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Indian Log Drivers

Date: 1899
Description: View along shoreline towards Indian log drivers, two in a bateau, and one man standing on the bank of the Chippewa River.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1427: Muscular Vigor In Action

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Description: Stereograph of a man on a raft pulling down on the end of a hand hewn log, most likely the oar, while a second man stands by and watches.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1428: Muscular Vigor In Repose

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Description: Stereograph of a man on a raft holding the end of a hand hewn log, probably an oar, while three men watch in the background. Two of the men are standing ...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1434: Breasting An Oar - Just To Steady Her

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Description: Stereograph of a man on raft holding end of oar at chest level. There is rope coiled in the foreground.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1435: Dick The Skiffman, Going Ashore With The Line

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Description: Stereograph of a man standing in rowboat at the edge of a raft. There is a rope leading from the raft to the rowboat.
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A Boom Scene of Timbers On a River

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Description: View across water toward men standing and working on logs in the middle of the river. Booms help to collect the logs that are shipped down river from the f...
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A Boom Scene with Timbers

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Description: Elevated view of two men standing on log booms which cover much of the river's surface. In the background are trees and a bridge.
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A Log Raft on the Columbia River

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Description: View of a log raft secured to a dock or barge on the right. Men are standing on the raft chaining the logs together in one compact load. A man is walking n...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1416: Shipping An Oar In The Dells (High Rock) - Anaglyph

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of four raftsmen shipping an oar in the Dells.
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On the Raft

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Description: Stereograph of men on a large raft on the Wisconsin River, with exposed, tree-lined rock formations on the shoreline in the background. Wanigans (shelters)...

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