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... |
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Description: | View up logging railroad tracks running through the woods. |
Date: | 1886 |
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Description: | Logging crew posed in front of the buildings of D Sulivan's logging camp near Antigo, Wisconsin. |
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Description: | Man measuring a tree for selective logging. |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | Logging Museum in Rhinelander. A long building has a sign on the roof that reads: "Logging Museum". |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | Logging Museum in Rhinelander. Caption reads: "Museum, Rhinelander, Wis." |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | A Knapp, Stout & Company crew with J. Bracklin (in fur coat), logging superintendent. |
Date: | 1905 |
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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... |
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Description: | Workers loading pine logs in northern Wisconsin when there was still virgin timber for logging. |
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Description: | Holmes Sons logging railroad ready to start for landing. Three steam engines pictured. Primary engine pulls flatbed cars loaded with logs. |
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