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Lumber Camp Employees and Lumber
circa 1890-1899
Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company Camp 15. Lumberjacks posed atop a sled load of logs, scaled at 13,562 board feet of lumber.
Construction Workers
Construction workers on the job, with horse-drawn wagons in the background.
Loading a Bobsled with Logs
Man posed sitting on a bobsled loaded with logs and pulled by a team of four horses. Another four men are holding logging tools posed next to the bobsled.
Loading a Bobsled with Logs
Three men posed standing and sitting with a bobsled loaded with logs and pulled by a team of eight horses in the woods.
Felling White Pine
Two lumberjacks pose at the base of a tree with a double-handled saw poised to cut.
Lumberjacks Eating
Lumberjacks eating in a cook shanty; probably early twentieth century.
