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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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Group in front of Sawmill

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Description: Large group of men, women, and children posed standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a sawmill either under construction, or an open saw mill.
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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: Group of men posed holding logging tools while sitting and standing in a logging camp. Two men stand displaying two teams of two horses, and one man is dis...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posed standing and sitting on the snow-covered ground by an empty sled and in front of log buildings, several horse teams and a team of oxen.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group portrait of men posed holding logging tools, while standing and sitting on log benches. There is snow on the ground. On the left behind the group is ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 482-488

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Description: A man in motion moves upon good reason.

To create disorder
he must stop and settle down.
Photograph

Team of Oxen in Luck

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Description: Team of oxen pulling a sled loaded with large sacks on a snowy street in front of a General Merchandise Dry Goods store. Two men stand at the back of the s...
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Team of Horses and Oxen in Woods with Men

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Description: Team of horses and a team of oxen working in the woods in snow. Two men are standing on a load of logs on the right, probably on a horse-drawn sled. The ox...
Photograph

Logging Train

Date: 1890
Description: View across stacks of logs towards a group of men posing near or on a logging train. There are two teams of oxen near the stacked logs, and snow is on the ...
Photograph

Oxen in Harness with Haul of Logs

Date: 1887
Description: Seven men are posing on or near a haul of logs loaded onto a sled. Some of the men are holding cant hooks. A team of oxen are yoked to the sled.
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Workers with a Haul of Logs

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Description: Group portrait of seven men posing on or around a pile of logs. Some of the men are carrying cant hooks. The logs are being hauled on a sled pulled by two ...
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Fighting the Russians

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Description: German and Austrian soldiers, who are jointly fighting the Russians in the Carpathians, on an oxcart.
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Military Transport in Taurus Mountains

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Description: Military transport through the snowed-in Taurus Mountains.
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Food Supply Transport in Taurus Mountains

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Description: Turkish reservists transporting food supplies through the snowed-in Taurus Mountains.
Postcard

"The Old Way" & the New Way of Hauling Logs to Mill

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Description: View towards a train hauling many flatbed cars of logs. There is an inset photograph of a person on top of a stack of logs on a sleigh being pulled by an o...

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