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Ellefson Lumber Company

Date: 05 16 1929
Description: Ellefson Lumber Co. store and supply building, located at 2016 Winnebago Street.
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Ellefson Lumber Company

Date: 05 16 1929
Description: View of the Ellefson Lumber Company warehouse on Sutherland Court behind 2016 Winnebago Street.
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Ellefson Lumber Company

Date: 05 16 1929
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Ellefson Lumber Company warehouse and yards on Sutherland Court behind 2016 Winnebago Street. 2039 Winnebago Street...
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Menasha Factory View

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: The Menasha Woodenware plant and water tower on Doty Island from across the Fox River canal, with a small railroad dolly in the foreground.
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Glen and Star's Mill

Date: 1900
Description: View across road towards two men standing facing each other just outside the front entrance to Glen and Star's Mill, near a brewery. There is snow on the g...
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John A. White and Company

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Description: Exterior of the John A. White and Company, a wood-working machinery company, formed in 1877.
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Great Northern Paper Company

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of timber in a canal, with a pile of wood in the foreground, at Great Northern Paper Company, which was incorporated in 1898 and soon became ...
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Rice Lake Lumber Company Mill

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view of the Rice Lake Lumber Company Mill, taken from a high vantage point. A formation of logs is in the river, and piles of finished boards are ...
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Lumber Mill on Chippewa River

Date: 1900
Description: View across Chippewa River of the Big Lumber Mill on the opposite bank.
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Lumber Mill on Chippewa River in Winter

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Description: A lumber mill complex on the banks of the Chippewa River. Patches of ice are on the river. Numerous logs lie on the shore opposite the mill and on the ice.
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Pallets in Lumber Yard

Date: 1903
Description: Several hundred pallets of lumber stand in the C.L. & B. lumber yard, with an open field in the foreground and a wooded area in the background
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Spring Log Running

Date: 1904
Description: Logs floating down the Chippewa River in front of the "Big Mill".
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Chippewa Falls Chair Company

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Description: Exterior view of a rectangular clapboard building. On the right side are large letters spelling out: "CHIPPEWA FALLS CHAIR CO." The building stands in a fi...
Postcard

Weeds Mill

Date: 1885
Description: Photographic postcard view of Weeds Mill. The mill has smokestacks and logs piled on the pond shoreline waiting for processing. A steam locomotive is on th...
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Yawkey-Crowley Lumber Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Yawkey-Crowley Lumber Company of Madison, Wisconsin, manufacturers of "Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Mouldings, etc.," with two text...
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Charcoal Kilns

Date: 09 27 1895
Description: Elevated view of men and horses standing atop the platform used to load wood into charcoal kilns, also known as pits. These kilns convert cord wood into ch...

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