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Logging Scene

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Description: A two-man team of sawers work on a massive tree with a crosscut saw (right) while a man with an an axe waits to trim branches. The trunks are then cut down...
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Peshtigo Log Jam

Date: 1907
Description: Loggers breaking up a log jam in the Peshtigo River area.
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Breaking Log Jam on Chippewa River

Date: 1903
Description: Three barefoot boys stand on a pile of logs in the foreground looking across the river at a group of men working to free a log jam in the Big Eddy on the C...
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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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Logs in Ashland Harbor

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland.
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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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Horses Pulling Lumber Sled

Date: 02 1892
Description: A team of four horses are pulling a sled loaded with a tall pile of logs in the snow. A group of four men stand near the sled. The ends of some of the logs...
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Horses with a Go-Devil

Date: 1910
Description: Two logging workers pose with their team of horses who are hitched to a go-devil, used for skidding logs to a road or landing.
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International Truck with Logs

Date: 06 17 1927
Description: A man loads logs onto the bed of an International truck in a wooded area while two horses stand beside the vehicle.
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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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Water Tank on a Sleigh

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Description: Two men standing on a water tank sleigh used for icing logging roads. The sleigh is pulled by four horses. Foreman Mike Baltus stands in the snow at right....
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Logging Crew with Cut Wood

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Description: Group of men posed with 13,260 feet of cut lumber on a horse-drawn sled in winter. Some of the men hold cant hooks.
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Log Driving Crew

Date: 1910
Description: Logging crew standing on planks and logs possibly in a sorting works on the Yellow River. One man holds a ledger and the others hold long cant hooks.
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Logging Near Rice Lake

Date: 1872
Description: A group of loggers poses for a group portrait amongst cut logs in a snow-covered wooded area. The men in the middle have their axes in hand, while other me...
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Place's Rapids on the Peshtigo River

Date: 1905
Description: Loggers known as "river pigs" round up stray logs with pikes and peaveys at Place's Rapids.
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Lumber Sled

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Description: Horse-drawn lumber sled loaded with logs. Five lumbermen are standing on and near sled.
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Loading Logging Truck

Date: 1933
Description: Three men loading up a logging truck with timber. Two of the men are standing on the ground using pulley's, and the third man is on top of the trailer with...
Print

Northwestern Lumber Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Northwestern Lumber Company of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, manufacturer of "Lath Shingles & Pickets," with two men in the woods, one poised with a...
Photograph

Log Transport

Date: 1940
Description: Two men are loading logs onto the bed of an International D-Line truck. A forest and mountain are in the background.
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Men Loading Logs onto Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Three men load a pile of logs onto a trailer attached to an International truck in Ontario, Canada. There appears to be a belt-driven saw attached to the s...

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