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Indian Canp [Camp] Hayward Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: View of multiple structures in winter, with bare trees and stumps among them. A wigwam/wiigiwaam is visible in the distance, and a tipi is closer. A log st...
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Men Plowing Cutover Land

Date: 07 03 1926
Description: View of a man sitting a disk plow being pulled by a man on a 15-30 tractor in an overgrown area.
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Sleigh Ride

Date: 03 23 1922
Description: Two horses are pulling an open sleigh with a man at the reins through cutover land with many tree stumps.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick mower in cutover land.
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Stump Fence

Date: 1930
Description: A field is demarcated by tree stumps piled in a wide row. Beyond the piled stumps is a field with stumps still in the ground. There is a farm building on t...
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Burned Cutover Land

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Description: Charred stumps and cut trunks of trees in the foreground with unburned forest in the distance.
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The First House in Kennedy

Date: 1908
Description: Group posed in front of the first house built in Kennedy.
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Tree Stumps

Date: 1929
Description: Stumpland with a (farm?) in northern Wisconsin.
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Cutover Land

Date: 1939
Description: Cut-over land in northern Wisconsin.
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Michigan Lumbering Scene

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Description: View over water of Michigan lumbering scene, where men roll logs into the river. The group of men are posed holding peaveys and cant hooks or peaveys, tool...
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Camouflaged Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: View over slashed timber towards the edge of the defenses, with camouflaged blockhouse in the background.
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Logging Camp

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Description: Men posed sitting and standing in a logging camp in front of a steam locomotive. A man in the middle foreground is posed sitting and playing a concertina. ...
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Log Cabins at Boulder Lodge, Ghost Lake

Date: 1937
Description: Man smoking a cigar while standing in front of a log cabin situated in a clearing in northern Wisconsin. The man's necktie is blowing in the wind.
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Pine Forest Harvesting

Date: 09 06 1895
Description: View of a partially harvested pine forest nine miles southwest of Washburn. A pathway is being cut for a narrow gauge logging railroad.
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Joseph Seipold Pea Field

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: Two men stand in the five-foot tall pea field of Joseph Seipold three miles northeast of Antigo. Another man stands atop a horse-drawn wagon loaded with ha...
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Removing Stumps on Uhrenholdt Farm

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Description: A group of men remove a large stump with the help of horses and a winch on the family farm.
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New Cranberry Bed

Date: 09 1934
Description: Newly cleared cranberry marshes. In the center a man stands near a man-made irrigation ditch. To the left and right of the ditch are large piles of roots a...
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Emerson Bros. Sawmill

Date: 1908
Description: Emerson Brothers Sawmill with large piles of cut trees in the foreground.
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Forest Cutting Operation

Date: 05 26 1963
Description: View of a small forest undergoing cutting operations.
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Lumber Mill

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Description: Cutover land near a lumber mill. Logs and boards are stacked near the building in the background.

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