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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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Saw Filer and Logging Crew

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Description: Logging crew and horses posed in snow.
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Logging Crew with Loaded Sleds

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Description: Logging crew with two large loads of logs on horse-drawn sleds ready for the mill. Foreman, Mike Baltus, stands in the foreground. Also pictured are A. Cli...
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River Drivers Lunch

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Description: Log driving crew sitting down for lunch on the bank of a river (probably the Trap River or Rib River). There is a batteau at the water's edge, and one man ...
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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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Rail Siding and Hand Car with Crew

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Description: Rail siding and handcar with crew at Slashing, Waupaca County. Three men are standing on the handcar in the foreground. A young boy is sitting on a load of...
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Logging Sled at the Landing

Date: 1904
Description: Five men stand on or nearby a sled loaded with logs and pulled by two horses at the landing at Hein's logging camp. There is snow on the ground.
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Logging Crew Breaking to Eat

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Description: A few dozen men stand on and around a sandy path surrounded by low shrubbery. They are wearing work clothes, and some of them are carrying bowls filled wit...
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Group in front of Sawmill

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Description: View down hill of a large group of men, some displaying horses, in front of a sawmill and its power plant. One of the men is holding a dog, and two of the ...
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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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Horse-Drawn Skid

Date: 1927
Description: David Kincaid, caretaker of the Hotz Europe Lake estate, stands on a skid pulled by a horse. His axe is embedded in one of the runners.
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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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Loading a Bobsled with Logs

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Description: Eight men posed loading logs onto a bobsled pulled by three horses with hooks.
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Loading a Bobsled with Logs

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Description: Four men posed with lumber tools atop a load of logs on a bobsled pulled by a team of two horses. A man is standing near the team, probably James Abram Bai...
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Loading a Bobsled with Logs

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Description: Four men posed with lumber tools atop a load of numbered logs on a bobsled pulled by a team of two horses. A man is standing near the team, probably James ...
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Loading a Bobsled with Logs

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Description: Two men posed standing atop a load of logs on a bobsled pulled by a team of two horses. Another four men posed arestanding and holding logging tools near t...
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Loading a Bobsled with Logs

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Description: Four men posed with lumber tools atop a load of numbered logs on a bobsled pulled by a team of two horses. A man is standing near the team, probably James ...
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Loading a Bobsled with Logs

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Description: Man posed sitting on a bobsled loaded with logs and pulled by a team of four horses. Another four men are holding logging tools posed next to the bobsled.
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Loading a Bobsled with Logs

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Description: Three men posed standing atop a bobsled loaded with logs and pulled by a team of two horses. Another two men are posed standing nearby, in the woods and am...

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