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Logging Scene
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A view of a logging scene. White and African American workers are posing for a group portrait. Oxen are pulling logs, and other large logs are piled on both the left and righ. The forest and the area cleared is in the background. Caption reads: "Logging Scene, Hattiesburg, Miss."
Henley, D. B.
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Logging Camp
Slightly elevated view of a logging camp, with a dozen or so men posing by the wagons, piles of logs and machinery. There are both logs and milled lumber. Surrounding the scene and in the backgroun...
Transporting Logs from the Forest
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 standin...
Oxen Hauling Logs
Oxen haul a cart near a stack of logs. A man stands on top of the cart. In the background is the forest. Caption reads: "A Pine Tree Forest near Pocomoke City, MD."
Logging Near Rice Lake
1872
A group of loggers poses for a group portrait amongst cut logs in a snow-covered wooded area. The men in the middle have their axes in hand, while other men pose near oxen. Caption reads: "Logging ...
A Boom Scene of Timbers On a River
View across water toward men standing and working on logs in the middle of the river. Booms help to collect the logs that are shipped down river from the forest. In the foreground is a man a rowboa...
