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Men Posed Outdoors in front of a Wooden Building

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Description: Two men posed standing outside a wooden building with a tall smokestack, probably a power plant for a sawmill. Two men are posed sitting in two wagons, eac...
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Goodyear Mill

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Description: Elevated view of a large group of men posing standing in front of a sawmill, probably the Goodyear Mill, three miles south of Saddle, or a mill located in ...
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McKenna Mill

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Description: Elevated view of a large group of men, children and horses posed standing in front of a sawmill, probably a mill located in McKenna.
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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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Blacksmith Shoeing Horse

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Description: Blacksmith posed shoeing a horse in the snow-covered lumberyard of a sawmill, while another man holds the horse's reins. A third man is posed standing next...
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Group in front of Sawmill

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Description: Large group of men, women, and children posed standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a sawmill either under construction, or an open saw mill.
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Group in front of Sawmill

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Description: View down hill of a large group of men, some displaying horses, in front of a sawmill and its power plant. One of the men is holding a dog, and two of the ...
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Men Posed by Saw

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Description: Men posed using a steam-powered open-air saw, probably using a steam tractor for power.
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Saw Mill

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow-covered ground towards a saw mill operated by the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Soldiers are loading logs to be processed on to a horse-drawn s...
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Arpin Lumber Co. Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: 90,000 feet of pine logs floating in the storage/sorting pond at the Arpin Lumber Company sawmill. The sawmill and other buildings are in the background. O...
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Sawmill Fire

Date: 1894
Description: A crowd gathers and watches the sawmill on fire.
Postcard

C.W. Begg's Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of a group of workers, horses, and a dog posing at railroad siding at C.W. Begg's Mill. Caption reads: "C.W. Begg's Mill at Siding, C...
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Will's Saw Outfit

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump, second from left, is watching as two men guide a log into the circular saw blade of a portable sawmill. A steam engine at left powers th...
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Cutting Fire Wood

Date: 1905
Description: Six men posing in front of a portable steam driven circular saw on the Von der Sump farm. A portion of the saw blade is visible between two men in the cent...

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