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Logging
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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 horse. Three men with pike poles are standing on a pile of logs. There is a pile of slash in the foreground, and snow is on the ground.
1900
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View across road towards a smiling young man posing riding bareback on a horse as a foal is standing in the foreground nearby. The indistinct figure of a woman (face obscured by horse) is seen on t...
Will Koeppe
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A young man identified as Will Koeppe is leaning forward, resting his left hand on a shovel while inspecting a hole in the ground at the edge of a wooded area. There is a dog standing next to him. ...
