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Logging Scene

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Description: A two-man team of sawers work on a massive tree with a crosscut saw (right) while a man with an an axe waits to trim branches. The trunks are then cut down...
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International RDF-402 Logging Truck

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Description: Workers loading logs onto an International RF-230 logging truck owned by George M. Pierson. A man is in a forklift behind the truck, and another man is sta...
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Logging in the Blue Snow

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Description: Winter view with men logging on the Little Wolf River during the winter of the "blue snow". Logs are being decked on the ice and along the shore. Horse te...
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Horses with a Go-Devil

Date: 1910
Description: Two logging workers pose with their team of horses who are hitched to a go-devil, used for skidding logs to a road or landing.
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Logger

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: A logger poses next to a team of horses pulling a load of logs.
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Logging with an International TD-18 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: A man operating an International TD-18 Diesel TracTractor (crawler tractor) in a logging operation. The tractor was owned by the Pacific National Lumber Co...
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Logging with an International TD-18 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: Three Men with an International TD-18 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) in forest. The tractor was owned by Wells and Allen, and was equipped with a Carco winc...
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Men and Pile of Logs Near the Spanish River

Date: 05 1939
Description: Men with an International TD-35 Diesel TracTracTor (crawler tractor) owned by A.C. Duval. Another man stands on a large pile of logs with a pole in his han...
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T-20 TracTracTor

Date: 1937
Description: Men haul logs in a forest using an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Original caption states: "Owner, Frank Knaeble, working five miles sou...
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Logging with International Equipment

Date: 1938
Description: A man uses an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) and PD-40 owned by Andrew Hedstrom to log, saw, and finish work on the Gun Flint Trail. The ...
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Men Loading Logs onto Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Two men load logs from a clearing onto the bed of an International KB-5 Pulpwood Special truck owned by the Johnson-Manville Corporation. The truck had a 1...
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TD-35 TracTracTor Pulling Logs

Date: 04 09 1937
Description: A man drives an International TD-35 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) down a snowy road to pull several piles of logs from a wooded area. The photograph was ta...
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TracTracTor with Logs

Date: 1937
Description: Two men use an International Model TD-35 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) to haul sleds piled with logs across snow-covered ground in a wooded area. The photo...
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International Truck with Logs

Date: 06 17 1927
Description: A man loads logs onto the bed of an International truck in a wooded area while two horses stand beside the vehicle.
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Truck Hauling Enormous Log

Date: 06 17 1927
Description: A man sits behind the wheel of an International truck with one large log loaded onto its bed.
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Lumberjacks Resting and Logs Rolling Down the Track

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Description: Two views in postcard format. The view on left is of two lumberjacks sitting in front of a tree, each holding an axe. To the left is a large saw used for f...
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Log Driving, Idaho

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Description: View from shoreline of log driving, with a large group of men using long poles to transfer logs from the land into the waterway. Logs can be seen in the ba...
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A Boom Scene with Timbers

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Description: Elevated view of two men standing on log booms which cover much of the river's surface. In the background are trees and a bridge.
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Logging Crew with Cut Wood

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Description: Group of men posed with 13,260 feet of cut lumber on a horse-drawn sled in winter. Some of the men hold cant hooks.
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Sacking the Rapids

Date: 1890
Description: Log driving crew maneuvering logs through rapids below a dam, probably on the Wisconsin River.

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