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Sawing Firewood

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Description: Getting ready for winter.
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Sawing Firewood

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Description: Austrian soldiers getting ready for winter.
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Cutting Logs

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Description: Stereograph of two men cutting logs ready for stripping and making into pulp at a paper mill. Caption reads, "7981-(b)-Cutting logs ready for stripping and...
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McCormick-Deering 10-20 Tractor Powering Saw

Date: 03 15 1928
Description: A man is using a McCormick-Deering 10-20 to belt drive a saw. The man is cutting wood, and there is a pile of wood on the right. In the background are barn...
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Graphic Illustrating Horse Power

Date: 03 15 1928
Description: Graphic illustrating horse power. Horses are depicted powering a large wooden wheel to power a saw. Two men are working on the saw to cut up wood. Barns ar...
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Men Using McCormick-Deering Tractor to Power Saw

Date: 03 15 1928
Description: Two man are using a McCormick-Deering tractor to belt-drive a saw to cut wood.
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Wallace Rumsey Building a Seat

Date: 1899
Description: Wallace Rumsey is building a wooden seat from a fallen log at Lookout Point on the Island at Archibald Lake. Caption reads: "Building the seat on the point...
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Three Sisters with the "H" They Made

Date: 1906
Description: Three wood workers are showing the "H" which they made out of birch logs. From left to right: Lucy Holt, Minnie May Rumsey and possibly Juliet Rumsey Stroh...
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Carmen Dillon

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Description: Art Director Carmen Dillon and an unidentified man are viewing the construction of one of the sets from the 1948 film "Hamlet." Another unidentified man is...
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William Pettigrew Holding Ax and Hammer

Date: 1912
Description: William Pettigrew, who was Foreman at Camp Four for sometime beginning in 1885, is holding a double headed ax in his right hand and a hammer in his left ha...
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Sawmill

Date: 08 13 1928
Description: A man is standing in a sawmill. An engine in the background on the left is powering the sawmill.
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Int. Super A — Mills & Shops

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Int. Super A — Mills & Shops." Where Taken: "MidW" Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Kage Box & Crate Co., Reed City, Mich. Used with ...
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Police Handling Crime Tools

Date: 02 01 1958
Description: Two police detectives or officers, one handling hacksaw blades and the other inspecting rope, investigating a possible burglary using these items. They are...
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Red Cross Gray Ladies Volunteer at the Wisconsin Diagnostic Center

Date: 03 04 1958
Description: Red Cross Gray Ladies Mrs. Irving J. Maurer (left, 30 Fuller Drive) and Mrs. Ralph Penniall (right, 37-B University Houses) give advice and assistance to t...
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Building the Pulpit — Part 1

Date: 1913
Description: An action shot of two sawyers cutting a hollow hemlock log using a 2-person crosscut saw. They are sawing halfway through the log, to create an angle which...
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Table Saw

Date: 04 02 1906
Description: Table saw at McCormick Works.
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Splitting Wood

Date: 1935
Description: One of two images under the headline: "Trials of Pioneers Bring Families Closer Together." Original caption reads, in part: "Families are knit more closely...
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Making a Stoneboat for Hauling Water

Date: 1935
Description: Three men are kneeling on the ground working with a saw. The men are wearing hats with mosquito nets on them. Mountains are in the background. Caption with...
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Lester Monroe Sharpening Cross-Cut Saw

Date: 1935
Description: A man is standing and sharpening a saw outdoors. On the left is a coaster wagon. In the background are adults and children standing in front of tents. Capt...
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Saw in a Work Area at McCormick Works

Date: 10 03 1906
Description: A saw in a work area at McCormick Works. Shelves are along the wall in the background.

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