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Log Drive on Wisconsin River

Date: 1913
Description: Eight men are in a boat driving logs down the Wisconsin River.
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Spring Runoff at Big Bull Falls

Date: 1916
Description: Water churns under a railroad bridge as the spring thaw swells the Wisconsin River.
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Drive to the Lake

Date: 1917
Description: Three women sit in the back of a Hudson Touring car, while a fourth woman stands behind the car on the side rail. All four women wear scarves over their ha...
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Dr. Joseph Smith and His Wife

Date: 1919
Description: Dr. Joseph Smith and his wife, Mary, pose next to trees by a rivers edge.
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Dr. Joseph Smith and Friends

Date: 1919
Description: Dr. Joseph Smith poses with friends next to a tree along a rivers edge.
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Big Bull Falls

Date: 1916
Description: Water of Big Bull Falls or the Wisconsin River rapidly flows underneath two railroad bridges. Pedestrians cross the bridges while peering over at the over...
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Man Overlooking the Eau Claire River

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of man seated on cliffs edge overlooking the dells of the Eau Claire River. Farther upstream is a bridge over the river.
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Eau Claire River Dells

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of the Eau Claire River rushing over large rocky formations. A bridge crosses over the river on the left. Large tree trunks have been stacked...
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Bridge over the Eau Claire River

Date: 1913
Description: View up river towards a bridge over a rocky portion of the Eau Claire River. A women is standing on rocks beneath the bridge in the center, while a man sta...
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Dam in Wausau

Date: 1913
Description: View down riverbank towards dam of a river around Wausau. Two men and a limber (two-wheeled cart) are near the rivers edge. A man, perhaps a construction w...
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Logging Stacks

Date: 1913
Description: View from low hill of piles of logs along the icy rivers edge. A pile of logs is on the shoreline, and a large amount of neatly stacked logs are in the bac...
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Two Girls Standing on Bridge

Date: 1913
Description: View from riverbank looking down towards two girls standing in the middle of a bridge along a road. They are looking over the railing at the water below. F...
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Visiting a Log Drive

Date: 1912
Description: Businessmen visiting a log drive down the Wisconsin River. One man wearing a vest sits in a boat holding a peavey hook over his shoulder. Other men wearing...
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Businessmen Visiting Logging Crew

Date: 1912
Description: View from shoreline over tree branches of three businessmen visiting a logging crew on the Wisconsin River. One businessman sits on a boat while two others...
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Meal with the Log Drivers

Date: 1912
Description: View towards shoreline of log drivers eating lunch on the edge of the riverbank. Visiting businessmen share a meal with the log drivers who are sitting and...
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Log Drivers Lunch

Date: 1912
Description: View towards shoreline of log drivers eating lunch on the edge of the riverbank. The men wait in line along a buffet table filled with provisions. The busi...
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Posing on the Cooks Tent

Date: 1912
Description: View looking down from riverbank of four businessmen and the log driving cook posing on the cooks tent barge during the log drive.
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Lunch on the Log Drive

Date: 1912
Description: Four businessmen standing around a table, eating along the banks of the Wisconsin River. The table is set with a stack of bowls and a crate of apples. Logs...
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Picking Flowers

Date: 1913
Description: Woman, possibly Marvin B. Rosenberry's daughter (?), picking flowers in a field near a lake.

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