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Huge Log Jam

Date: 1869
Description: Elevated view from steep shoreline of a log jam of about 150 million feet of logs, stopped at the piers of Pound, Halbert, and Co., which stood in about 40...
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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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Stump Land and Soil Erosion

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Description: Forest destroyed by destructive logging followed by a fire. The right-hand side of the image shows where soil erosion has begun.
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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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Dells of the St. Louis River

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Description: Dells of the St. Louis River, below the Caldron. A man is sitting on rocks at the edge of the river.
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Construction Tractor

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Description: View of a man using an International Diesel TD 24 crawler tractor (TracTractor) to haul logs.
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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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Swing Boom, Beef Slough

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Description: Two men on an 1,150 foot long swing boom above Alma, which is in the distance on the opposite shoreline.
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International RDF-402 Logging Truck

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Description: Workers loading logs onto an International RF-230 logging truck owned by George M. Pierson. A man is in a forklift behind the truck, and another man is sta...
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Log Jam on St. Croix River

Date: 1886
Description: Elevated view of a log jam near the Dalles on the St. Croix River. Caption at bottom reads: "St. Croix Riv. and Bridge, St. Croix Falls."
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Log Jam on the Chippewa River

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Description: Large log jam on the Chippewa River. In the distance a group of men stand atop the jammed logs.
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Carter's Siding

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Description: Carter's Siding, a small railroad depot in "cutover" country, showing strong evidence of why formerly forested regions of northern Wisconsin were so named.
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Madeline Island Logging Camp

Date: 1910
Description: Madeline Island logging camp near Big Bay. Men preparing logs for a building, with three log buildings in background.
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Logging Camp at Big Bay

Date: 1910
Description: Logging Camp dock and buildings made of logs. Madeline Island shoreline on the bank of Lake Superior.
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Selective Logging Practices

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Description: Man measuring a tree for selective logging.
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Logging with a TD-18 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: A man pulling logs with an International TD-18 Diesel TracTracTor (crawler tractor). The tractor was owned by the Pacific National Lumber Company and was e...
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International TD-6 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: Seldon Starcher, owner and operator of an International TD-6 Diesel TracTracTor (crawler tractor), uses his tractor both in logging and oil field work. Sta...
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Logging on the Spanish River

Date: 05 1939
Description: International TD-35 Diesel TracTracTor (crawler tractor) owned by A.C. Duval. A man uses the machine to push logs into the Spanish River. The river is loc...
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TD-18 Crawler Tractor Pulling Logs Through Snow

Date: 03 24 1939
Description: Man pulling logs through the snow with a TD-18 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Original caption reads: "TD-18 Demonstration pulling total load of 163 tons o...
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Logging T-20 TracTracTor

Date: 03 24 1938
Description: Two men use an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) to log in a forest.

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