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Felling White Pine

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Description: Two lumberjacks pose at the base of a tree with a double-handled saw poised to cut.
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Two Lumbermen with Saw

Date: 1880
Description: Two lumbermen posing with a two-man crosscut saw they are using on a fallen tree trunk, cutting the pine into manageable sizes for hauling.
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Factory Worker at Osborne Works

Date: 09 1908
Description: Factory worker sawing a large piece of lumber at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as "Auburn Works"). The belt-driven machinery is alon...
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Logging Camp

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Description: A group of people, presumably loggers and camp employees, pose with horses at a logging camp. A muddy puddle is in the foreground, and behind the group are...
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Group in front of Sawmill

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Description: Men posed standing and sitting near the saw blade of an open sawmill.
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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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Men Logging

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Description: Five men posed standing and holding logging tools next to a team of two oxen in a snow-covered forest.

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