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Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos...
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Loggers Posing on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1896
Description: Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja...
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Lumber Camp

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Description: Elevated view of lumber camp with loggers posing in front of a train loaded with logs.
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Farm Family Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: Farm family posing in front of a log home. There is a man on crutches in the center, a woman is holding a small child standing on a table, and two children...
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Woman Carrying Straw

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Description: Woman carrying straw into a log shed. The straw is probably bedding for cattle.
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Four Men and a Shot Gun

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Description: One man armed with a shotgun, facing a man in the doorway of a log house, and surrounded by four other men standing in the snow, also a horse and sleigh.
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Group Posed in front of Log Cabin

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Description: Man, woman, and girl posed in front of a log cabin.
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Group near Cabin

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Description: Large group posing outside a small cabin.
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Structure of a Log Cabin

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Description: The structure of a log cabin as seen from a horse-drawn vehicle.
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Log Cabin and Corn Crib

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Description: A log cabin is visible on the right, with a corn crib near the center of the photograph. In addition, wooden farm sheds are visible along with various equi...
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Man Walking Toward a Log Cabin

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Description: A man walks toward a log cabin. In front of the cabin there is a wooden chest and a porcupine.
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Interior of Log Cabin

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Description: Interior view of a log cabin. Inside there is a wood stove, bench, table, kerosene lamp, and various household items and a dog.
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Antlers on Wall

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Description: Interior view of a log cabin with antlers hanging on a wall. Items of clothing are hanging from the various antlers. Also, there is a table set with dishes...
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Men Carrying Dead Deer

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Description: Two men carry a dead deer on a wooden rail. In the background is a log cabin.
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Three Hunters and a Dog

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Description: Three men with their guns and a dog sit on a bench outside of a log cabin. The man in the center is probably Virgil Taylor, who ran Rock Spring Bottling Wo...
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Four Hunters

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Description: Four men with firearms walk outside a log cabin, one carrying a dead bird.
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Two Women in a Horse-Drawn Buggy

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Description: A portrait of two women sitting in a horse-drawn buggy stopped in front of a wooden fence and a log house. Photographer's shawdow is in foreground.
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Myrna Lowe and Children

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman and five small Ho-Chunk children and an infant are posing sitting outside the doorway of a wooden cabin. The two children on the right are...
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Group in Front of Buildings

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Description: View from road of several men, a woman, girl and young boys posed in front of buildings in a lumber town, probably McKenna. There are two blurred images in...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Logging camp with numerous bobsleds loaded with logs. Two men and two women are posed sitting in a sleigh pulled by a team of two horses in front of a wood...

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