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Loggers Posing on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1896
Description: 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 Ja...
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Lumber Camp

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Description: Elevated view of lumber camp with loggers posing in front of a train loaded with logs.
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Logging Crew

Date: 1895
Description: A Knapp, Stout & Company crew with J. Bracklin (in fur coat), logging superintendent.
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Down in the Mine

Date: 1900
Description: Miners in the bowels of a lead mine.
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Meat Market

Date: 1910
Description: A customer waits while butchers stand behind the counter of a butcher shop, surrounded by meat hanging from the ceiling.
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Three Workmen

Date: 1900
Description: Man posing on a telephone pole with climbing equipment, with two men standing below.
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Lumber Sled

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Description: Horse-drawn lumber sled loaded with logs. Five lumbermen are standing on and near sled.
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Man Outside Log Cabin

Date: 1892
Description: A man posing with an ax and chopping block is standing outside the door of a log cabin during the winter. The man has been identified as James B.F. Server,...
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John Johnston and Curling Team Members

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker, seated second from right, with three other curl...
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Mine Shaft #1 and Miners

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Description: Group portrait of miners posing by #1 shaft just north of "G" Pabst. The man on the far left is Joe Iafolla.
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Post Office Store in Shamrock

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Description: Exterior view of post office/store and a frame house in the town of Shamrock, Two men and a boy are standing in front of the store, a man and woman are sta...
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Fremont Railroad Station

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Description: Men at a railroad station awaiting the arrival of a train in Fremont (later Pray). There is snow on the ground. Two men are standing on a hand-powered rail...
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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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Mr. Kincaid on Stairs

Date: 02 1924
Description: The caretaker, carrying a lantern, poses on stairs leading up from the log outhouse at the Hotz Europe Lake compound. There is hoar frost on the trees and ...
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River View Mobile Home Park

Date: 11 1987
Description: "Andy Schnitzler, Jr. posed with shovel, broke ground for the River View Mobile Home Park."
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Men Logging

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Description: Large group of men posed standing and holding logging tools with several teams of oxen and horses in the woods.
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Men Logging

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Description: Four men posed standing and holding logging tools next to a team of two oxen. Two other men are sawing a tree with a two-handled saw.
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Men Logging

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Description: Group of men posed standing and holding logging tools, including a long saw blade, next to and atop bobsleds pulled by a team of two oxen and a team of two...
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Men Logging

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Description: Logging crew of four men with a team of oxen hauling logs through a snow-covered forest.
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Men Logging

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Description: Eight men posed standing and holding logging tools next to a team of oxen in the forest.

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