Lumber Page 1
Axe cutting and Rollways
Lumber Page 2
Big Wheels
Lumber Page 3
Blacksmiths and buildings
Lumber Page 4
Buildings and lumber camps.
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Buildings and camps
Lumber Page 6
Business, money, stores.
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Modern images and pictures of lumberjack camps.
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Gates, Dams, and Horse sleds with lumber
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Horse sleds and lumber
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Horse sleds and lumber
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Bunk houses, Early hydrolic equipment, and the interior of some sawmills.
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Using the railroad to transport logs.
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Log Marks - Used by logging companies to identify who owned which logs in the river. |
circa 1885
Photograph of log marks
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circa 1885
Photograph of log marks
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circa 1885
Photograph of log marks
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circa 1930
Photograph of log mark.
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Log Piles
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circa 1960
Photo of Pettibone Skidder.
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1928
Log pile awating shipment. Beaver Island, MI.
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circa 1960
Near Roscommon County.
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circa 1890
Log pile and steam engine.
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circa 1890
Boyne City, MI.
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The pictures above show images of Michigans lumbering industry in the 1890's through the 1920's. Millions of trees were cut and shipped to markets through out the world.
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Lumber Page 13
Log Marks and log piles.
Lumber Page 14
Log salvage, log slides, and maps
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Mess Halls
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Mess Halls
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Oxen teams and river scenes.
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Camp pictures.
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Camps and general pictures.
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Ice sprinklers and sawmills.
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Saw crews and shipping
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Storage pens and tools.
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