Photograph
Loggers Posing on Railroad Tracks
| Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Jackson County. There is a long, low building behind them. |
| Image ID: | 1964 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1896 |
| Creator Name: | Van Schaick, Charles |
| City: | Pray |
| County: | Jackson |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Charles Van Schaick photographs and negatives, circa 1880-circa 1940 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | (V24)1804 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| This image is part of a larger collection of over 6,000 negatives created by Charles J. Van Schaick. Van Schaick learned the art of photography after moving to Jackson County, Wisconsin. In 1885, he opened a studio in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. He was the town photographer for over 50 years. His work includes both studio portraits and richly varied and intimate snapshots of small-town, Wisconsin life. Appears in the book Wisconsin Death Trip, by Michael Lesy. Used in the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Rephotography Project, see Image ID: 49225 for pairing. The image appeared in the December section of the 1988 Wisconsin Historical Calendar. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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