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Loggers Dining at Camp

Date: 1907
Description: Loggers at dinner in the woods north of Glen Flora. The man in the center is filing his saw.
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Two Lumbermen with Saw

Date: 1880
Description: Two lumbermen posing with a two-man crosscut saw they are using on a fallen tree trunk, cutting the pine into manageable sizes for hauling.
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Loading Pine Logs

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Description: Workers loading pine logs in northern Wisconsin when there was still virgin timber for logging.
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Loggers with Pine Tree

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Description: Two men with a saw stand by a large pine tree recently cut down.
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Logging on a Reservation

Date: 1909
Description: A group of Native American Indian loggers pose on piles of logs at the Courtes Oreilles Reservation.
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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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Selective Logging

Date: 03 1938
Description: A large white pine being felled on the Menominee Indian Reservation. This photograph was taken to illustrate the tribe's selective logging practices.
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Selective Logging Practices

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Description: Man measuring a tree for selective logging.
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Cutting Crew in the Woods

Date: 1900
Description: A cutting crew of three men posing in the woods with a work horse next to felled trees.
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International TD-40 Logging Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: A pushes a large log with an International TD-40 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Original caption reads: "TD-40 working at logging operations in Australia."
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Logging T-20 TracTracTor

Date: 03 24 1938
Description: Two men use an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) to log in a forest.
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Logging with International Equipment

Date: 1938
Description: A man uses an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) and PD-40 owned by Andrew Hedstrom to log, saw, and finish work on the Gun Flint Trail. The ...
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Logging with International Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Three-quarter side view of a man driving an International KB-5 Pulpwood Special heavily loaded with logs through a wooded area. The truck was owned by John...
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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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International Truck Hauling Logs

Date: 1950
Description: An International L-210 truck hauls a Peerless trailer loaded with Hemlock logs. The truck is parked along the side of a road with a wooded area, automobile...
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Power Unit at Lumber Site

Date: 1938
Description: A man sits on a metal barrel near an International I-30 tractor modified into a P-30 power unit. The power unit was used with a Skagil hoist at a lumber si...
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Ohio Match Company Logging Truck

Date: 1947
Description: An International truck owned by the Ohio Match Company carries a load of logs down a gravel road in a wooded area in the vicinity of Coeur d'Alene. Another...
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Ohio Match Company Log Transport

Date: 1947
Description: Two International trucks owned by the Ohio Match Company transporting logs down a gravel road in a wooded area near Coeur d'Alene.
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Douglas Fir and Logger

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Description: View of a man standing next to a douglas fir which is fourteen feet in diameter. The man is dressed in work clothes and an axe rests on his hip. In the bac...
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Logging Scene

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Description: A view of a logging scene. White and African American workers are posing for a group portrait. Oxen are pulling logs, and other large logs are piled on bot...

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