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Cutting up Christmas Tree

Date: 07 20 1933
Description: Two men sawing up the 10th ward Christmas tree, a stately Wisconsin fir, which had been growing at the corner of Spooner and Monroe Street.
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Group posed in Yard of House

Date: 1872
Description: Two women and three men are posing in a yard. One man is holding a shotgun, another a carpenter's saw. The frame house behind them has a small front porch ...
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Family on Wrap-Around Porch

Date: 1873
Description: A family is seated on the wrap-around porch, with two men posed holding shotguns standing below them at foundation level. There are two windows in the ston...
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Family and Child on Fence

Date: 1870
Description: Family by wood fence with one child sitting on top of gate; wood house with upper window shutter closed and shutter trim around doorway; trellis by porch. ...
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Factory Worker at Osborne Works

Date: 09 1908
Description: Factory worker sawing a large piece of lumber at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as "Auburn Works"). The belt-driven machinery is alon...
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Horse-Powered Saw

Date: 1925
Description: Photographic illustration of two men cutting wood with a saw powered by horses on a treadmill. The horses and treadmill were added by an artist's drawing.
Book or Pamphlet

The Eclipse Wind Engine

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Description: Engraving of a farm with an Eclipse windmill. There is a cutaway view of the building beneath showing a man inside working at a saw. Another man is working...
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Three Men and Two Young Girls with Sawhorse

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Description: Three men stand with two young girls near a sawhorse. One of the men holds a saw. A large building is visible in the background.
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Devil's Lake CCC Workers Standing at a Saw

Date: 1935
Description: Group of Civilian Conservation Corps workers standing at a table saw. One man, probably a supervisor, wears a hat and tie.
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Men Sawing Timber

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Description: Men posed sawing timber using a steam-powered open-air saw.
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Men Sawing Timber

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Description: Men posed sawing timber using a steam-powered open-air saw.
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Factory Worker at Osborne Works

Date: 09 1913
Description: A factory worker in work clothes and a hat stands at a work station at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). The wooden ta...
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Engineer Sawmill

Date: 08 22 1943
Description: The sawmill for the engineers at the military camp on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The soldiers are just ...
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Hand Sawmill

Date: 1918
Description: Two men working outdoors using a hand saw to saw a piece of timber. In the background other people are working among stacks of timber. There is a large bui...
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Laplanders with their Reindeer Sled Teams

Date: 1918
Description: A family of Laplanders with their reindeer sled teams. In the background are a house with its outhouses, and a group of people to the left of center, as we...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 684-689

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Description: "I am the man with measuring pole on my shoulder. At the age of 21 years I was sawing log in the woods. Since then I have seen the old time way go and the ...
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Civil Works Administration Project No. 14

Date: 1934
Description: Public building improvement under the state Civil Works Administration, project number 14. Carpenter and painter at work.
Photograph

Henry Miller Family

Date: 05 1902
Description: Henry Miller with his wife, three children, and sister-in-law, Lena Jaeger, chopping wood. Henry is sawing a log, while a woman is cutting wood with an axe...
Photograph

Ice Harvesting Machine

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Description: A man stands near an ice harvesting machine on a lake. A label on the machine reads: "Wisconsin." There is open water behind him, and in the far background...
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Engine Mounted on Sled to Power Wood Saw

Date: 1914
Description: View of an engine mounted on a sled providing belt-driven power to a wood saw. Three men are standing near the saw in front of a large stack of wood. A bar...

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