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Lumberyard

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Description: Elevated view of lumberyard. Men are standing in the yard, and buildings and smokestacks are in the background.
Photograph

Daniel Shaw Lumber Company

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a large building complex along a river, with a raft of logs in the water in front of it. A man is standing at the end of the raft...
Photograph

Wall Spalding Saw Mill

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Description: View of a saw mill and silo. Several logs are floating on the river in the foreground. A bridge is on the right. Another building is in the distance. Capti...
Photograph

Wall Spalding Planing Mill

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Description: View across water towards a large building above a waterfall. Ice is coating the sides of the river. A bridge is in the foreground on the left. Railroad ca...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Sauk City

Date: 1900
Description: A Sanborn fire insurance map of Sauk City created in 1900.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Sauk City

Date: 1915
Description: A Sanborn fire insurance map of Sauk City created in 1915.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Sauk City

Date: 1900
Description: A Sanborn fire insurance map of Sauk City created in 1900.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Sauk City

Date: 1892
Description: A Sanborn fire insurance map of Sauk City which was drawn up in 1892.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Washburn

Date: 09 1918
Description: An insurance map of Washburn, with an index and a key. Includes a small inset map of the State of Wisconsin that shows "Location of this town as above unde...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Waunakee

Date: 10 1894
Description: A Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Waunakee.
Postcard

Swallow's Nests

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Swallow's Nests, Dells of the Wisconsin." Rock formations on the shore of the Wisconsin River with trees growing above. Every summer ...
Photograph

Port Side of the Shipwreck Home

Date: 2005
Description: Underwater view of the port side of the wreck of the schooner Home.
Postcard

Loading

Date: 06 06 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Rib Lake, Wis.", "Loading." and "Brown Photo." A lumberjack is standing on a load of logs pulled by a team of horses. Three more men ...
Postcard

Scene Near Rice Lake

Date: 10 23 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene Near Rice Lake, Wis." Five lumberjacks pose with a load of logs on a sled pulled by horses. Two skids lean against the logs. Th...
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View of Glidden, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of Glidden. The lumber mill is in the foreground. A church and a water tower are on the horizon.
Photograph

The Naumann Co. Lumber-Millwork Delivery Truck

Date: 08 31 1927
Description: View across street towards a truck parked along the curb. The sign painted on the side of the truck reads: "Lumber-Millwork, The Nauman Co." There is a lar...
Photograph

TD-9 — Lumbering

Date: 1950
Description: Front view of a man driving a TD-9 crawler tractor. Subject: "TD-9 — Lumbering." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "TD-9 tractor and...
Photograph

Lumber Delivery Truck

Date: 06 18 1927
Description: Three-quarter view from front of the driver's side of a lumber delivery truck. A man is sitting in the driver's seat, and a sign on the side of the stake b...
Photograph

Lumber Delivery Trucks

Date: 05 27 1926
Description: View across parking area towards lumber delivery trucks parked in front of a large, wooden sided building, with clerestory windows. A sign on the side of t...
Photograph

Four Delivery Trucks

Date: 11 02 1927
Description: Four delivery trucks are parked in a row at an angle. The driver's side doors have signs painted on them that reads, in part: "Ashland Lumber Co." The sign...

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