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of four raftsmen shipping an oar in the Dells. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of raftsmen shipping an oar. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of raftsmen putting down a spring pole in the Dells. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of five raftsmen working a jack on a sandbar. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a group of raftsmen on a sandbar working a jack. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of several raftsmen working a jack on a sandbar. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a raftsman standing in water on sandbar setting a jack. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of three raftsmen standing in the river, probably on a sandbar, using wooden poles to hold or push against the rafts. |
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| Description: | Stereograph of three men aboard a logging raft using log poles to "put down the grouzers." |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a man standing on the back of a raft holding a hand-hewned oar. The raft is passing under a wooden bridge. A town, including a church, are i... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a man lying on his stomach on a raft drinking water from the river. A second man crouches on the edge of the raft while a third man is stand... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Jim Short steering a raft riding the rough waters of the river. |
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| Description: | Stereograph of five people huddled under blankets on a raft. The shadow of a camera and the photographer are in the foreground. |
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