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| Description: | Two workers are posing in front of a steam engine carrying logs for an International Harvester sawmill. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Steam crane loading lumber onto a railroad car for use at an International Harvester sawmill. |
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| Description: | A train pulls a load of very large tree trunks. Several men stand between the large logs. |
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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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Mogul 8-16 tractor used to power a lifting outfit to load large logs onto freight car. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Mogul tractor is used to power a lifting outfit to load large logs onto freight car. |
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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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| Description: | A railroad flatbed car loaded with logs and sitting on railroad tracks. |
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| Description: | An enormous log is secured on a flat rail car parked in a rail yard. Three men are making sure it is fastened properly. More logs are visible on rail cars ... |
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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... |
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| Description: | Train-load of logs with wood-burning Heisher geared locomotive and train crew. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| 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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| 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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