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Loggers Dining at Camp

Date: 1907
Description: Loggers at dinner in the woods north of Glen Flora. The man in the center is filing his saw.
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Two Lumbermen with Saw

Date: 1880
Description: Two lumbermen posing with a two-man crosscut saw they are using on a fallen tree trunk, cutting the pine into manageable sizes for hauling.
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Loggers with Pine Tree

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Description: Two men with a saw stand by a large pine tree recently cut down.
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Big Falls Fire Fighters

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of a fire fighting crew posing with buckets and shovels. They are battling the Big Falls Forest Fire.
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Blister Rust Eradication Crew

Date: 1935
Description: Slightly elevated view of a ribes eradication crew that was part of the white pine blister rust effort in a Barron County forest. The caption indicates tha...
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CCC Youth Crew

Date: 1938
Description: A crew of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) youth starting for the field where they were working on ribes eradication as part of the effort to defeat the w...
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Cutting Crew in the Woods

Date: 1900
Description: A cutting crew of three men posing in the woods with a work horse next to felled trees.
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Men Felling a Tree with Axes

Date: 1947
Description: Two men use axes to fell a large tree in a wooded area.
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Hunting Stand in a Tree

Date: 1969
Description: A covered hunting stand rests in a large tree. The tree grows in an open field, with a hill and woods in the background.
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Douglas Fir and Logger

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Description: View of a man standing next to a douglas fir which is fourteen feet in diameter. The man is dressed in work clothes and an axe rests on his hip. In the bac...
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Man with Saw Near a Fallen Tree

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Description: A man is standing next to a large, fallen tree holding out a saw against the log. Directly behind him is the stump. Caption reads: "The Bucker at Work, Owe...
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Men Sawing Wood

Date: 1926
Description: Three men use circular saws to cut wood in a forest. The tractor on the right appears to be providing belt-driven power to the saws.
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Logging Near Rice Lake

Date: 1872
Description: A group of loggers poses for a group portrait amongst cut logs in a snow-covered wooded area. The men in the middle have their axes in hand, while other me...
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Collecting Maple Sap at the Maple Crest Maple Syrup Farm

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Description: Two men in a forest are pouring maple sap into metal barrels and buckets at the Maple Crest Maple Syrup Farm. One man is standing in the back of the traile...
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Tapped Maple Tree

Date: 1966
Description: View of a tapped Maple tree collecting sap in a covered bucket. The forest is covered in snow, and a small cabin is in the background.
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Snow-Covered Maple Trees Collecting Sap

Date: 1966
Description: Winter scene, with a forest of snow-covered tapped Maple trees collecting sap.
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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 Transport

Date: 1940
Description: Two men are loading logs onto the bed of an International D-Line truck. A forest and mountain are in the background.
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Aldo Leopold with Work Group

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Description: A group of men dressed for work, with implements in hand. Most of them are wearing hats and boots. One man is smoking a pipe. A forest is behind them. Hand...
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Farm Home

Date: 1895
Description: Two women, a man and a child posing on a road adjoining their homestead, with stumpland and a forest behind them.

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