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Monorail Hoist with Lumber Carrying Unit Outside

Date: 11 04 1915
Description: Elevated view of monorail hoist with lumber carrying unit outside at the Port Hammond Lumber Company. Tree stumps, a tent, and other small buildings are vi...
Photograph

Field Preparation for Cranberry Marsh

Date: 08 08 1922
Description: A man is sitting on the back of a Kissel truck using machinery to dredge a field. The field was being cleared in order to prepare it for use as a cranberry...
Photograph

Clearing Hardwood Forest

Date: 08 02 1895
Description: A hardwood forest ten miles southwest of Florence, containing hard maple, birch, elm, oak, hemlock, and other types of timber. Two men are leaning against ...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Photograph

Draining Horicon Marsh

Date: 1914
Description: View of a drainage ditch in Horicon Marsh. A man is on a path along the left of the ditch.
Photograph

Plowing on Horicon Marsh

Date: 10 1914
Description: View of furrowed ground in Horicon Marsh and men on a tractor in the process of plowing a drained portion of the marsh.
Photograph

IH TD-15 Series B Tractor Crawler Clearing Trees

Date: 1969
Description: This photograph was likely taken by the International Harvester Overseas Division for promotional purposes, and shows a man driving an International Harves...
Photograph

Man Clearing Land

Date: 09 14 1925
Description: A man is driving a McCormick-Deering tractor to clear a field near a forest.
Photograph

TD-24 — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: View towards man using a TD-24 to pull a stump. Mountains are in the background. Subject: "TD-24 — Lumbering." Where Taken: "Pac." Information with photogr...

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