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Loggers Posing on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1896
Description: Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja...
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Logging Camp Crew

Date: 1875
Description: Group portrait of a large logging crew posing outdoors in the snow at their camp in front of a log building. One of the men is playing a fiddle or a violin...
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 08 1929
Description: Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue. Men are pouring a cement floor.
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Street Work with International G-61 Truck

Date: 04 19 1921
Description: A man working on a residential street with a shovel and an International Model G-61 truck. The truck was operated by the Williams Brother's Concrete and Ce...
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Group of People Digging

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Description: Several people, most wearing goggles and hats, are digging and moving dirt. Three men are behind a wire fence. On the left is a man in a suit. The rest of ...
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Reviewing Nailbox Assembly

Date: 08 1919
Description: Two women and one man, probably rural school teachers, are standing outdoors near a work bench, reviewing the blueprints to construct a nail box.
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WPA at Work

Date: 1937
Description: National Youth Administration workers cutting stone in the quarry near the Grignon House. A sign behind the group of boys says: USA Work Program."
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Construction Workers

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Description: Construction workers on the job, with horse-drawn wagons in the background.
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Men Logging

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Description: Large group of men posed standing and holding logging tools with several teams of oxen and horses in the woods.
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Men Logging

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Description: Large group of men posed standing and holding logging tools with several teams of oxen and horses in the woods.
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Men Logging

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Description: Four men posed standing and holding logging tools next to a team of two oxen. Two other men are sawing a tree with a two-handled saw.
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Men Logging

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Description: Eight men posed standing and holding logging tools next to a team of oxen in the forest.
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Men Logging

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Description: Group of men posed standing and holding logging tools in the woods during winter next to two teams of two horses and a team of two oxen.
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Loading a Bobsled with Logs

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Description: Eight men posed loading logs onto a bobsled pulled by three horses with hooks.
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Loading a Bobsled with Logs

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Description: Four men posed with lumber tools atop a load of numbered logs on a bobsled pulled by a team of two horses. A man is standing near the team, probably James ...
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Loading a Bobsled with Logs

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Description: Man posed sitting on a bobsled loaded with logs and pulled by a team of four horses. Another four men are holding logging tools posed next to the bobsled.
Postcard

Workmen Build a Stone Wall

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Description: Photographic postcard of three workmen building a stone wall next to a shed.
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Stump Pulling

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Description: View across field towards a group of four men standing with a stump-pulling rig. Three horses on the left are pulling the tree stump.
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Group of People at Logging Camp

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Description: Elevated outdoor group portrait of men assembled at a logging camp. Horses are on the left, and a locomotive hauling cars of logs is in the background.
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Eau Claire Public Library Construction

Date: 1903
Description: Construction workers are laying stone on the facade of the Eau Claire Public Library at Farwell Street and Grand Avenue. One man is standing on the first f...

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