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Ice Gorge

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Description: View of logs and ice in the river, probably the Ice Gorge of 1876.
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Auburndale Camp

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Description: Elevated view of logging crew posed outside a log cabin in winter. Several horses are at the back of the group. The foreman, Mike Baltus, is possibly at fr...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posed standing in a snow-covered logging camp. In the background a man stands with an ox, and another man displays a team of two horses.
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Men Posed Around Logs

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Description: Group of men and children posed in front of large piles of snow-covered logs, ready to be dumped from landings into the river after the spring thaw.
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Men Posed on top of Stacked Logs

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Description: Group of men posed atop and among stacks of logs on landing.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group portrait of men posed standing, sitting and holding tools in a snow-covered logging camp in front of several teams of oxen and horses. One man holds ...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Elevated view of a group of men posed standing and holding logging tools in snow-covered logging camp in front of log buildings.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posed standing and holding logging tools while standing in a line on the snow-covered ground in front of two log buildings.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posed standing and sitting on benches on the snow-covered ground in front of log buildings and several horse teams.
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Men Sitting on Pile of Logs

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Description: View over snow-covered ground or a frozen river of a group of men sitting on piles of logs. Behind them on the right is a log sorting pier. There are two b...
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Loggers at a Logging Camp

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Description: View across snow towards a group of loggers, including two women, one holding a child in her arms, at a logging camp in winter.
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Door County Logging

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Description: Winter logging operations in Door County. Men are posing on a sled pulled by horses, and piles of logs are on either side of an icy road.
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A "Landing" — Lake Ice 2 or 3 Feet Thick

Date: 1890
Description: View of a man standing on a log among a large pile of logs spread out on the snow-covered ice of a lake. He is leaning on the handle of what may be a cant ...
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Workers in Front of Lumber Camp

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Description: Group portrait of men posing in front of a long building. Many of the men have pipe's in their mouths. A group of men on the left are sitting on logs and p...

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