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| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Three employees working at the Hess Cooperage sawmill, quarter sawing oak logs to make staves and heads for barrels. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Joe Hess, Eddie Hess, and Foots Hess (l to r) of the Hess Cooperage pose with a large oak log which will be cut into staves and heads for barrels. Houses ... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Sawmill, for cutting barrel heads and staves out of oak logs, behind the Hess Cooperage. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Hess Cooperage employees cutting quarter sawn pieces of oak into barrel staves and heads at the sawmill behind the cooperage. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | A Hess Cooperage employee cutting barrel heads and staves from quarter blocks of oak on a huge saw blade at the sawmill behind the cooperage. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Five employees(l to r Joe Hess, Eddy Hess, Tony Hess, Frank "Foots" Hess Jr. and Frank Hess Sr.) of the Hess Cooperage, cut a large oak log to make headers... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A sawmill run on the Menominee Indian Reservation. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | This mid 20th century map of Vilas County and northeastern Oneida County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, sections, cities and villages, rail... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of logs floating in the water of Neopit Mill Pond. The sawmill is across the water, partially obscured by tall piles of logs. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "UD-24 - Sawmills." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "UD-24 power unit in sawmill." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "Sawmills — UD-24 Power Unit." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "UD-124 Power Unit owned by Lew Caldwell of James, N. Mex. op... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man is driving an International A tractor. Subject: "Material Handling — Int. Super A." Information with photograph reads: "An International A tractor pu... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of sawmill. Subject: "Sawmills — UD-24 Power Unit." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "Here in a backwoods location is sh... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a sawmill. Subject: "Sawmills — UD-24 Power Unit." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "Here in a backwoods location is ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "Sawmills — UD-14A Power Unit." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "L.C. Wilson, Dundee, Miss. has no trouble obtaining lumber ... |
| Date: | 08 1952 |
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| Description: | Cushman Mill, a sawmill on the shore of the Bark River. |
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