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Studio portrait of a young lumberjack, Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
This unidentified logger holds a peavey—the iconic tool of the lumberjack, used to grab, roll and otherwise move a log. Photo by Charles van Schaick.
via: Wisconsin Historical Images WHi-46149, Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Studio portrait of a young lumberjack, Black River Falls, Wisconsin.

This unidentified logger holds a peavey—the iconic tool of the lumberjack, used to grab, roll and otherwise move a log. Photo by Charles van Schaick.

via: Wisconsin Historical Images WHi-46149, Wisconsin Historical Society.

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