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Blister Rust Eradication Crew

Date: 1935
Description: Slightly elevated view of a ribes eradication crew that was part of the white pine blister rust effort in a Barron County forest. The caption indicates tha...
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CCC Youth Crew

Date: 1938
Description: A crew of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) youth starting for the field where they were working on ribes eradication as part of the effort to defeat the w...
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Cutting Crew in the Woods

Date: 1900
Description: A cutting crew of three men posing in the woods with a work horse next to felled trees.
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Men Felling a Tree with Axes

Date: 1947
Description: Two men use axes to fell a large tree in a wooded area.
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Loading Logging Truck

Date: 1933
Description: Three men loading up a logging truck with timber. Two of the men are standing on the ground using pulley's, and the third man is on top of the trailer with...
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Log Transport

Date: 1940
Description: Two men are loading logs onto the bed of an International D-Line truck. A forest and mountain are in the background.
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Young Lumberjacks

Date: 1920
Description: Two timber sawyers standing posed with their tools in a forest. Both men wear heavy mittens, and the man on the left is carrying a saw across his left shou...
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Trout Lake Nursery, First Furrow

Date: 05 1911
Description: View across field towards a number of men working to clear a field. There is a team of horses pulling a plow to create a furrow, with a pine forest in the ...
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Netting Pheasants

Date: 04 1946
Description: A man, probably a game warden, wearing a necktie and woolen jacket is capturing pheasants in a net. There is a chicken wire fence behind the birds. Beyond ...
Postcard

Loading

Date: 06 06 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Rib Lake, Wis.", "Loading." and "Brown Photo." A lumberjack is standing on a load of logs pulled by a team of horses. Three more men ...
Postcard

Scene Near Rice Lake

Date: 10 23 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene Near Rice Lake, Wis." Five lumberjacks pose with a load of logs on a sled pulled by horses. Two skids lean against the logs. Th...

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