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Tree Sections at Sawmill

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Description: Man posing standing among tree sections on a sawmill floor.
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Copy Photograph; Ice and Log Jam

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Description: Copy photograph of an ice jam on a river and a town.
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McKenna Mill

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Description: Lumberyard full of logs and a sawmill in the distance, probably McKenna in eastern Jackson County.
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Five Men at a Camp Site

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Description: Outdoor view towards five men posing kneeling in front of two tents.
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Logging Scene

Date: 1890
Description: Outdoor group portrait of loggers with their tools near their lodge.
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Lumberyard with Town in Background

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Description: A view of the lumberyard with the town in the background.
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Lumber Operation

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Description: View from hill of lumber operation, with stacks of timber and a sawmill in operation, probably McKenna in eastern Jackson County.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posed holding logging tools while sitting and standing in front of and atop a log building.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posed standing in front of two wooden buildings, possibly a logging camp.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posed standing in a snow-covered logging camp in front of a log building.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group portrait of men holding logging tools posed standing in front of a wooden building.
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Farm Buildings and Frame House

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Description: View across grass towards a board frame house, farm buildings, hanging laundry, and a large wood pile.
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Flood Damage

Date: 1911
Description: View across river of buildings along the river's edge. Identified as probably Melrose or Northbend, not Black River Falls. Probably from the flood of 1911.
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Unidentified House with Wood Pile

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Description: Outdoor view across lawn of a two-story wood and brick house. There is a large woodpile stacked on the left.
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Hitching Post near the McGillivray Factory

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Description: A horse hitching weight is on top of a concrete cinder block in the yard of a wooden building. Location identified as near the McGillivray factory.
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Cabin by the River

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Description: View along shoreline towards a cabin, with a railroad bridge in the distance. Lumber is lying on the grass in the foreground.
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Union High School

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Description: View across lawn towards the front of a large brick school building. Identified as Union High School
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Rustic Dwelling

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Description: View across empty yard towards a small wooden building with a windmill and outbuildings in a dirt yard.
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Farm

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Description: A view of a farm with a house on the left, a windmill in the center, and a dilapidated building on the right.
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Camping Scene

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Description: View of two tents in a clearing surrounded by trees. A man and his dog are standing in the center.

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