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Emerson Bros. Sawmill

Date: 1908
Description: Emerson Brothers Sawmill with large piles of cut trees in the foreground.
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W.I. Wilkie Lumber Company with Truck

Date: 1942
Description: A group of men load cut logs onto the back of an International truck in a wooded area. The writing on the truck cab reads: "W.I. Wilkie Lumber Co. Smithto...
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Men Logging

Date: 1941
Description: Men use two pieces of lumber to unload or load cut logs from the back of a truck outfitted with snow chains near Blairhampton in Ontario, Canada. On the ri...
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Farm Woodland

Date: 1930
Description: A man stacking cut logs on a neatly stacked pile in a wooded area. More stacks are behind him among the trees.
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Logging with Oxen

Date: 03 13 1915
Description: A team of ten oxen pulling a load of cut logs on a wagon along a dirt road. A man is standing on the road behind the team of oxen, and in the background ar...
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International D-405 Truck

Date: 1962
Description: An International D-405 truck owned by the Dougherty & Zion Company of Tacoma, Washington is being loaded with logs while parked in a wooded area.
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Logging Camp

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Description: A group of people, presumably loggers and camp employees, pose with horses at a logging camp. A muddy puddle is in the foreground, and behind the group are...
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Herrling Sawmill and Farm

Date: 1890
Description: A view of Rudolph Herrling's sawmill and log yard in front of the Herling farm.
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Truck Hauling Logs

Date: 1939
Description: An International D-246-F truck owned by the C.D. Ray Logging Company parked under what appears to be a loading device constructed from a tree stump and log...
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D-500-F Logging Truck

Date: 01 1940
Description: An International D-500-F truck owned by H.F. Ratcliff Wood & Logs travels along a snow-covered road through a wooded area.
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Ohio Match Company Truck

Date: 1940
Description: A man drives an International D-Line truck owned by The Ohio Match Company through a wooded area along a dirt road. The truck bed is laden with cut logs.
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Transporting Logs

Date: 1938
Description: Three men use two International trucks to transport logs through a wooded area. The trucks were owned by F.J. Jacks, logger and retail lumberman.
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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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Eatonville Transfer Company Logging Truck

Date: 02 17 1938
Description: A man is sitting behind the wheel of an International D-246-F logging truck owned by the Eatonville Transfer Company. Several logs are secured onto the tru...
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Map of Wisconsin Land Grant Limits

Date: 1881
Description: A brochure with a map of Wisconsin that also includes information (in English, German, Norwegian, and Swedish) pertaining to the state, such as its timber ...
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Men Holding Pipes

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Description: Three men posed standing against a fence holding pipes in a yard. In the background is a river clogged with floating logs floating. Several wooden building...
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Hemlock Bark

Date: 1895
Description: The front (top) and back (bottom) of a promotional card advertising the large amounts of hemlock bark in Northern Wisconsin. The image shows three men sitt...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Men posed sitting and standing in a logging camp in front of a steam locomotive. A man in the middle foreground is posed sitting and playing a concertina. ...
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Log Jam

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Description: View from shoreline of a log jam under a railroad bridge about half a mile from the Black River Falls Dam. On the opposite shoreline, men sit atop a fence....
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Brotherton Lumberjacks

Date: 1925
Description: Chief Niles and other Brotherton men sawing logs.

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