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Stump Field

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Description: Field of tree stumps with row of trees in background.
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Meadow with Tree Stumps

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Description: Grass meadow with rotting tree stumps, possibly after a fire.
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Truck with Logging Trailer

Date: 1947
Description: Men using a crane to load logs onto the trailer of an International W-6564-OH truck. A man is swinging from the crane's cable over the logs on the truck. A...
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International Pulpwood Special Truck

Date: 1949
Description: Men load logs onto the back of an International KBS-6 Pulpwood Special truck in a wooded area. The original caption reads: "The International KBS-6 pulpwoo...
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Man Driving Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: View across cutover land of a man or young boy driving a horse-drawn mower. There is a tall tree trunk behind the horses. Another man or young boy is stand...
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Group of Young Men Working in Cutover Land

Date: 1900
Description: Group of young men working in cutover land. One of the men is driving a horse-drawn mower. Many stumps are in the open field, and trees are in the backgrou...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man operating a horse-drawn McCormick mower through cutover land. In the field are many tree trunks. The field is surrounded by trees.
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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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Terraced Field

Date: 02 1915
Description: Elevated view of a terraced farm field belonging to M.L. Jackson. Multiple tree stumps are scattered throughout the foreground and farm buildings are in th...
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International Harvester Demonstration Farm

Date: 1920
Description: View of a farmhouse, barn, water tower, and other buildings on an International Harvester Company demonstration farm. The IHC logo is on the water tower ta...
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Emerson Bros. Sawmill

Date: 1908
Description: Emerson Brothers Sawmill with large piles of cut trees in the foreground.
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Transporting Logs

Date: 1938
Description: Three men use two International trucks to transport logs through a wooded area. The trucks were owned by F.J. Jacks, logger and retail lumberman.
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Eatonville Transfer Company Logging Truck

Date: 02 17 1938
Description: A man is sitting behind the wheel of an International D-246-F logging truck owned by the Eatonville Transfer Company. Several logs are secured onto the tru...
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Removing Stumps on Uhrenholdt Farm

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Description: A group of men remove a large stump with the help of horses and a winch on the family farm.
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Joseph Seipold Pea Field

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: Two men stand in the five-foot tall pea field of Joseph Seipold three miles northeast of Antigo. Another man stands atop a horse-drawn wagon loaded with ha...
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Dirt Road

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Description: View down dirt road through cut-over and burned-over terrain.
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The First House in Kennedy

Date: 1908
Description: Group posed in front of the first house built in Kennedy.
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Cutover Land

Date: 1939
Description: Cut-over land in northern Wisconsin.

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