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Laying ties for logging railroad in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, ca. 1900-1920.
The man third from left poses with his shovel as if it were a guitar or banjo.
via: T. B. Scott Library, Merrill, Wisconsin, by way of Central Wisconsin Digitization Project
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Laying ties for logging railroad in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, ca. 1900-1920.

The man third from left poses with his shovel as if it were a guitar or banjo.

via: T. B. Scott Library, Merrill, Wisconsin, by way of Central Wisconsin Digitization Project

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Load of logs at an Eau Pleine River Basin logging camp, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
Ten loggers pose at the top of this unusually tall load of logs harvested in north-central Wisconsin, about 1890 or earlier.
via: 100 Years of Pictorial and Descriptive History of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, McMillan Memorial Library
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Load of logs at an Eau Pleine River Basin logging camp, Marathon County, Wisconsin.

Ten loggers pose at the top of this unusually tall load of logs harvested in north-central Wisconsin, about 1890 or earlier.

via: 100 Years of Pictorial and Descriptive History of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, McMillan Memorial Library

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