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Men Playing Cards in Shanty
A large group of men, probably logging workers, are shown playing cards in a sleeping shanty.
Falls Scene on the Wisconsin
View up the Wisconsin River showing the dam and a bridge. A streetcar and a small group of people are gathered on one end.
Log Driving Crew
May 1909
A log driving crew at Eagle Rapids Dam on the Chippewa River. Bottom of print reads: "Eagle Rapids Jam. May, 18-09."
Logging in the Blue Snow
Winter view with men logging on the Little Wolf River during the winter of the "blue snow". Logs are being decked on the ice and along the shore. Horse teams are being used to move the logs.
McGlaughlin and Reynolds Brothers Saloon
Group of men gathered at the bar in McGlaughlin and Reynolds Bros. Saloon. There is a young boy standing on the bar, as well as a dog sitting on the bar. One man is holding a gun. A mounted deer he...
Horses with a Go-Devil
1910
Two logging workers pose with their team of horses who are hitched to a go-devil, used for skidding logs to a road or landing.
