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Loggers Top Loading a Log Bobsled

Date: 1900
Description: Loggers using pulley to top load logs on horse-drawn bob sled.
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Town from Across a River

Date: 1870
Description: View from shoreline over river towards the town.
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Logging Crew

Date: 1895
Description: A Knapp, Stout & Company crew with J. Bracklin (in fur coat), logging superintendent.
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Loading Logs from Skids

Date: 02 1914
Description: Loggers moving logs onto a horse-drawn wagon in the snow.
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Buildings at a Logging Camp

Date: 1912
Description: Buildings at a logging camp or sawmill operated by the International Harvester Company. A horse is in the right foreground.
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Transporting Logs

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Description: Lumberjacks pose on top of loads of logs pulled by teams of four horses.
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Horses Pulling Logs

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Description: Lumberjacks stand on top of a load of logs pulled by a team of four horses in the snow.
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Log Transportation

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Description: Two men stand on top of a load of logs that is pulled by a team of two horses.
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Horses Pulling Lumber Sled

Date: 02 1892
Description: A team of four horses are pulling a sled loaded with a tall pile of logs in the snow. A group of four men stand near the sled. The ends of some of the logs...
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Horse-Drawn Log Sled

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Description: A sled loaded high with logs is being pulled by four horses in the snow. Three men are posing for the group portrait.
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Horses with a Go-Devil

Date: 1910
Description: Two logging workers pose with their team of horses who are hitched to a go-devil, used for skidding logs to a road or landing.
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Logger

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: A logger poses next to a team of horses pulling a load of logs.
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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.
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Oxen Hauling Logs

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Description: Oxen haul a cart near a stack of logs. A man stands on top of the cart. In the background is the forest. Caption reads: "A Pine Tree Forest near Pocomoke C...
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Oxen Pulling a Wagon Filled with Logs

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Description: A team of eight oxen pulling a wagon filled with logs. One man is standing by the side of the oxen, while three other men wearing large hats and an African...
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Transporting Logs from the Forest

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Description: A man in the background is standing on top of the logs that are being loaded onto a railcar. Four African American men at ground level are working to hoist...
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Horses Pulling Logs

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Description: View across snow-covered ground toward a man posing on top of a stack of logs while holding the reins of the horses who are pulling. In the background are ...
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Saw Filer and Logging Crew

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Description: Logging crew and horses posed in snow.
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Logging Crew with Loaded Sleds

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Description: Logging crew with two large loads of logs on horse-drawn sleds ready for the mill. Foreman, Mike Baltus, stands in the foreground. Also pictured are A. Cli...
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Water Tank on a Sleigh

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Description: Two men standing on a water tank sleigh used for icing logging roads. The sleigh is pulled by four horses. Foreman Mike Baltus stands in the snow at right....

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