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Special Train Engine 1

Date: 1905
Description: A group of women and children and one man pose standing on the railroad tracks behind a saddle back train. On the low hill behind them is a log building, a...
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Logging with an International TD-18 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: A man operating an International TD-18 Diesel TracTractor (crawler tractor) in a logging operation. The tractor was owned by the Pacific National Lumber Co...
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Pine Forest Harvesting

Date: 09 06 1895
Description: View of a partially harvested pine forest nine miles southwest of Washburn. A pathway is being cut for a narrow gauge logging railroad.
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Copy Photograph; Train Cars Loaded with Tree Trunks

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Description: Copy photograph of a steam train pulling railroad cars loaded with large trees.
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Railroad Bridge over Black River

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Description: Elevated view of the third railroad bridge over the Black River. Logs are lodged in the river.
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Wisconsin & Northern Railroad Engine

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Description: Three men stand in the snow in front of the Wisconsin & Northern Railroad engine #2 (the second locomotive with this number) in the woods on the Menominee ...
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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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Lumber Piled on Train Cars and in Yard

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Description: View of a trainyard, with several carloads of lumber on the train. Men are standing on the lumber. Additionally, several large stacks of lumber are in the ...
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Sorting Logs

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Description: Loggers near a log jam under a railroad bridge.
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Logging with a TD-18 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: A man pulling logs with an International TD-18 Diesel TracTracTor (crawler tractor). The tractor was owned by the Pacific National Lumber Company and was e...
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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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Lumberjacks Resting and Logs Rolling Down the Track

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Description: Two views in postcard format. The view on left is of two lumberjacks sitting in front of a tree, each holding an axe. To the left is a large saw used for f...
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The "Gracie May" Locomotive

Date: 1884
Description: The Fairchild and Northwestern locomotive the "Gracie May," named for Gracie May Foster. Several people pose near the locomotive, including Robert Holmes a...
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Log Jam

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Description: View from shoreline of a log jam under a railroad bridge about half a mile from the Black River Falls Dam. On the opposite shoreline, men sit atop a fence....
Postcard

Log Train, Drummond, Wis.

Date: 1920
Description: View across snowy ground towards a steam-belching train engine on the right pulling flatbeds of stacked logs near a forest of tall pines. Caption reads: "L...
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Trainload of Logs

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Description: Several men are posing among logs on the ground near a train engine, which has continuous track (caterpillar) wheels and is pulling a load of logs on sledg...
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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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Newspaper in the Raw

Date: 08 1963
Description: Elevated view of newspaper pulp wood stacked along the Fox River near the Combined Locks Paper Company. A crane is moving the logs, and workers are standin...
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Lumbering — TD-24 Tractor

Date: 1950
Description: View down road towards a man using a TD-24 tractor. Mountains are in the background. Subject: "Lumbering — TD-24 Tractor." Where Taken: "Pac." Information ...
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TD-24 — Lumbering

Date: 1950
Description: View down road towards a truck loaded with logs. The sign painted on the driver's side door reads: "Lloyd E. Larson, Arcata, Calif." Subject: "TD-24 — Lumb...

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