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Lumber Crew and Train Tracks

Date: 1915
Description: Logging company's railroad tracks and construction crew in a forest.
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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 ...
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Railroad Tie Mill

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Description: William Rogalsky's railroad tie mill, showing workers and logs ready to be milled. Photographer Charles J. Ruppenthal was known to have been active in Tige...
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Transporting Logs from the Forest

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Description: A man in the background is standing on top of the logs that are being loaded onto a railcar. Four African American men at ground level are working to hoist...
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Locomotive Hauling Logs

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Description: Outdoor view of men standing with horses near a locomotive hauling logs through a forest. Two loggers are standing in the center.
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Mogul 8-16 Tractor at Log Lift

Date: 1915
Description: Mogul 8-16 tractor used to power a lifting outfit to load large logs onto freight car.
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Oxen Pulling a Wagon Filled with Logs

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Description: A team of eight oxen pulling a wagon filled with logs. One man is standing by the side of the oxen, while three other men wearing large hats and an African...
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Log Hauling Train

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Description: Train pulling a long load of logs through the woods. Horses replaced oxen teams and are used along with wood burning trains to haul logs.
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"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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Farm of Chris Klein near Phillips, Price County

Date: 1895
Description: The front (top) and back (bottom) of a promotional card created to attract farmers to the agricultural land in northern Wisconsin. The card features an ima...

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