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View of Wausau, Wisconsin

Date: 1866
Description: Elevated view taken from the extreme end of Clark's Saw and Planing Mill. An old flour mill can be seen behind the bridge, and to the extreme right are thr...
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Drives Lumberyard Fire

Date: 06 22 1944
Description: Ray B. Drives Lumberyard, 3420 Gregory Street, burned with only the west end standing after a $10,000 fire swept the structure. The fire cause was unknown ...
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Lumberyard at Chatham Works

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the lumberyard at International Harvester's Chatham Works in Canada. Railroad tracks are leading to the storage facilities are in the fore...
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International Model 63 Truck at Willard Battery Service Store

Date: 07 14 1927
Description: International Model 63 truck loaded with lumber, and parked in a muddy street outside the "Ishmael and Curtis Willard Battery Service" building. A sign on ...
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Two Men near International Harvester Truck

Date: 1959
Description: International Harvester dealer Vern Netteschiem (right) and an interested customer leaning on an International truck. In the background a truck is loaded w...
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Wisconsin Lumber Co. Deering Store

Date: 1933
Description: External view from a field of the Wisconsin Lumber Company's "Deering Store." A number of other buildings surround the store.
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Lumber Storage Yard

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from three monorail hoist crane tracks at the Pacific Lumber Co. lumber storage yard. Three smokestacks are in the background.
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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist in Lumber Storage Racks

Date: 1911
Description: A Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist in lumber storage racks. There's a man in the cab, and another man standing at the bottom of one of the stac...
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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist Lowering Lumber

Date: 1912
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist crane with lumber unit lowering its load at American Lumberman. There is an operator in the cab, and men on th...
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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist

Date: 1912
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist with lumber handling unit operated by a man. There is a small shed in the background. The I-beam is stamped "P...
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Lumber onto Barge

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends over the dock to permi...
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P&H Monorail Hoist with Lumber Handling Unit

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Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger monorail hoist with lumber unit. The sign on the cab reads "Pawling & Harnischfeger Co., Milwaukee, Wis." and there is a man in the...
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MEC&MC Lumber Crane in Lumber Storage Area

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company lumber crane in a lumber storage area at the Long Bell Lumber Company. The sign on the crane reads "The Mi...
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International PD-80 Diesel at Sawmill

Date: 09 14 1938
Description: Men working outdoors at a sawmill powered by an International PD-80 Diesel power unit purchased by the A.B. Carroll Lumber Company.
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International PD-80 Diesel Power Unit

Date: 1938
Description: An International PD-80 diesel power unit used to power an A.B. Carroll Lumber Company sawmill. Several men are at work on the site; trees, and what appears...
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Laufenberg Lumber Co.

Date: 05 1981
Description: View across road of building on East Main Street.
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Tanana Valley Railroad

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Description: Several men and a child stand near a train equipped with a snow plow. A passenger car sits nearby, and three men, possibly railroad employees, stand on the...
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The Allatoona Pass Looking North, GA

Date: 1866
Description: View from railroad tracks through the Allatoona Pass. One of the buildings on the left says "Grocery," and piles of lumber are stacked along the sides of t...
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: View from street of row of shops on along an unpaved street. A car drives on the street. A sign in the distances reads, "Brittingham and Hixon Lumber."
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Street Scene

Date: 1907
Description: A couple stands outside their dwelling adjacent to Tanana Commercial Company, established in 1880. Stacks of lumber and a large saw are visible in the for...

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