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Boy on a Sled Pulled by a Pony

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Description: Boy on a small sled pulled by a pony.
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Man pulling Girl in Sled

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Description: Man and small girl in a homemade sled in front of the steps that lead to the photographic studio of Charles J. Van Schaick. Storefront on the left sells cr...
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Four Men and a Shot Gun

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Description: One man armed with a shotgun, facing a man in the doorway of a log house, and surrounded by four other men standing in the snow, also a horse and sleigh.
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Man Driving Bobsled

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Description: Man driving a bobsled and team of two horses. A row of buildings is along the street in the background.
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Sleds and Sleighs

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Description: Winter scene with sleds and sleighs on a snow-covered street in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. The man in center sleigh is probably Moses Paquette.
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Group of People with Bobsled

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with six women, six children, and a man examining a bobsled hitched to a horse.
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Men in Woods

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Description: Two men sitting in front of an open-sided wooden shelter. One man is sitting on a barrel on a sled, and the other man is sitting on a log. The sled and hor...
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Horse-Drawn Sleigh and Sled

Date: 1895
Description: A man stands on a sled pulled by a team of two horses that is carrying logs on a snow-covered road. Moving away from the log-carrying sled is an empty egg-...
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Horse on Country Road

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Description: A horse stands hitched to an empty egg-shell cutter on a snowy country road.
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Men, Woman and Dog Posing with a Sled

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Description: A woman and dog sit in an egg-shell cutter that is hitched to a horse while two men stand to the side.
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Horses Pulling Cutter in Woods

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Description: A two-horse team pulls a man that is seated in a cutter through the woods.
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Horse Pulling Cutter Through Woods

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Description: A horse pulls a bearded man that is seated in a cutter through the woods.
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Couple in Cutter Sleigh

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with a man and woman sitting in a cutter sleigh pulled by a two-horse team, possibly driven by Harvey Risliands.
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Transporting Logs

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Description: Lumberjacks pose on top of loads of logs pulled by teams of four horses.
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Horses Pulling Logs

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Description: Lumberjacks stand on top of a load of logs pulled by a team of four horses in the snow.
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Log Transportation

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Description: Two men stand on top of a load of logs that is pulled by a team of two horses.
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Empty Bobsled in Farmyard

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Description: An empty bobsled in a farmyard in front of a wooden fence, a frame house, and other farm buildings.
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Empty Bobsled near Farm Building

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Description: An empty bobsled, possibly a Spaulding Oscillating bobsled manufactured by P.R. Olson, in front of a wooden building.
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Cutting Christmas Trees for Market

Date: 1895
Description: A group of loggers at work in the woods with horses and a team of oxen. The men are cutting down fir trees to eventually be sold at market.
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S.H. Van Gorden & Son General Merchandise Store

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Description: Men posed standing in front of the S.H. Van Gorden & Son General Merchandise Store on a snow-covered street. S.H. Van Gorden is probably standing on porch ...

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