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Logging Scene
circa 1910-1919
Two loggers and two draft horses standing near a tree stump. One man is on a sled with a log.
Horse-Drawn Logging Sled
1916
Black and white photographic postcard of a horse-drawn sled loaded with logs coming out of the woods. One or two men are driving the sled, and a man is walking next to the sled. Caption reads: "Bek...
Logging
1908
Colorized postcard of loggers posing with logs piled on horse-drawn sleds. Caption reads: "Logging, Athens, Wis."
Logging Scene
1903
Group of people standing around a tall stack of logs chained together on a sled. People are in a horse-drawn sled on the right. Caption reads: "Logging Scene, Loyal, Wis."
Wisconsin Cheese Factory
1916
Interior view of a cheese factory, with two men posing. Caption on back reads in part: "Cooking the milk in copper-lined vats."
Lumbering in Wisconsin, Filling the Sprinkling Tank
1910
Reproduction by the Museum and Local History Department of the Eau Claire Public Library of a black and white photograph of a lumbering crew filling the sprinkling tank on a horse-drawn sled on an ...
