Photographs of logging camps in Northern Wisconsin, 1870-1915

Author / Creator

Twining, Charles E., collector

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Images of Northern Wisconsin logging camps owned by Orrin H. Ingram and activities related to logging between 1870-1915. Identified individuals include images of Ingram and Frederick Weyerhaeuser. ...

Images of Northern Wisconsin logging camps owned by Orrin H. Ingram and activities related to logging between 1870-1915. Identified individuals include images of Ingram and Frederick Weyerhaeuser. Interior views show a mess hall shanty, a bunkhouse, and a blacksmith shop. Exterior views are of the Rice Lake Lumber Company, Empire Lumber Company, and the Slim Lake logging camp. Other exterior images show cutting pine trees, logs on a sled, a "tank" sleigh using to apply water to ice logging roads, and logging barges, including the barge "Isaac Staples" carrying bundles of laths.

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