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Logging Railroad Through the Woods

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View up logging railroad tracks running through the woods.

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Collection Information

Source Collection Subject albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s)

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Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W013J79
Legacy ID
WHi 5059

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Hauling Logs With Oxen

Hauling Logs With Oxen

1880

Lumberjacks hauling logs with several teams of oxen.

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Logging Trains

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.

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Wisconsin Central Passenger Car

Wisconsin Central Passenger Car

View from road of Wisconsin Central Railroad cafe-chair car No #852 sitting on railroad tracks at a crossing. Snow is on the ground.

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Logging Camp Crew

Logging Camp Crew

1905

Logging crew posed in snow at a logging camp.

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Logging at Cable

Logging at Cable

1906

Ole Emerson's lumber property. A man is standing on top of a load of logs being pulled by a team of two horses on a sled through the snow. Caption from calendar: "Logging at Cable in 1906. A Bayfie...

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Loggers Dining at Camp

Loggers Dining at Camp

1907

Loggers at dinner in the woods north of Glen Flora. The man in the center is filing his saw.

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