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Logging Camp
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Slightly elevated view of a logging camp, with a dozen or so men posing by the wagons, piles of logs and machinery. There are both logs and milled lumber. Surrounding the scene and in the background is the forest. Caption reads: "Logging Camp in the Kentucky Mounains."
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Man with Saw Near a Fallen Tree
A man is standing next to a large, fallen tree holding out a saw against the log. Directly behind him is the stump. Caption reads: "The Bucker at Work, Owen Camp, Raymond, Wash."
Logging Scene
A view of a logging scene. White and African American workers are posing for a group portrait. Oxen are pulling logs, and other large logs are piled on both the left and righ. The forest and the ar...
Oxen Hauling Logs
Oxen haul a cart near a stack of logs. A man stands on top of the cart. In the background is the forest. Caption reads: "A Pine Tree Forest near Pocomoke City, MD."
Lumber Camp Employees and Lumber
Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company Camp 15. Lumberjacks posed atop a sled load of logs, scaled at 13,562 board feet of lumber.
Lumbercamp
Elevated view from hill toward two buildings at the lumber camp. A man stands outside of the structure nearest the camera. In the foreground are logs, with trees in the background surrounding the c...
Men Logging
Five men posed standing and holding logging tools next to a team of two oxen in a snow-covered forest.
