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Emerson Bros. Sawmill

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

Greetings From The Copper Country

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card printed on a sheet of copper. It has a scene of log buildings, a stockade fence, and woods in the background. Above is the text "Michigan Copp...
Photograph

DuCharme House

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of foundation of the house built by Dominique DuCharme in 1790 and enlarged by Augustin Grignon after 1804. The Grignon family resided in the...
Photograph

Group in Front of Buildings

Date: 
Description: View from road of several men, a woman, girl and young boys posed in front of buildings in a lumber town, probably McKenna. There are two blurred images in...
Print

Monarch Tractors

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for Monarch tractors featuring a photograph of a Monarch 30-18 hauling a 41-ton load over snow and icy roads. The text at top reads: "Monarch...
Photograph

Logging Camp

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Description: Logging camp with numerous bobsleds loaded with logs. Two men and two women are posed sitting in a sleigh pulled by a team of two horses in front of a wood...
Photograph

View of the Combination Building

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view of the building under construction, with two men working on the side of the log building on wooden scaffolds. This is probably on the site of...
Book or Pamphlet

J.S. Woodhouse Co. Inc. Catalog Cover

Date: 1932
Description: Front cover featuring a man on a tractor pulling an agricultural implement in a field.
Photograph

Blacksmith's Shops

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Description: Stereograph of blacksmith shops at the Florence Mine. One building has vertical siding, the other two are of log construction. One large tree is standing i...
Photograph

Lumber Pile

Date: 1911
Description: Stack of logs with the caption "Piles to be used for extending R.R. to dam site."
Photograph

Home of Arthur Retallic

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Home of Arthur Retallic, Amasa, Mich., nears completion. Work on it progressed more swiftly than on any other cottage and was fath...
Postcard

Sheboygan in its Infancy

Date: 08 12 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Sheboygan in its Infancy." A pioneer family posing in front of their log cabin, sitting on logs. The man has a dog in his lap, the wo...
Postcard

In Its Infancy

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Sheboygan, Wis., In Its Infancy." A pioneer family posing in front of their log cabin, sitting on logs. The man has a dog in his lap,...
Photograph

Cabin Downstairs — Walnut Grove

Date: 02 15 1938
Description: Interior view of stone fireplace downstairs. There are andirons inside the fireplace. Debris is on the floor. There is an unopened bag of Atlas cement near...
Photograph

Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: View of exterior chimney at end of slave cabin. Scaffolding is along the side of the building on the right, and stone and wood debris is in the foreground....
Photograph

West Side of Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: View towards side of slave log cabin which has a peaked roof. A ladder is set up for access to the roof. Scaffolding is on the left and right ends of the b...
Photograph

Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: View towards front and right side of the log building with peaked roof and brick chimney. The front has a door and window opening, and another window in th...
Photograph

Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: View towards side of cabin, which has a door and window opening in the log structure. Scaffolding is set up around the building, and tools and building mat...
Photograph

Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 05 09 1938
Description: View towards the front and right side of the slave cabin built of chinked logs with a peaked roof. Steps lead up to the door, and a small window is on the ...

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