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Early Power Boat Used for Fishing

Date: 1900
Description: Steamboat on Long Lake owned by Lorenzo Newman of Chippewa Falls. It is anchored at Newman Peninsula on Long Lake near a wet boathouse. The boat was operat...
Postcard

New Auburn

Date: 1905
Description: Clockwise from upper left images include: Cutters Point, Long Lake, Wis.; M.E. Church, New Auburn, Wis.; Farmers Store, New Auburn, Wis.; Public School, Ne...
Photograph

Birch Trees at Round Lake

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Description: Round Lake with birch trees on shore in foreground and a rowboat pulled up to shoreline.
Photograph

Round Lake

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Description: The curved shoreline of Round Lake. A rowboat is drawn up to the sandy shoreline on the right. The surface of the water is smooth.
Photograph

Birch Bark Canoe, Chain of Lakes, Wis.

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Description: One man sits in the bow and one man stands on shore holding the stern of a birch bark canoe at the edge of a lake. They may be Indians. The man in the cano...
Photograph

Bridge and Water Tower

Date: 1927
Description: View down middle of metal bridge across the Cornell Flowage. Across the lake, there is the pulpwood stacker on the left and a water tower on the right near...
Photograph

C.W.P. Company

Date: 1927
Description: View across lower section of dam at Cornell Wood Products Company. In the background are factory buildings, a tall smokestack, and a water tower.
Photograph

C.W.P. Company

Date: 1927
Description: Elevated view over dam of the site of the Cornell Wood Products Company. On the opposite shoreline is a pulpwood stacker, tall smokestack, water tower, and...
Map or Atlas

Map of Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: This early 20th century map of Chippewa County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, roads, railroads, schoo...
Map or Atlas

Map of Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Date: 1918
Description: This 1918 map of Chippewa County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, rural residences, churches, schools, ...
Map or Atlas

Highway Map of Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: This road map of Chippewa County, Wisconsin, dates to around 1930. It shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, railroads, l...
Map or Atlas

Map of Chippewa County, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1873
Description: This 1873 map of Chippewa County, Wisconsin, which at the time also encompassed all or part of Price, Rusk, Sawyer, and Taylor counties, shows the township...
Map or Atlas

Map of Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Date: 1902
Description: This 1902 map of Chippewa County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities, villages and post offices, land ownership and acre...
Postcard

Lake Wissota

Date: 1940
Description: Color postcard of a view across water towards the rocky banks of Lake Wissota. Caption reads: "Lake Wissota, Chippewa Falls, Wis."
Postcard

Lake Wissota - Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Color photograph of an aerial view of Lake Wissota looking east on Highway 29. Many resorts are in the area. Lake Wissota is one of the largest man-made la...
Postcard

Lake Wissota-Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view, looking northwest, three miles east of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Big Lake Wissota is seen across from Highway 29 in this color postcard, with...
Postcard

Dam at Glen Loch, Irvine Park

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view from shoreline of Glen Loch in Irvine Park. Caption reads: "Dam at Glen Loch, Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls, Wis."
Postcard

Staff House at Kamp Kenwood on Lake Wissota

Date: 1950
Description: Interior view of a living room in the Staff House at Kamp Kenwood, Lake Wissota. There is a view of Lake Wissota through the large window. Caption reads: "...
Postcard

Lake Hallie near Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Date: 1907
Description: Aerial view of Lake Hallie on the Chippewa river.
Postcard

Lake Hallie, Eau Claire, Wis.

Date: 1907
Description: Color photograph of Lake Hallie, with a steamship on the water.

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