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Stump Land and Soil Erosion

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Description: Forest destroyed by destructive logging followed by a fire. The right-hand side of the image shows where soil erosion has begun.
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Carter's Siding

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Description: Carter's Siding, a small railroad depot in "cutover" country, showing strong evidence of why formerly forested regions of northern Wisconsin were so named.
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Madeline Island Logging Camp

Date: 1910
Description: Madeline Island logging camp near Big Bay. Men preparing logs for a building, with three log buildings in background.
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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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Lewis Lumber Company Truck on Bridge

Date: 07 07 1938
Description: An International DR-60 motor truck owned by the Lewis Lumber Company hauls a load of logs over a wooden bridge spanning cutover land.
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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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