Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-18 of 18

Photograph

Model G-61 Logging Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Two men hauling large logs with an International G-61 truck. Railroad flat cars loaded with logs are in the background.
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Steam Skidder Train Engine

Date: 
Description: Several man posing by a steam skidder which is hauling logs.
Photograph

Shipping Logs by Railroad

Date: 
Description: Three men are standing on the last railroad car which is carrying logs down a railroad track. Another set of tracks are running parallel on the left, and b...
Photograph

The Forest Interior and a Railroad Stockcar

Date: 
Description: A postcard with two views functioning as a "before" and "after" of forestry. The view on the left features a man standing in the distance among large trees...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Logs in Ashland Harbor

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Lumberjacks Resting and Logs Rolling Down the Track

Date: 
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...
Photograph

Rail Siding and Hand Car with Crew

Date: 
Description: Rail siding and handcar with crew at Slashing, Waupaca County. Three men are standing on the handcar in the foreground. A young boy is sitting on a load of...
Photograph

Wolf River Paper and Fiber Company

Date: 
Description: Stacks of logs are in the foreground with a man in a hat near the river. There is a chimney billowing smoke near the factory.
Photograph

Trainload of Logs

Date: 
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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Log Running on the Chippewa River

Date: 1904
Description: Logs floating down the river beneath the bridge on the Chippewa River. On the far shoreline are billboards. One advertises for "J.R. Sharp Hardware." Men a...
Postcard

"The Old Way" & the New Way of Hauling Logs to Mill

Date: 
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...
Photograph

Sawmills — U-6 Power Unit

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Sawmills — U-6 Power Unit." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "U-6 Power Unit owned by Gaylord Container Corp., Walker, La. D...

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: