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Lumber Hoist & Switch

Date: 11 04 1915
Description: Elevated view of a monorail hoist, lumber carrying unit, and monorail track switch at the Port Hammond Lumber Company. Men are working with stacks of lumbe...
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Monorail Hoist with Lumber Carrying Unit Outside

Date: 11 04 1915
Description: Elevated view of monorail hoist with lumber carrying unit outside at the Port Hammond Lumber Company. Tree stumps, a tent, and other small buildings are vi...
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Lumber Yard

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Description: Elevated view of workings of the Port Hammond Lumber Company, including monorail hoists, tracks and men working with large stacks of lumber. There are larg...
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Men Working at Alberta Sawmill

Date: 03 07 1938
Description: Men working at a sawmill. An International PD-80 power unit is used to power machinery.
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Men at Sawmill

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Workers saw logs at a sawmill site in a wooded area. The equipment was powered by an International PD-80 power unit.
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Pulling Lumber with I-4 Tractor at Duke Lumber Company

Date: 1947
Description: Man operates an International I-4 tractor while another man loads lumber onto the trailer at the Duke Lumber Company. Another man is standing under an open...
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Milwaukee Works Exterior

Date: 02 1907
Description: Exterior view of factory buildings at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works.
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Milwaukee Works Exterior

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior view from field of factory buildings at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works.
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Pulpwood

Date: 1936
Description: View from river of a machine/crane moving bundles of pulpwood to be made into paper.
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Female Marine Carpenter

Date: 02 1945
Description: Private Winnie L. Cockrell, a carpenter from the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve, at the Mauna Loa Ridge encampment in Honolulu. Cockrell is wea...
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International K-6 Truck

Date: 1941
Description: One of 18 International Model K-6 trucks owned and operated by Henderlong Lumber Company, Inc. A worker is operating one of three dump mechanisms to fill t...
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Men Sawing Timber

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Description: Men posed sawing timber using a steam-powered open-air saw.
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Men Sawing Timber

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Description: Men posed sawing timber using a steam-powered open-air saw.
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Men Posed by Saw

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Description: Men posed standing around the temporary shelter of a steam-powered open-air saw, probably using a steam tractor for power.
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Men Posed by Saw

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Description: Men posed using a steam-powered open-air saw, probably using a steam tractor for power.
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Sawmill in Necedah

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Description: Group of men working outdoors in the snow. Large logs are stacked and ready to be cut. There are two steam or coal-powered machines in the background runni...
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Steam Driven Planer

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Description: A group of men are using a steam powered tractor for belt-driving a planer for a demonstration at Steam Engine Days.
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Findorff Mill Fire

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of the damage from the fire. Burned logs are in the foreground, and pieces of burned and broken machinery is among the broken foundation. Men...
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Sawmills — UD-14A Power Unit

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Sawmills — UD-14A Power Unit." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "L.C. Wilson, Dundee, Miss. has no trouble obtaining lumber ...
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Saw Rig at Kearns

Date: 1910
Description: Six men and two boys are posing near a portable saw mill. There is a steam tractor at left, with a long belt driving a large circular saw blade at right, w...

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