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Transporting Logs from the Forest
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A man in the background is standing on top of the logs that are being loaded onto a railcar. Four African American men at ground level are working to hoist them onto the car. Another man is standing with two horses. Standing in the foreground is a boy. Caption reads: "Logging Scene. Beaumont, Texas."
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Men Standing Near Logs
A view of two men standing on, and two men in front of, numerous logs. One man holds a long ruler for measuring the logs' diameters. A small covered work area with a chimney is in the right backgr...
Horses Hauling Logs
Horses pulling three logs on a wagon which has large wheels. A man is sitting on the wheel axle. In the background is a forest. Words have been scratched out, but the negative caption reads: "Hauli...
Man with Saw Near a Fallen Tree
A man is standing next to a large, fallen tree holding out a saw against the log. Directly behind him is the stump. Caption reads: "The Bucker at Work, Owen Camp, Raymond, Wash."
Oxen Pulling a Wagon Filled with Logs
A team of eight oxen pulling a wagon filled with logs. One man is standing by the side of the oxen, while three other men wearing large hats and an African American youth are sitting on the logs. O...
Raftsman's Series No. 1406 : Trip Finished. Pulling Out The Lumber - Anaglyph
1886
Stereograph of men unloading lumber off a raft. A man at the left loads lumber onto a horse-drawn wagon while a man in an apron holds the horses. There is a boy standing in the center. On the right...
Logging
1900
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; behind them is another man leading a single h...
