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Workers Cut Wood with Portable Sawmill

Date: 12 31 1923
Description: Three workers using a portable sawmill to cut wood, possibly at a fairgrounds. A McCormick-Deering industrial tractor is in the background.
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Deering Works Employees Unloading Wood from Railroad Cars

Date: 07 08 1912
Description: Three workers unloading planks of wood from a Frisco railroad boxcar in a lumber yard outside International Harvester's Deering Works.
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Glen and Star's Mill

Date: 1900
Description: View across road towards two men standing facing each other just outside the front entrance to Glen and Star's Mill, near a brewery. There is snow on the g...
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Loading Firewood into International Model S Truck

Date: 07 19 1926
Description: Men loading cut firewood from a large pile onto the back of an International Model S truck used by the Benj. E. Weeks Firewood Company.
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Shingle Mill Workers

Date: 1895
Description: Shingle mill workers posing outside the cook shanty while the mill was shut down for repairs. They are, left to right as numbered on the photograph: 1. Joh...
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Curtis & Yale Plant 1 Workers

Date: 1884
Description: Men posed in front of and on top of a building at Plant One of the Curtis and Yale Co. Some of the men stand with bicycles.
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Curtis & Yale Plant 1 Workers

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Description: Group of men posing in front of Curtis and Yale Co. Plant one. A number of workers are looking out from windows in the building. Other workers pose on a wa...
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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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Lumber Planing Mill

Date: 1899
Description: Several wagon loads of lumber stand in the yard of a planing mill.
Postcard

Filtz and Sons Box Factory

Date: 05 03 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of the Filtz and Sons Box Factory. Logs are stacked in the foreground. Caption reads: "Filtz and Sons Box Factory, Cadott, Wisconsin....
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Group Posed on Lath Bundles

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Description: A group of people, consisting of men, women and children, posed on a pile of wooden lath bundles. One man is standing.
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Charcoal Kilns

Date: 09 27 1895
Description: Elevated view of men and horses standing atop the platform used to load wood into charcoal kilns, also known as pits. These kilns convert cord wood into ch...
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Man and Child

Date: 1895
Description: A man, child and dog pose between two long sheds. Underneath the sheds are rows of wooden boxes.
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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

Chipping Wood on the Farm

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Description: An early wood chipper with belts and a steam engine is closely watched by the William Fiebelkorn farm workers. The postcard is addressed to Anna Fiebelkorn...
Postcard

Cutting Logs into Chunks

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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

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

The Result of a Boiler Explosion

Date: 03 17 1908
Description: Photographic postcard showing the results of a boiler explosion at the Kempf Planing Mill. Written on the left is text that reads: "Kempf Planing Mill, 3 K...
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Canadian Ship at Michela Coal & Wood Dock

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Description: Elevated view over railroads tracks of Canadian ship with cargo of wood pulp. Sulphide bales are being unloaded and there are several men on the ship. In t...
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Forest Products Lab

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Description: Group of men and women from Forest Products Lab posed with wooden propellers in front of a building.

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