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Log Drive

Date: 1913
Description: Two businessmen visiting a log drive along the Wisconsin River. They stand atop a log holding peavey hooks.
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Log Drive on Wisconsin River

Date: 1913
Description: Eight men are in a boat driving logs down the Wisconsin River.
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Stacking Logs

Date: 1914
Description: Using a team of two horses, men stack logs at McCann's lumber camp landing. The camp was in Couderay in Sawyer County on the line of the Chicago, Milwauke...
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Steam Crane Loading Lumber onto Railroad Car

Date: 1916
Description: Steam crane loading lumber onto a railroad car for use at an International Harvester sawmill.
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Loading Logs from Skids

Date: 02 1914
Description: Loggers moving logs onto a horse-drawn wagon in the snow.
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Menominee Reservation Sawmill

Date: 1910
Description: Sawmill on a Menominee Indian reservation, with logs floating in the water in the foreground. Caption reads: "Menominee Indian Mills."
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Chippewa Falls, Wis. General View, from South Side of River

Date: 1910
Description: Chippewa Falls from the south side of the river below the falls. Includes the Sheely House Tavern, railway buildings, box cars, a train with five passenger...
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Green Bay Paper and Fibre Company

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Green Bay (later Hoberg) Paper and Fibre Company, from the back. Stacks of logs are in the foreground near water.
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Cook's Tent in Log Drive

Date: 1913
Description: Cook's tent on a raft in the midst of a log drive on the Wisconsin River.
Postcard

Ladysmith

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view across river towards the town. Caption reads: "Ladysmith, Wis." Logs are floating in the water in the foreground.
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Launch Towing Barge-Load of Pilings to Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 03 1911
Description: A gasoline-powered launch tows a barge loaded with log pilings on the Wisconsin River to the Prairie du Sac dam site. Workmen drive the launch and guide th...
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Model G-61 Logging Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Two men hauling large logs with an International G-61 truck. Railroad flat cars loaded with logs are in the background.
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International Harvester Canal

Date: 1912
Description: Three men in a covered boat on an International Harvester logging(?) canal surrounded by trees on either side.
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Horses Pull Wagon with Wooden Beams

Date: 1919
Description: A man drives a wagon pulled by two horses down a dirt road near a large billboard. The wagon is filled with wooden beams. The sign on the side of the road ...
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International Model G Truck Carrying Logs

Date: 09 04 1919
Description: A man in a hat drives an International model "G" truck carrying logs with a wagon past a building. On the image is written: "Weight of load, "16.000.LB", a...
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Log Transport with International Model G Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Two men sitting in an International model "G" truck pulling a wagon with logs tied together on top of it. Several logs are stacked on top of wood beams to ...
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Horses with a Go-Devil

Date: 1910
Description: Two logging workers pose with their team of horses who are hitched to a go-devil, used for skidding logs to a road or landing.
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Mogul 8-16 Tractor at Log Lift

Date: 1915
Description: Mogul 8-16 tractor used to power a lifting outfit to load large logs onto freight car.
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Mogul 8-16 Tractor and Log Lifting Outfit

Date: 1915
Description: Mogul tractor is used to power a lifting outfit to load large logs onto freight car.
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Steam Hauler with Log Sleighs

Date: 01 06 1918
Description: Lumber crew posed with a steam hauler and several sleds loaded with logs. The foreman's sleigh pulled by a horse is in the foreground. Possibly foreman, Mi...

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