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Men Posing at Lumber Yard

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Description: View across field of scrub grass towards a group of men, some in work clothes and other men wearing suits, standing in a lumberyard at a logging camp. Ther...
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Logging; McKenna Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: View from hill of the McKenna Sawmill, surrounded by stacks of lumber.
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European American Family and Their Home

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Description: Outdoor group portrait in an unidentified location of a group posing in the yard of wooden house. There is a man and a woman sitting in the center, each ho...
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Dog on a Stump

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Description: View of a dog sitting on a tree stump in a yard, with a chicken, wood piles and a wooden structure in the background.
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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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Steam Powered Saw Mill

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Description: View towards three men posing standing near a steam-powered open saw mill next to piles of logs.
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Steam Powered Saw Mill and Workers

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Description: Group portrait of a group of men sitting near an open steam-powered saw mill.
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L&M Association Lumber Yard

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Description: Copy photograph of Black River Falls. L & M Association lumber yards is identified in the foreground.
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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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Group of People on a Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline of people, men, women and children, gathered in groups on a wooden bridge. A sign in the middle of the bridge reads: "$50 Fine for Cutt...
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Group of Men Posed at Construction Site

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Description: Men posed standing at the construction site. They are probably laying the foundation of a building. A small wooden building in the background has a poster ...
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Men Posed Holding Logging Tools

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Description: Four men posed standing and holding logging tools next to a team of two oxen in the woods. Photographer's wagon in the background of C.R. Monroe, Traveling...
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Goodyear Mill

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Description: Lumberyard with railroad lines and a sawmill, probably the Goodyear Mill, three miles south of Saddle, or a mill located in McKenna.
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Group of Men near Two Wooden Buildings

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Description: Group of men and a young girl posed standing and in wagons outside two large wooden buildings, possibly a sawmill. There is a row of barrels along the top ...
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Cross-Sections of Tree Trunks

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Description: Cross-sections of three tree trunks on a wooden floor.
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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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Harrison Street Bridge

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Description: View from what appears to be a lumber yard of men posed standing on the newly constructed Harrison Street bridge that replaced one destroyed in the flood o...
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Harrison Street Bridge

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Description: Men posed standing on the rocky river bank and bridge, probably the Harrison Street Bridge. A sign on the bridge says: "? Fine for driving or riding on thi...
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Train Pulling Large Logs

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Description: A train pulls a load of very large tree trunks. Several men stand between the large logs.
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Stacked Logs

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Description: Long lines of stacked logs at the Halcyon Brickyard.

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