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Oxen Hauling Logs
circa 1890-1899
Three men pose with a team of oxen hauling a log on the Spaulding holdings in Clark County
Logging Trains
circa 1880-1889
Holmes Sons logging railroad ready to start for landing. Three steam engines pictured. Primary engine pulls flatbed cars loaded with logs.
Logging Train
1890
View across stacks of logs towards a group of men posing near or on a logging train. There are two teams of oxen near the stacked logs, and snow is on the ground. Steam is rising from the locomotive.
Logging Crew Posed in Camp
1886
Logging crew posed in front of the buildings of D Sulivan's logging camp near Antigo, Wisconsin.
Lumber Camp Cook Shanty
Two men preparing a meal in a lumber camp shanty or bunkhouse.
