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Lumber Camp Employees and Lumber

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Description: Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company Camp 15. Lumberjacks posed atop a sled load of logs, scaled at 13,562 board feet of lumber.
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Logs in Ashland Harbor

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland.
Poster

International Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1946
Description: Advertising poster for International heavy-duty trucks featuring color illustrations showing a logging operation in a mountainous area.
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Log Running on the Chippewa River

Date: 1904
Description: Logs floating down the river beneath the bridge on the Chippewa River. On the far shoreline are billboards. One advertises for "J.R. Sharp Hardware." Men a...
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Logging Operation

Date: 1912
Description: Men using a large crane at an International Harvester logging operation.
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IH Logging Operation

Date: 1912
Description: Two men are standing on a log suspended from a steam powered crane at an International Harvester logging operation. Large logs are in the foreground.
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International 63 Truck with Logs

Date: 06 17 1927
Description: A man and a young girl (daughter?) sitting in the open cab of an International Model 63 truck loaded with logs.
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Logging with a T-20 Crawler Tractor

Date: 03 09 1938
Description: Men using an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor), PD-80, and P-300 owned by Sam Seppala of Grand Marais, to log white pine. The original capti...
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Pulpwood Project Site

Date: 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a specially outfitted International tractor to work among felled trees in a wooded area. The original caption reads: ...
Photograph

Pulpwood Project Site

Date: 1945
Description: View of a man using a specially outfitted diesel tractor to haul a trailer loaded with cut logs. The original caption reads: "Two specially fitted tractors...
Photograph

Wolf River Paper and Fiber Company

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Description: Stacks of logs are in the foreground with a man in a hat near the river. There is a chimney billowing smoke near the factory.
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Truck Transporting Logs

Date: 1947
Description: An International K-model truck with logs piled on its trailer parked next to a dirt ramp or embankment leading to a river(?). Industrial buildings are to t...
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International P-40 Power Unit at Sawmill

Date: 05 12 1939
Description: International P-40 power unit under a shed at a sawmill. Logs are piled near the sheltered work area, and a man works beside them.
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Men Working at Alberta Sawmill

Date: 03 07 1938
Description: Men working at a sawmill. An International PD-80 power unit is used to power machinery.
Photograph

Men at Sawmill

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Workers saw logs at a sawmill site in a wooded area. The equipment was powered by an International PD-80 power unit.
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Man with TracTracTor

Date: 04 26 1937
Description: A man uses an International Model TD-35 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) to haul a sled loaded with logs. The photograph was taken in Fort Frances, Ontario, C...
Photograph

Large Mining Camp Building

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men working at the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp stand near a large building, possibly a sawmill, related to the mining operation. A steep hill rises in the...
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Crane Lifting Logs at Logging Camp

Date: 1904
Description: At Hein's logging camp, a crane mounted on a railroad train lifts logs onto a flatbed railway car. Other logs are stacked on the snowy ground. A number of ...
Postcard

Menominee Indian Reservation Mills

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Description: Mill on the Menominee Indian Reservation between Antigo and Shawano. Two young boys are standing in the foreground on the shoreline looking at logs ready f...
Postcard

Filtz and Sons Box Factory

Date: 05 03 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of the Filtz and Sons Box Factory. Logs are stacked in the foreground. Caption reads: "Filtz and Sons Box Factory, Cadott, Wisconsin....

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