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School Building

Date: 05 16 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of a two-floor school building with a covered front entrance underneath a bell tower. Snow is on the ground. Caption reads: "School B...
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12800 Ft. of Lumber

Date: 1909
Description: Team of horses driving through Antigo hauling 12800 Ft. of lumber. Three men and one driver are sitting on top of the large pile of wood as a crowd of peop...
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Man Standing on Load of Logs

Date: 1921
Description: A man is standing on top of a stack of firewood that is loaded on his horse-drawn bobsled. He is wearing a coat and hat. In the background are two homes an...
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Logging

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized postcard of loggers posing with logs piled on horse-drawn sleds. Caption reads: "Logging, Athens, Wis."
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C.W. Begg's Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of a group of workers, horses, and a dog posing at railroad siding at C.W. Begg's Mill. Caption reads: "C.W. Begg's Mill at Siding, C...
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Fountain-Campbell Company

Date: 1914
Description: Photographic postcard view of the log storage yard at the Fountain-Campbell Company. Snow is on the ground. Caption reads: "Fountain-Campbell Company, Dona...
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Log Train, Drummond, Wis.

Date: 1920
Description: View across snowy ground towards a steam-belching train engine on the right pulling flatbeds of stacked logs near a forest of tall pines. Caption reads: "L...
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Lumbering in Wisconsin, Filling the Sprinkling Tank

Date: 1910
Description: Reproduction by the Museum and Local History Department of the Eau Claire Public Library of a black and white photograph of a lumbering crew filling the sp...
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Montello Granite Works

Date: 1905
Description: A view, looking east, of the grounds and buildings of the Montello Granite Company. On the left, a train car with "Detroit Southern" painted on it stands o...
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Logging Scene

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Description: Two loggers and two draft horses standing near a tree stump. One man is on a sled with a log.
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Sledding out the Logs

Date: 1910
Description: View of men transporting logs on horse-drawn sleds in the northwoods. Caption on back reads, in part: "Even the camp cook gets his photo taken."
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Logging Scene

Date: 1903
Description: Group of people standing around a tall stack of logs chained together on a sled. People are in a horse-drawn sled on the right. Caption reads: "Logging Sce...
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Lemmer Fox and Fur Co.

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Description: View of a man standing in a fenced-in area feeding a fox. Caption reads: "Lemmer Fox and Fur Co., Marathon, Wis. U.S.A."
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"The Old Way" & the New Way of Hauling Logs to Mill

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Description: View towards a train hauling many flatbed cars of logs. There is an inset photograph of a person on top of a stack of logs on a sleigh being pulled by an o...
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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 ...
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Sawmill & Dam

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Brooks & Ross Sawmill & Dam, Schofield, Wis. 1909." The dam and millpond with the sawmill behind it. There are multiple buildings wit...
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Bird's Eye View of Sherry, Wisconsin

Date: 10 03 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View, Sherry, Wisconsin." Slightly elevated view across a field towards a small town with four locations marked in ink. "L...

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