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Steam Crane Loading Lumber onto Railroad Car

Date: 1916
Description: Steam crane loading lumber onto a railroad car for use at an International Harvester sawmill.
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Lumberjacks Moving Logs with Ox Cart

Date: 
Description: Lumberjacks standing next to an ox cart loaded with logs for use in sawmills associated with International Harvester.
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Raft Over Dam at Munger's Mill

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Description: Several men on a raft going over the dam at Munger's Mill. There is a railroad bridge in the background.
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Raft over Dam at Munger's Mill

Date: 08 24 1886
Description: View across water of several men steering a lumber raft over the dam at Munger's Mill. A second raft is in the background, in front of railroad bridge.
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Raftsman's Series Unnumbered: Throwing Rope From Raft

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Description: Two men are on a raft. One man is bending to lift a piece of wood, and the second man is throwing a rope to a third man on the shore.
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Raftsman's Series Unnumbered: Eating On Board

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Description: Stereograph of a group of raftsmen eating at a table onboard a lumber raft near the shoreline.
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Logging Crew

Date: 1895
Description: A Knapp, Stout & Company crew with J. Bracklin (in fur coat), logging superintendent.
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St. Croix River

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Description: Wanigans tied to the banks of the St. Croix River among floating logs.
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Logs in Ashland Harbor

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland.
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Woodchopping Contest

Date: 1936
Description: A crowd surrounds a man as he stands atop a tree trunk swinging his axe in a woodchopping contest.
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Loading Logs from Skids

Date: 02 1914
Description: Loggers moving logs onto a horse-drawn wagon in the snow.
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Log Jam

Date: 1895
Description: Logs move down the river, swirling with cross currents, resulting in a huge log jam.
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Sawmill on the Red Cedar River

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Description: Knapp-Stout and Company Sawmill on the Red Cedar River, with dam and logs in the foreground.
Book or Pamphlet

German Flyer for International Industrial Tractors

Date: 1930
Description: German advertising flyer for International industrial tractors. Features an illustration of a man hauling a large load of logs with a tractor under the tex...
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Construction Tractor

Date: 
Description: View of a man using an International Diesel TD 24 crawler tractor (TracTractor) to haul logs.
Postcard

Menominee Reservation Sawmill

Date: 1910
Description: Sawmill on a Menominee Indian reservation, with logs floating in the water in the foreground. Caption reads: "Menominee Indian Mills."
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At Work in Beef Slough

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Description: Elevated view of dozens of workers standing on planks and using poles to maneuver logs in Beef Slough, near Alma.
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Steamer "E. Rutledge" in Beef Slough

Date: 1885
Description: View from shoreline of the sternwheel steamer "E. Rutledge," owned by Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann's Rock Island Lumber Company, picking up a raft of logs at Be...
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Traffic Jam at Beef Slough

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Description: Three steamers, the "Robert Dodds," the "Stillwater," and, the "Lady Grace," transporting logs in Beef Slough.
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Moving Logs Through Beef Slough

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Description: Panoramic view of workers in Beef Slough arranging logs for transport.

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