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Crane Lifting Logs at Logging Camp

Date: 1904
Description: At Hein's logging camp, a crane mounted on a railroad train lifts logs onto a flatbed railway car. Other logs are stacked on the snowy ground. A number of ...
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Logging Sled at the Landing

Date: 1904
Description: Five men stand on or nearby a sled loaded with logs and pulled by two horses at the landing at Hein's logging camp. There is snow on the ground.
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Hein's Logging Camp

Date: 1904
Description: A man stands atop a sled load of logs drawn by two horses at Hein's Logging Camp. Several other men stand atop large pile of logs behind him. Snow lies on ...
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Sled Load of Logs

Date: 1903
Description: Two sled loads of logs each drawn by teams of two horses at Bruno Vinett's logging camp. Drivers sit atop the loads. The ground is covered with snow.
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Wagon Load of Logs

Date: 1899
Description: Front view of a man holding the reins of two horses hitched to a sled loaded with logs on a snowy path in or near Vinette's logging camp.
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Logging Camp Dining Room

Date: 1900
Description: Ten men sitting and standing around tables set with dishes and food in the dining room of the Vinette logging camp.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

One-room shanty of old logging days passes with pioneer woodsman

Date: 1923-02-04
County: Chippewa
City: Eau Claire
Postcard

Logging Scene

Date: 
Description: Two loggers and two draft horses standing near a tree stump. One man is on a sled with a log.
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Horses at a Logging Camp

Date: 1884
Description: The logging camp of Bruno Vinett. About a dozen horses, most in harness, and a similar number of men stand in front of a barn-like building and a small woo...
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Logging Camp Crew

Date: 1875
Description: Group portrait of a large logging crew posing outdoors in the snow at their camp in front of a log building. One of the men is playing a fiddle or a violin...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The lumber camps of long ago

Date: 1915-01-14
County: Chippewa
City: 
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Logging Crew Breaking to Eat

Date: 
Description: A few dozen men stand on and around a sandy path surrounded by low shrubbery. They are wearing work clothes, and some of them are carrying bowls filled wit...
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Chippewa River

Date: 1929
Description: View of the Chippewa River rapids.
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Log Cabin in Woods

Date: 
Description: View from hill looking down on a group of log cabins inhabited by "dam tenders" on the shore of the icebound Chippewa River. A logging dam in is in the rig...
Postcard

Logs in Chippewa River, above the Falls

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized postcard of logs floating in river, looking east between falls and railroad bridge. In the upper right corner is a large number of logging pylons...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Stanley sawmill saws last log after 29 years operation

Date: 1920-09-17
County: Chippewa
City: Stanley
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Early day sawmills in the Chippewa Valley

Date: 1934-06-29
County: Chippewa
City: 
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Many sawmills built in county in early days

Date: 1933-08-17
County: Chippewa
City: 
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Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company Log Driving Crew

Date: 1905
Description: Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company log driving crew on the Chippewa River.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Wisconsin timber lands principal support of big eastern university

Date: 1922-02-05
County: Chippewa
City: Cornell

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