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Raftsman's Series No. 1415: Rafting Over At Foot Of The Dells

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of men working on rafts.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1416: Shipping An Oar In The Dells (High Rock)

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of four raftsmen shipping an oar in the Dells.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1417: Shipping an Oar. A Heavy One

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of raftsmen shipping an oar.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1419: Putting Down a Spring Pole - A Hard One

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of raftsmen putting down a spring pole in the Dells.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1420: On A Sand Bar. Working A Jack

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of five raftsmen working a jack on a sandbar.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1421: On A Sandbar. Working A Jack

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a group of raftsmen on a sandbar working a jack.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1422: On A Sandbar. Working A Jack

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of several raftsmen working a jack on a sandbar.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1423: On A Sandbar. Setting A Jack

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a raftsman standing in water on sandbar setting a jack.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1424: On A Sandbar, Jack Run Out. Hold Her Boys

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of three raftsmen standing in the river, probably on a sandbar, using wooden poles to hold or push against the rafts.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1430: Taking A Drink After A Hard Pull

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a man lying on his stomach on a raft drinking water from the river. A second man crouches on the edge of the raft while a third man is stand...
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1431: Running the Kilbourn Dam. Seen From Shore

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of Jim Short steering a raft riding the rough waters of the river.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1436: Taking It Easy. Leaving The Dells

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a raftsman, Jim Aljoe, standing with his elbow propped on his knee holding the end of the rudder. A second man is sitting on the raft in the...
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1439: We Are Broke Up - Take Our Line

Date: 1886
Description: Two men on a raft that is breaking up are throwing a rope to a man standing on rocks on the riverbank.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1440: Snubbing. Clear That Line, Quick

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a raftsman holding a rope as a second man runs towards the edge of the raft.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Chippewa Falls

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye map of Chippewa Falls, county seat of Chippewa Falls.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye Map of Hurley

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye map of Hurley with insets Mining at the Colby, Hurley in 1885, and North Front of Silver Street.
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1886
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a farmer in a field operating a hor...
Print

Westward the Star of Empire Takes its Way

Date: 1886
Description: Advertisement for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad featuring an illustration of Uncle Sam stretched from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean....
Map or Atlas

Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye map of Menomonee Falls.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Washburn, Wis. Bayfield County

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye map of Washburn on Lake Superior. There is an inset of Washburn, Chequamagon and the Apostle Islands.

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