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| The Industry That Changed the State |
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| Discover how the logging industry shaped Wisconsin's economy and culture from the 19th century to the present. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of loggers posing with logs piled on horse-drawn sleds. Caption reads: "Logging, Athens, Wis." |
| Date: | 07 24 1929 |
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| Description: | View down dirt road towards a man driving up the road in a truck hauling logs. There is no cab on the truck, and painted on the right side of the engine co... |
| Date: | 07 24 1929 |
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| Description: | View towards front of International truck. A man is sitting in the driver's seat, and logs are in the truck bed behind him. The truck does not have a cab. ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A copy of an older photograph of a logging scene. In the foreground a man is holding the reins of a pair of horses, another man is standing beside him; beh... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A Knapp, Stout & Company crew with J. Bracklin (in fur coat), logging superintendent. |
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| Description: | Logging scene on Waccamaw River. On the right is a group of logs floating in a contained area in front of a boat. In the background on the left is another... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Men use an International TD-9 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) with Carco(?) winch in a logging operation. |
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| Description: | Colorized view of a river full of logs, and a smokestack and factory in the distance. On the left is a dirt road and trees. Caption reads: "Logging Scene, ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A pushes a large log with an International TD-40 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Original caption reads: "TD-40 working at logging operations in Australia." |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view towards the front left side of the "Sixty" logging cruiser tractor made by the C.L. Best Tractor Company. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a man pulling logs with an International TracTracTor (crawler tractor) on a logging road in a forest. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Man pulls a large log with an International TD-40 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) in Australia. Original caption reads: "TD-40 TracTracTor logging in Austral... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Three men in a covered boat on an International Harvester logging(?) canal surrounded by trees on either side. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | A group of men use a team of four horses to transport logs across snow-covered ground on a sled. Trees are in the background. Caption reads: "A Logging Sce... |
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| Description: | Logging crew with two large loads of logs on horse-drawn sleds ready for the mill. Foreman, Mike Baltus, stands in the foreground. Also pictured are A. Cli... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Five men stand on or nearby a sled loaded with logs and pulled by two horses at the landing at Hein's logging camp. There is snow on the ground. |
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| Description: | View across water towards logs floating along the lake. Several buildings, including a water tower and a silo, are on the opposite shoreline. |
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