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Auburndale Camp
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Elevated view of logging crew posed outside a log cabin in winter. Several horses are at the back of the group. The foreman, Mike Baltus, is possibly at front right. One of the lumberjacks is African-American.
circa 1872-1982
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Sunday at the Lumber Camp
circa 1872-1920
Elevated view of lumberjacks joined by their wives and children on a Sunday at the Auburndale Lumber Camp.
Logging Crew with Cut Wood
circa 1872-1920
Group of men posed with 13,260 feet of cut lumber on a horse-drawn sled in winter. Some of the men hold cant hooks.
Skidding a Log
circa 1872-1920
Man driving two horses which are skidding a log out of the woods to the logging road.
Hot Lunch Sleigh
circa 1872-1920
Lumber camp cooking crew at the hot lunch sled in the woods. There is a tent set up in the background, and a horse hitched to the sled on the left. Foreman Mike Baltus is standing behind the sled w...
Logging Crew with Loaded Sleds
circa 1872-1920
Logging crew with two large loads of logs on horse-drawn sleds ready for the mill. Foreman, Mike Baltus, stands in the foreground. Also pictured are A. Cline, and Frank Bobert in a buffalo coat.
