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Men at Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posing standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building. In the foreground one man is sitting on a pile of logs.
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Men and Pile of Logs Near the Spanish River

Date: 05 1939
Description: Men with an International TD-35 Diesel TracTracTor (crawler tractor) owned by A.C. Duval. Another man stands on a large pile of logs with a pole in his han...
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Group in front of Sawmill

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Description: Two men, two women, a girl, and a dog posed standing next to a man displaying two oxen. In the background are two men posed sitting on a wagon loaded with ...
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Horse-Drawn Skid

Date: 1927
Description: David Kincaid, caretaker of the Hotz Europe Lake estate, stands on a skid pulled by a horse. His axe is embedded in one of the runners.
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Sawing Logs

Date: 01 1928
Description: Two men use a crosscut saw to cut a hemlock log while a third watches. A splitting maul and a splitting wedge rest on a tree stump in the foreground. Smoke...
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Men Logging

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Description: Group of men posed standing and holding logging tools, including a long saw blade, next to and atop bobsleds pulled by a team of two oxen and a team of two...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Elevated view of men posed standing in a snow-covered logging camp. One man is holding a cat, and there is a dog standing nearby. The photographers wagon i...
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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 holding logging tools. Three men stand with six horses. The group is standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building. Two...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posed sitting and standing and holding logging tools in front of log buildings. There is snow on the ground.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posing and holding logging tools while standing and sitting in front of, and on top of, a log building. In the background on the right is a wo...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posed holding logging tools. Three men stand with six horses. The group is standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building. Two...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men, women and children standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building. Some of the men are posed holding logging tools, and two o...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posed holding logging tools. They are standing and sitting in front of wooden buildings. Two men display two teams of horses. Behind the group...
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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.
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Young Lumberjacks

Date: 1920
Description: Two timber sawyers standing posed with their tools in a forest. Both men wear heavy mittens, and the man on the left is carrying a saw across his left shou...
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Three Loggers with Team of Horses

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Description: Gust Larson, Morris Anderson and another man stand outdoors behind a team of two horses, snaking logs.
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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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Downhill Haul of Logs

Date: 1890
Description: Six men are posing on and next to a large stack of logs, which are piled on a sled drawn by two horses. The men are all carrying cant hooks. The initials "...
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Lunch at the Lumber Camp

Date: 1890
Description: View up slope towards a group of men posing in the snow alongside a table with pots and dishes on it. An ox with a yoke and a pair of wooden staves is stan...

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