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Photograph

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...
Photograph

Two Linemen for Telephone Exchange

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Description: Studio portrait of two telephone linemen with some of their equipment in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing work clothes and hats, and hold ciga...
Postcard

Sweeping the Bunk House

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Description: A man is sweeping the bunk house at Hatton Lumber Company Camp. Caption reads: "Hatton Lbr. Co. Camp No 3."
Photograph

Boy with Pail

Date: 1915
Description: A boy wearing overalls and a straw hat is carrying a metal pail across a barnyard.
Photograph

Shoeshine Boys

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Description: Five boys stand on the sidewalk holding their shoe shining tools and supplies. They are wearing work clothes; shirts, knickers, stockings, shoes and caps. ...
Print

Cant Hook Man

Date: 04 1937
Description: Linoleum cut print of a man using a cant hook to move logs. Other lumberjacks work in the background.
Photograph

Man and Woman Preparing Wool

Date: 1910
Description: A man and a woman squat on a mat on the floor, whipping wool to prepare it for use. They wear white scarves on their heads. The bottom right of the image c...

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