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Dredging Operations

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Description: Elevated view of dredging operations at the mouth of Bear Creek in Canada. Caption reads: "Dredging Operations at the Mouth of Bear Creek, Dawson, Y.T."
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Building a Levee

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Description: View of the process of building a levee, including many horses and people. Caption reads: "Building the Levee near Port Gibson, Miss."
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Elevated View of Town on the Delaware River

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Description: Elevated view of country town showing large. There are wooden buildings alongside the Delaware River which curves through fields and patches of woods in th...
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Catskill Aqueduct Workers

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Description: A view of a camp of the Catskill Aqueduct workers including three men, three women, and one child. Caption reads: "Camp of Catskill Aqueduct Workers, Pleas...
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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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Oxen Hauling Logs

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Description: Oxen haul a cart near a stack of logs. A man stands on top of the cart. In the background is the forest. Caption reads: "A Pine Tree Forest near Pocomoke C...
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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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A Steam Hauler Pulling Logs

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Description: A view of a steam hauler pulling logs across ice on sleds. Four men are posing, with one man sticking his head out of a window of the hauler; one man is s...
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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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Men Stancing on Floating Logs

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Description: Elevated view of four men posing on logs floating in the Lower Killarney River, St. Martin's, New Brunswick, Canada. To the left of the scene is an expanse...
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Log Driving, Idaho

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Description: View from shoreline of log driving, with a large group of men using long poles to transfer logs from the land into the waterway. Logs can be seen in the ba...
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Grist Mill

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Description: View from road with a stone wall toward a small stone building housing a grist mill, with a large water wheel on the right side. Surrounding the grist mill...
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Log Jam on the River

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Description: View of a log jam on the river, with a forest in the background. Caption reads: "Log Jam."
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Log Drive Down the River, West Virginia

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Description: Elevated view of logs in the river. Near the river's bend are houses and other structures. The rolling hills and forests of West Virginia are in the backgr...
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Campbell's Mill

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Description: Elevated view of Campbell's Mill, which specialized in lumber. Situated in the midst of the forest are smokestacks, railroad tracks, and several buildings....
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The Brooks Scanlon Co.

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Description: Elevated view of the Brooks Scanlon Company, which specialized in lumber. The complex sits on a river. The lumber is lying out on the tops of roofs and in ...
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Urhenholdt Memorial Forest

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Description: Marker at the Uhrenholdt Memorial Forest established by farmer Soren J. Uhrenholdt on land that was part of northern Wisconsin's "Cutover Region." A leader...
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Hut at Washington Springs

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Description: A set of stone stairs leads to a small soldiers' hut inhabited during the American Revolution. This view of the hut in a wooded area shows a door, a window...
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Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle

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Description: A nun, followed by a dog, walks down a path in the woods. The path is surrounded closely by trees.
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Clubhouse in Wooded Setting

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Description: A dirt road leads through a wooded area to a clubhouse. A flag flies from the top of the two-story building and both stories have wrap-around porches.

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