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Group of Businessmen and Lumberjacks

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Description: Group portrait of men with a large fir tree. Men wearing suits, and three lumberjacks wearing work clothes are standing near the tree. In the background ar...
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Lumberjacks Resting and Logs Rolling Down the Track

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Description: Two views in postcard format. The view on left is of two lumberjacks sitting in front of a tree, each holding an axe. To the left is a large saw used for f...
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The Forest Interior and a Railroad Stockcar

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Description: A postcard with two views functioning as a "before" and "after" of forestry. The view on the left features a man standing in the distance among large trees...
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Men Standing Near Logs

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Description: A view of two men standing on, and two men in front of, numerous logs. One man holds a long ruler for measuring the logs' diameters. A small covered work ...
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Transporting Logs from the Forest

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Description: A man in the background is standing on top of the logs that are being loaded onto a railcar. Four African American men at ground level are working to hoist...
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Horses Hauling Logs

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Description: Horses pulling three logs on a wagon which has large wheels. A man is sitting on the wheel axle. In the background is a forest. Words have been scratched o...
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Shipping Logs by Railroad

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Description: Three men are standing on the last railroad car which is carrying logs down a railroad track. Another set of tracks are running parallel on the left, and b...
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A Boom Scene of Timbers On a River

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Description: View across water toward men standing and working on logs in the middle of the river. Booms help to collect the logs that are shipped down river from the f...
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 ...
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Logging Scene

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Description: Elevated view of logs arranged in piles in a clearing with snow on the ground. Two workmen are standing on a pathway between them. In the background is a m...
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Log Jam

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Description: Elevated view of a log jam. A man is sitting on logs in the center. Trees are along the shoreline on both sides.

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