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Postcard

Logging

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized postcard of loggers posing with logs piled on horse-drawn sleds. Caption reads: "Logging, Athens, Wis."
Photograph

Logging

Date: 07 24 1929
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...
Photograph

Logging

Date: 07 24 1929
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. ...
Photograph

Logging

Date: 1900
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...
Photograph

Rhinelander Logging Museum

Date: 1930
Description: Logging Museum in Rhinelander.
Postcard

Logging Museum

Date: 1920
Description: Logging Museum in Rhinelander. Caption reads: "Museum, Rhinelander, Wis."
Photograph

Logging Crew

Date: 1895
Description: A Knapp, Stout & Company crew with J. Bracklin (in fur coat), logging superintendent.
Postcard

Typical Logging Scene Near Colby

Date: 1905
Description: Black and white postcard of a typical logging scene, showing a wagon, logs on the ground and two buildings. Caption reads: "Typical Logging Scene Near Colb...
Photograph

Logging Trains

Date: 
Description: Holmes Sons logging railroad ready to start for landing. Three steam engines pictured. Primary engine pulls flatbed cars loaded with logs.
Photograph

Saw Filer and Logging Crew

Date: 
Description: Logging crew and horses posed in snow.
Photograph

Yawkey-Bissell Lumber Co. Main Line

Date: 1911
Description: Yawkey-Bissell Lumber Co. main line logging railroad tracks “through virgin pine timber” south of Trout Lake.
Photograph

Logging, Waccamaw River

Date: 
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...
Photograph

Buildings at a Logging Camp

Date: 1912
Description: Buildings at a logging camp or sawmill operated by the International Harvester Company. A horse is in the right foreground.
Postcard

Logging Scene

Date: 
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, ...
Photograph

Log Piles at Stony Hill at Brule River State Forest

Date: 1960
Description: Several piles of logs along a logging road waiting for truck pick up.
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

Logging Camp at Big Bay

Date: 1910
Description: Logging Camp dock and buildings made of logs. Madeline Island shoreline on the bank of Lake Superior.
Photograph

Door County Logging

Date: 
Description: Winter logging operations in Door County. Men are posing on a sled pulled by horses, and piles of logs are on either side of an icy road.
Poster

International Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1946
Description: Advertising poster for International heavy-duty trucks featuring color illustrations showing a logging operation in a mountainous area.
Photograph

Crane Lifting Logs at Logging Camp

Date: 1904
Description: At Hein's logging camp, a crane mounted on a railroad train lifts logs onto a flatbed railway car. Other logs are stacked on the snowy ground. A number of ...

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