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Photograph

Cutting Christmas Trees for Market

Date: 1895
Description: A group of loggers at work in the woods with horses and a team of oxen. The men are cutting down fir trees to eventually be sold at market.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 684-689

Date: 
Description: "I am the man with measuring pole on my shoulder. At the age of 21 years I was sawing log in the woods. Since then I have seen the old time way go and the ...
Print

Cant Hook Man

Date: 04 1937
Description: Linoleum cut print of a man using a cant hook to move logs. Other lumberjacks work in the background.
Photograph

Log Driving Crew

Date: 05 1909
Description: A log driving crew at Eagle Rapids Dam on the Chippewa River. Bottom of print reads: "Eagle Rapids Jam. May, 18-09."

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