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Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad

Date: 1884
Description: View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large...
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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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Cemetery for War Dead from Iwo Jima

Date: 03 1945
Description: The cemetery for the war dead on Guam. The body of a fighting man who died of wounds received during the battle for Iwo Jima is being lowered into the eart...
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Log Drive at Jim Falls

Date: 1909
Description: Men in bateaux for the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company's log drive on the Chippewa River at Jim Falls.
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Lumber Rafts in Narrows

Date: 1887
Description: Two lumber rafts with men aboard floating down the Wisconsin River.
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Beach Toss

Date: 08 12 1984
Description: A bikini-clad woman snaps a self-portrait with a long cable release attached to a camera as she is tossed into the air by a group of men on the beach. Othe...
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H.H. Bennett and Dark Tent at Gates Ravine

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Description: View up the river from behind Gates Ravine. There is a boat and dark tent at the edge of the river. H.H. Bennett is sitting on rowboat with his wetplate te...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1410; Pulling In A Grub

Date: 1886
Description: Three men on raft pulling in a grub. In the background are logs floating in the water, and a man carrying a log.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1412: Putting In A Yankee

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph view of a man putting in a "Yankee" while another man is chopping a log with an axe.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1415: Rafting Over At Foot Of The Dells

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of men working on rafts.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1416: Shipping An Oar In The Dells (High Rock)

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of four raftsmen shipping an oar in the Dells.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1417: Shipping an Oar. A Heavy One

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of raftsmen shipping an oar.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1419: Putting Down a Spring Pole - A Hard One

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of raftsmen putting down a spring pole in the Dells.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1420: On A Sand Bar. Working A Jack

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of five raftsmen working a jack on a sandbar.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1421: On A Sandbar. Working A Jack

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a group of raftsmen on a sandbar working a jack.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1424: On A Sandbar, Jack Run Out. Hold Her Boys

Date: 1886
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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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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Raftsman's Series No. 1438: Making A Crossing. Hold Her Heavy Pard

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Description: Stereograph of two raftsmen holding a hand-hewn oar above their heads and leaning into it. Another man at the other end of the raft is doing the same.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1439: We Are Broke Up - Take Our Line

Date: 1886
Description: Two men on a raft that is breaking up are throwing a rope to a man standing on rocks on the riverbank.

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