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International Harvester Lumber Camp

Date: 1910
Description: Housing for employees of logging and lumber operations associated with International Harvester. The housing consists of small one-room shacks in a wooded a...
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Loggers with Pine Tree

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Description: Two men with a saw stand by a large pine tree recently cut down.
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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.
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Farm Woodland

Date: 1930
Description: A man stacking cut logs on a neatly stacked pile in a wooded area. More stacks are behind him among the trees.
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Lone Rock From Below #109

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Description: Elevated view of several people rafting on a flat bottom boat near Lone Rock. There is a large raft, perhaps for logging transportation, tied up at Lone Ro...
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"Old Vanderbilt" Locomotive

Date: 1890
Description: Upham Lumber Company locomotive, "Old Vanderbilt," built by the Taunton Locomotive Works in 1847 from the New York providence and Boston Railroad where she...
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Lunch at the Lumber Camp

Date: 1890
Description: View up slope towards a group of men posing in the snow alongside a table with pots and dishes on it. An ox with a yoke and a pair of wooden staves is stan...
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2 Ox Power Jammer at Work

Date: 1890
Description: Five men are posing on or near a tall stack of logs on a sled, with more logs being added. Three of the men are carrying cant hooks, and two horses are yok...
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Man Shoeing an Ox

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Description: View of a man shoeing an ox, which is standing in a sling in a fenced enclosure. In the background, a man is standing near a building and is wearing a suit...
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Peshtigo Log Jam

Date: 1907
Description: Loggers breaking up a log jam in the Peshtigo River area.
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Logging Clean-Up Crew

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Description: Group of men and a boy posed holding logging tools and standing in front of tents on the banks of a river, probably just south of Black River Falls. A man ...
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Men at Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posing standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building. In the foreground one man is sitting on a pile of logs.
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Monarch Tractors

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for Monarch tractors featuring a photograph of a Monarch 30-18 hauling a 41-ton load over snow and icy roads. The text at top reads: "Monarch...
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Brailing Pockets — Scalers at Work

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Description: Group of lumber workers standing on logs floating in Beef Slough.
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Moving Logs Through Beef Slough

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Description: Panoramic view of workers in Beef Slough arranging logs for transport.
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Brotherton Lumberjacks

Date: 1925
Description: Chief Niles and other Brotherton men sawing logs.
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Logging Scene

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Description: A two-man team of sawers work on a massive tree with a crosscut saw (right) while a man with an an axe waits to trim branches. The trunks are then cut down...
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Downhill Haul of Logs

Date: 1890
Description: Six men are posing on and next to a large stack of logs, which are piled on a sled drawn by two horses. The men are all carrying cant hooks. The initials "...
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Oxen in Harness with Haul of Logs

Date: 1887
Description: Seven men are posing on or near a haul of logs loaded onto a sled. Some of the men are holding cant hooks. A team of oxen are yoked to the sled.
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Loading a Bobsled with Logs

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Description: Two men posed standing atop a load of logs on a bobsled pulled by a team of two horses. Another four men posed arestanding and holding logging tools near t...

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