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Photograph

Quartering Logs for Barrels

Date: 1952
Description: Employees of Hess Cooperage quarter log sections for barrel-making. The man standing in the middle of the image is Joe Hess.
Postcard

Cutting Logs into Chunks

Date: 
Description: A group of men are working on sawing logs into smaller pieces. In the foreground, an unidentified man is holding a large piece of tree trunk.
Postcard

Making Barrel Staves

Date: 
Description: Behind a barbed wire fence a man is splitting log rounds into barrel staves. The staves are stacked neatly to dry.

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