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Munger's Mill and Dam

Date: 1895
Description: Munger's Mill and dam, with men standing on and around the dam.
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Raftsman's Series Unnumbered: Eating On Board

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Description: Stereograph of a group of raftsmen eating at a table onboard a lumber raft near the shoreline.
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Tent at Tent Colony

Date: 06 27 1931
Description: Man sawing wood in front of a tent in the woods at the University of Wisconsin Tent Colony. The tent is set up on a wood platform. Also known as Camp Galli...
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Copy Photograph; Ice and Log Jam

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Description: Copy photograph of an ice jam on a river and a town.
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Lumber Operation

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Description: View from hill of lumber operation, with stacks of timber and a sawmill in operation, probably McKenna in eastern Jackson County.
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Cabin by the River

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Description: View along shoreline towards a cabin, with a railroad bridge in the distance. Lumber is lying on the grass in the foreground.
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Lumber Pile

Date: 1911
Description: Stack of logs with the caption "Piles to be used for extending R.R. to dam site."
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Tree Sections at Sawmill

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Description: Man posing standing among tree sections on a sawmill floor.
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W.H. Rogers Lumber Co. Camp

Date: 1900
Description: Lumber camp group, W.H. Rogers Lumber Co., near Nashville.
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Raft of Lumber

Date: 1887
Description: A raft of lumber which has been floated down the Wisconsin River to be broken up and sold. Two men are standing on the raft, each near lumber stacked on a ...
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Herrling Sawmill and Farm

Date: 1890
Description: A view of Rudolph Herrling's sawmill and log yard in front of the Herling farm.
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European American Family and Their Home

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Description: Outdoor group portrait in an unidentified location of a group posing in the yard of wooden house. There is a man and a woman sitting in the center, each ho...
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Men Holding Pipes

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Description: Three men posed standing against a fence holding pipes in a yard. In the background is a river clogged with floating logs floating. Several wooden building...
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Logging Camp

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Description: A group of people, presumably loggers and camp employees, pose with horses at a logging camp. A muddy puddle is in the foreground, and behind the group are...
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Group in front of Boarding House

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Description: A group of people pose in front of a boarding house. One man on the right is holding up a small child. There is a large pile of lumber or fuelwood next to ...
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Logging Camp Crew

Date: 1905
Description: Logging crew posed in snow at a logging camp.
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Men Posing in the New Street

Date: 1889
Description: Elevated view of group gathered and posed on a new street. Behind the group is a large pile of lumber, wooden sidewalks, and what appear to be newly-constr...
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Lumberyard with Town in Background

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Description: A view of the lumberyard with the town in the background.
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Emerson Bros. Sawmill

Date: 1908
Description: Emerson Brothers Sawmill with large piles of cut trees in the foreground.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1406 : Trip Finished. Pulling Out The Lumber

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of men unloading lumber off a raft. A man at the left is loading lumber onto a horse-drawn wagon, while a man in an apron is holding the horses...

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