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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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Big Falls Logging Crew

Date: 1900
Description: Four men from a logging crew posing standing in the snow with teams of horses and oxen.
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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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Logging Operation at Sawmill

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: Men are working at a sawmill at the C.W. O'Halloran Co. There is a tractor in the background that is being used to belt-drive machinery.
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Logging Operation at Sawmill

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: Men are working at a sawmill at the C.W. O'Halloran Co. There is a tractor in the background that is being used to belt-drive machinery.
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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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TD-24 Tractor — Lumbering

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Lumbering — TD-24 Tractor." Where Taken: "Pac." Information with photograph reads: "TD-24 with bulldozer. Pacific coast logging.
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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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Sawmills — UD-24 Power Unit

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of a sawmill. Subject: "Sawmills — UD-24 Power Unit." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "Here in a backwoods location is ...
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UD-24 Power Unit — Sawmills

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of sawmill. Subject: "Sawmills — UD-24 Power Unit." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "Here in a backwoods location is sh...
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Sawmills — UD-24 Power Unit

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Sawmills — UD-24 Power Unit." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "UD-124 Power Unit owned by Lew Caldwell of James, N. Mex. op...
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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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Logging Operation at Sawmill

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: Men are working at a sawmill at the C.W. O'Halloran Co. There is a tractor in the background that is being used to belt-drive machinery.
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Logging Operation at Sawmill

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: Men are working under an open-sided roofed building among trees at the C.W. O'Halloran Co. A tractor is being used to belt-drive machinery.
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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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Sawmills

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "UD-24 - Sawmills." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "UD-24 power unit in sawmill."
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Sawmills — UD-14A Power Unit

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Sawmills — UD-14A Power Unit." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "L.C. Wilson, Dundee, Miss. has no trouble obtaining lumber ...
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The First Northern Loggers

Date: 1980
Description: Color reproduction of a metal sculpture of two loggers driving their horse. The sculpture is in front of a building. Text on reverse reads: "The First ...

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