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Loggers Posing on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1896
Description: Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja...
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Unidentified Object; Tool

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Description: Studio portrait of an unidentified metal and wooden object. Probably a tool.
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Construction Site

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Description: Outdoor view of a construction site at a building.
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Sorting Logs

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Description: Loggers near a log jam under a railroad bridge.
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Derailed Locomotive

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Description: View towards men standing on railroad tracks and near the wreckage of a train.
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Men Posed Around Logs

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Description: Three men posed atop and among piles of logs.
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Barbershop Scene

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Description: Interior of a barbershop. Two barbers are shaving two men.
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Unidentified Tool

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Description: Studio portrait of an unidentified metal and wooden object, with a hand crank, displayed on a table.
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Saddle-Making Tool

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Description: Studio portrait of an object, probably a saddle-making tool for army saddles, displayed on a stool.
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Men Working in a Field

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Description: Ten men are working in a field. They are bending over and digging with shovels.
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Meters in the Powerhouse

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Description: Interior view ofm machinery inside a building. Identified as the interior of a powerhouse.
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Powerhouse Generator

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Description: View looking down at machinery inside a building. Identified as the interior of a powerhouse, showing the generator.
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Chickens

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Description: A group of five chickens near a ladder in a yard in front of a barn.
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Logging Scene

Date: 1890
Description: Outdoor group portrait of loggers with two teams of oxen.
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Logging Scene

Date: 1890
Description: Outdoor group portrait of loggers with their tools near their lodge.
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Halcyon Brick Works

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Description: Halcyon Brick Works. A group of men are posed standing among the brick kilns and drying houses.
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Men Logging

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Description: Logging crew of four men with a team of oxen hauling logs through a snow-covered forest.
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Men Logging

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Description: Eight men posed standing and holding logging tools next to a team of oxen in the forest.
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Loading a Bobsled with Logs

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Description: Eight men posed loading logs onto a bobsled pulled by three horses with hooks.
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Men Posed Around Logs

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Description: Group of men posed sitting and standing near three teams of two horses and logs in the woods.

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