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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Two lumbermen posing with a two-man crosscut saw they are using on a fallen tree trunk, cutting the pine into manageable sizes for hauling. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Florence from across Fisher Lake, with several people standing below on the shoreline. Caption reads: "Florence, Wis. from across Fisher L... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Field and trees and water are in the foreground. On the far shoreline are buildings in the town. |
| Date: | 02 10 1915 |
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| Description: | Professor C.W. Farr standing on an elevated platform at the front of a classroom at the Burrell School while presenting on the subject of agricultural dive... |
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| Description: | View down hill of Wilson Dam, which opened in 1924. Located on the Tennessee River, boats and buildings are near the dam on the opposite shoreline. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Wilson Dam under construction, looking south. Three large cranes can be seen on the dam over the Tennessee River. Caption reads: "Wilson D... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Wilson Dam under construction. Three large cranes are on the dam over the Tennessee River. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Wilson Dam under construction. Three large cranes are on the dam over the Tennessee River. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Public building improvement under the state Civil Works Administration, project number 14. Carpenter and painter at work. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View along Central Avenue. There are a number of commercial buildings with false fronts. Groups of people stand near the road on the left and right. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Prophylactic Brush Company, with examples of a hair brush, a tooth brush, and a hand brush, in or alongside the boxed packaging. |
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| Description: | View of a waterfall with a man fishing from the top. Caption reads: "Michigamme Falls, Near Florence, Wis." |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an elevated view of a mining operation. Men are posing on the head frame/gallows frame over the pit. One man is perching on the top of the g... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a boarding house in the woods surrounded by a pole fence. Hand-written on the reverse: "First Boarding house of Florence, Erected March 1st,... |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a railroad crew laying tracks. The ties are in place and the rails are being positioned on the first level. The bank behind the crew is terr... |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a group of men posing near a log cabin in the woods. In the foreground is a dirt mound and a man sitting on a box. Barrels and tools are sca... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of men posing with ore carts on railroad tracks. One man is standing on the dirt in the cart to the right. They are possibly excavating more di... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | A man is lifting a snow fence in ankle deep snow. In the background is a tree covered hill. |
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