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Daniel Shaw Lumber Company

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a large building complex along a river, with a raft of logs in the water in front of it. A man is standing at the end of the raft...
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Men in Old Car

Date: 1918
Description: View toward four men riding in a car, with deer fixed to the left running board and the rear. Some of the men are smoking cigars. Behind them is the Nathan...
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Logjam on the Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: Slightly elevated view of a river with choppy waves. The shoreline is rocky on the left and a man is sitting on one of the rocks. Further down the river on...
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Log Drive on the Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of logs floating down the Wisconsin River, with rocky cliffs along the shoreline. A bridge and buildings are in the background, with a tree-c...
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Swallow's Nests

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Swallow's Nests, Dells of the Wisconsin." Rock formations on the shore of the Wisconsin River with trees growing above. Every summer ...
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Location Shooting for "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man"

Date: 1961
Description: A man standing on a log cart, holding the reins for a horse team. Other people are in the foreground and background. Shopfronts for Tiny's Saloon and Brigg...
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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Logging at Cable

Date: 1906
Description: Ole Emerson's lumber property. A man is standing on top of a load of logs being pulled by a team of two horses on a sled through the snow. Caption from cal...
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On the Lower Fox

Date: 01 1950
Description: Winter image of the Interlake Pulp Mill in the Fox River Valley. The buildings are surrounded by large stacks of logs. The Fox River can be seen behind and...
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Logging

Date: 07 24 1929
Description: View towards front of International truck. A man is sitting in the driver's seat, and logs are in the truck bed behind him. The truck does not have a cab. ...
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Sawmills — U-6 Power Unit

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Sawmills — U-6 Power Unit." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "U-6 Power Unit owned by Gaylord Container Corp., Walker, La. D...
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International A Tractor — Material Handling

Date: 1950
Description: A man is driving an International A tractor. Subject: "Material Handling — Int. Super A." Information with photograph reads: "An International A tractor pu...
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Lumbering — TD-6

Date: 10 24 1949
Description: Subject: "Lumbering — TD-6." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "TD-6 owned by True & Noyes Co., East Derry, N.H. Used with straight cab...
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TD-24 — Lumbering

Date: 1950
Description: View down road towards a truck loaded with logs. The sign painted on the driver's side door reads: "Lloyd E. Larson, Arcata, Calif." Subject: "TD-24 — Lumb...
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Lumbering — TD-24 Tractor

Date: 1950
Description: Right side view of a man using a TD-24. Subject: "Lumbering — TD-24 Tractor." Where Taken: "Pac." Information with photograph reads: "The new TD-24 at work...
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Lumbering — TD-24 Tractor

Date: 1950
Description: View down road towards a man using a TD-24 tractor. Mountains are in the background. Subject: "Lumbering — TD-24 Tractor." Where Taken: "Pac." Information ...
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TD-24 — Lumbering

Date: 1950
Description: View uphill towards a man using a TD-24. Subject: "TD-24 — Lumbering." Where Taken: "Pac." Information with photograph reads: "TD-24 at work on a big try-o...
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Truck Fleets in Neighborhoods

Date: 10 08 1928
Description: Two men are sitting in the driver's seats of two open trucks. Each truck has a trailer with large logs stacked on it. Another man is sitting on top of one ...
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Steam Skidder Train Engine

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Description: Several man posing by a steam skidder which is hauling logs.
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Logging

Date: 1900
Description: A copy of an older photograph of a logging scene. In the foreground a man is holding the reins of a pair of horses, another man is standing beside him; beh...

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