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Lumber Camp Fiddler and Jig Dancer
Two men in a lumber camp bunkhouse. The man on the right is sitting on a stump playing a fiddle, while the man on the left is dancing.
Logging Crew in Bunkhouse
1900
A logging crew poses inside their bunk house. In the upper left corner, one of the loggers holds a cat.
Ole Emerson's Lumber Camp Bunkhouse
1902
Lumbermen in their bunk house at Ole Emerson's lumber camp. Several of them have pipes in their mouths and their socks are hanging to dry.
Lumber Camp Dining Room
1890
Group of men posing in the dining room at August Mason's lumber camp. Three men are playing stringed instruments. Posters are displayed on the wall behind the men.
Lumberjacks Eating
Lumberjacks eating in a cook shanty; probably early twentieth century.
Stacking Logs
1914
Using a team of two horses, men stack logs at McCann's lumber camp landing. The camp was in Couderay in Sawyer County on the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Omaha Railroad.
