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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Two lumbermen posing with a two-man crosscut saw they are using on a fallen tree trunk, cutting the pine into manageable sizes for hauling. |
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| Description: | Lumber workers laying railroad tracks through the woods. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Jack Vilas (seated) in the Curtiss hydroplane he used to spot forest fires for the Wisconsin Conservation Department. (His companion is not identified.) Th... |
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| Description: | View of a man standing next to a douglas fir which is fourteen feet in diameter. The man is dressed in work clothes and an axe rests on his hip. In the bac... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a logging camp, with a dozen or so men posing by the wagons, piles of logs and machinery. There are both logs and milled lumber. ... |
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| Description: | A man is standing next to a large, fallen tree holding out a saw against the log. Directly behind him is the stump. Caption reads: "The Bucker at Work, Owe... |
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| Description: | View of the process of building a levee, including many horses and people. Caption reads: "Building the Levee near Port Gibson, Miss." |
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| Description: | A view of a camp of the Catskill Aqueduct workers including three men, three women, and one child. Caption reads: "Camp of Catskill Aqueduct Workers, Pleas... |
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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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| Description: | Horses pulling three logs on a wagon which has large wheels. A man is sitting on the wheel axle. In the background is a forest. Words have been scratched o... |
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| Description: | A view of a steam hauler pulling logs across ice on sleds. Four men are posing, with one man sticking his head out of a window of the hauler; one man is s... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of log driving, with a large group of men using long poles to transfer logs from the land into the waterway. Logs can be seen in the ba... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View looking down log bridge which is in the process of being built by a group of soldiers. The bridge crosses over a gully. In the distance is a horse-dra... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Two timber sawyers standing posed with their tools in a forest. Both men wear heavy mittens, and the man on the left is carrying a saw across his left shou... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of forest rangers outside a house. They are wearing work clothes, boots and a variety of hats. A man on the right is holding a gun and point... |
| Date: | 05 1911 |
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| Description: | View across field towards a number of men working to clear a field. There is a team of horses pulling a plow to create a furrow, with a pine forest in the ... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the building under construction, with two men working on the side of the log building on wooden scaffolds. This is probably on the site of... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Several men are working with logs and equipment in Brule River State Forest. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Four men are building the wall at Signal Point Lookout in Wyalusing State Park. They are part of Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project #8656-8. Th... |
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