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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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Lumberjacks Resting and Logs Rolling Down the Track

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Description: Two views in postcard format. The view on left is of two lumberjacks sitting in front of a tree, each holding an axe. To the left is a large saw used for f...
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The Forest Interior and a Railroad Stockcar

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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...
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Shipping Logs by Railroad

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Description: Three men are standing on the last railroad car which is carrying logs down a railroad track. Another set of tracks are running parallel on the left, and b...
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Railroad Log Car

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Description: A railroad flatbed car loaded with logs and sitting on railroad tracks.
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Bonifas Lumber Mill

Date: 1930
Description: View of William Bonifas Lumber Mill showing the mill buildings, a water tower, "Railroad Crossing" sign, an automobile, lumber stacked on railroad cars, an...
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Large Log on a Railway Flat Car

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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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Locomotive Trailing Logs

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Description: Train-load of logs with wood-burning Heisher geared locomotive and train crew.
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"The Old Way" & the New Way of Hauling Logs to Mill

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Description: View towards a train hauling many flatbed cars of logs. There is an inset photograph of a person on top of a stack of logs on a sleigh being pulled by an o...
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On the Lower Fox

Date: 01 1950
Description: Winter image of the Interlake Pulp Mill in the Fox River Valley. The buildings are surrounded by large stacks of logs. The Fox River can be seen behind and...
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Newspaper in the Raw

Date: 08 1963
Description: Elevated view of newspaper pulp wood stacked along the Fox River near the Combined Locks Paper Company. A crane is moving the logs, and workers are standin...

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