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Loggers in Bateaux

Date: 1900
Description: Log driving crew on river in five bateaux. In the background on the left is a bridge.
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Log Drive at Jim Falls

Date: 1909
Description: Men in bateaux for the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company's log drive on the Chippewa River at Jim Falls.
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Logs in Ashland Harbor

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland.
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St. Croix River Log Jam

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Description: Several men standing amidst a huge log jam on the St. Croix River. The men are standing in a line holding a rope. A bridge spans the river in the far backg...
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River Drivers Lunch

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Description: Log driving crew sitting down for lunch on the bank of a river (probably the Trap River or Rib River). There is a batteau at the water's edge, and one man ...
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International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 02 1946
Description: Advertising proof for "rugged" International trucks, featuring a color illustration of men log driving timber down a river with an International truck bear...
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Loading Logging Truck

Date: 1933
Description: Three men loading up a logging truck with timber. Two of the men are standing on the ground using pulley's, and the third man is on top of the trailer with...
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Log Jam

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Description: View from shoreline of a log jam under a railroad bridge about half a mile from the Black River Falls Dam. On the opposite shoreline, men sit atop a fence....
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Logging Clean-Up Crew

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Description: Group of men and a boy posed holding logging tools and standing in front of tents on the banks of a river, probably just south of Black River Falls. A man ...
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Log Driving Crew

Date: 05 1909
Description: A log driving crew at Eagle Rapids Dam on the Chippewa River. Bottom of print reads: "Eagle Rapids Jam. May, 18-09."
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Logging Scene

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Description: Exterior view of a group of men posing standing on top of and around logs on a sled pulled by a team of horses.
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Copy Photograph; Log Driving

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Description: Copy photograph of a group of men posing together with a tall stack of logs on a sled pulled by a team of four horses. Two of them men are standing on the ...
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Posing on the Cooks Tent

Date: 1912
Description: View looking down from riverbank of four businessmen and the log driving cook posing on the cooks tent barge during the log drive.
Postcard

Holt Lumber Company

Date: 1910
Description: View from the Oconto River of the Holt Lumber Company. A man is standing on a log boom and guiding logs to the sawmill. Writing on the postcard reads: "Hol...

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