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Phoenix Log Hauler

Date: 1914
Description: Steam log hauler made by Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Eau Claire, pulling loaded skids through snow. Rice Lake lumber camp, overland spur.
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Logging Crew and Railroad

Date: 1888
Description: A logging crew of the Upham Lumber Company, together with the company's locomotive, "Old Vanderbilt," formerly the Wisconsin Central Railroad's Engine No #...
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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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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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Rail Siding and Hand Car with Crew

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Description: Rail siding and handcar with crew at Slashing, Waupaca County. Three men are standing on the handcar in the foreground. A young boy is sitting on a load of...
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Crane Lifting Logs at Logging Camp

Date: 1904
Description: At Hein's logging camp, a crane mounted on a railroad train lifts logs onto a flatbed railway car. Other logs are stacked on the snowy ground. A number of ...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Men posed sitting and standing in a logging camp in front of a steam locomotive. A man in the middle foreground is posed sitting and playing a concertina. ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 507-513

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Description: We tend to forget that at the time of the destruction of the forests, an emergency situation existed. The need for lumber for the building up of the...
Postcard

Norway Piling, Drummond, Wis.

Date: 1920
Description: View across railroad tracks towards train flatbeds stacked with large pine logs. There is a man standing further down the tracks looking towards the flatbe...
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Locomotive Hauling Logs

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Description: Outdoor view of men standing with horses near a locomotive hauling logs through a forest. Two loggers are standing in the center.
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Logging Train

Date: 1890
Description: View across stacks of logs towards a group of men posing near or on a logging train. There are two teams of oxen near the stacked logs, and snow is on the ...
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"Old Vanderbilt" Locomotive

Date: 1890
Description: Upham Lumber Company locomotive, "Old Vanderbilt," built by the Taunton Locomotive Works in 1847 from the New York providence and Boston Railroad where she...
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Trainload of Logs

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Description: Several men are posing among logs on the ground near a train engine, which has continuous track (caterpillar) wheels and is pulling a load of logs on sledg...

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