Eugene B. Thayer Papers, 1897-1963

Container Title
Set B
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Folder   1
Milkman for City Dairy, Wausau, Wisconsin
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Folder   2
Post Office, Wausau, Wisconsin / Photographer: John F. Schreiber
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Folder   3
“Our Last Picnic of the Season,” probably Wausau, Wisconsin, 1909 September 19
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Folder   4
Men playing cards in sleeping shanty
Note: Man in center holds straight flush.
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Folder   5
A member of Wausau Cubs baseball team
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Folder   6
People standing in front of a two-story log structure
Note: The poor state of repair of the building suggests temporary use only.
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Folder   7
Man seated in wagon with dog
Note: Sign on buckboard: Wartman & Belter, phone 1087, Wausau.
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Folder   8
Men standing near tree that has been cut down
Note: Hardwood in background and stumps suggest this white pine was one of last trees to be cut. Probably measures four feet on the stump, a huge tree in Wisconsin, more than 100 years old.
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Folder   9
“Falls scene on the Wisconsin River”
Note: Streetcar on bridge.
Photographer: John F. Schreiber.
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Folder   10
Two men standing in office, possibly Wausau, Wisconsin, 1912
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Folder   11
Ferry believed to have been used on Wisconsin River north of Wausau, Wisconsin
Note: Stone in wagon may be from nearby quarry. Driver holds some sort of lever attached to a cable which is pulling ferry across the river.
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Folder   12
Fair time, Wausau, Wisconsin
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Folder   13
Wausau Paper Mill, Brokaw, Wisconsin, north of Wausau
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Folder   14
Section crew, probably on Chicago and North Western Railroad, at Eland Junction, Shawano County
Note: Velocipede at right was often referred to as a “pede” or handcar.
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Folder   15
Loading railway ties, probably near Wausau, Chicago and North Western Railroad
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Folder   16
Wausau baseball team, the Lumberjacks, “City Champions,” 1911
Note: Photographer: John F. Schreiber.
Box   2
Folder   17
Crew on Rosholt spur of Chicago and North Western at Eland Junction
Note: Left to right: Ole Haroldson, temporary fireman, Jack McIver, brakeman, Peter Schwin, temporary engineer, Larry Tormey?, conductor, and Reynolds.
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Folder   18
Loading hemlock bark that has been cut in four-foot lengths
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Folder   19
McLaughlin? & Remmel Bros., Saloon, Wausau
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Folder   20
Winch on cable running into sewer, probably Wausau
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Folder   21
Family reunion, probably Wausau
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Folder   22
Marathon County Court House, 3rd Street, Wausau
Note: It has since been demolished.
Photographer: John F. Schreiber.
Box   2
Folder   23
River drivers having hot lunch on bank of river, probably the Trap or Rib
Note: A batteau, a boat used for moving crews around to keep log drive in motion and keep logs from “sacking” or becoming “Sandbagged” on bars or banks, is beached on bank.