Historical Logging Practices

Vintage images showcasing historical logging techniques, featuring men using hand saws, oxen with logs, and wood processing in natural settings.

Members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op rolling white fir log to lumber truck with peavies. Hooked and spiked sticks used as levers. Gem County, Idaho. General caption 48. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Ola (Idaho), Idaho , Gem County, Lumber trade

Logging: Falling: Hand Saws. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Partial Cutting - Seed Tree Cutting. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Bucking - New York. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Guinea: Sawing transporting Edelwood trees jungles winning products copal trees. aruacaria tree felled research (kebar) staff pascanological service. October 1958. Guinea

Wood Utilization. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Falling: Power Saws. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Timber Management - Cut -over Area - Arizona. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Falling: Hand Saws. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging Waste - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op rolling white fir log to lumber truck with peavies. Hooked and spiked sticks used as levers. Gem County, Idaho. General caption 48. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Ola (Idaho), Idaho , Gem County, Lumber trade

Members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op snaking a fir log down to the truck. Gem County, Idaho. General caption 48. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Ola (Idaho), Idaho , Gem County, Lumber trade

Indian Team and Crew Preparing for a Bridge. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Loading Logs: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Marking. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Falling: Undercuts. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Bucking - Idaho. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op rolling white fir log to lumber truck with peavies. Hooked and spiked sticks used as levers. Gem County, Idaho. General caption 48. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Ola (Idaho), Idaho , Gem County, Lumber trade

Logging: Marking. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Foresters at Work - Alabama. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Foresters at Work - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: High Lead Log Skidding - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Road Construction - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Wildlife - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Lumberjacks at work making undercut in falling a tree 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Malheur National Forest, Oregon , Grant County

Logging: Bucking: Hauling. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Fire Suppression - Ground, Hand Tools. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Falling: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Log Transportation: Log Drives. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Log Transportation: Sled Hauling. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products - Bolts, Staves. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Skidding with Animals - South Carolina. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Special Purpose Cutting - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Range Condition: Fence. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Jesse Long's Sawmill. 1931 - 1945. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Turtle Mountain Agency. 7/1/1910-9/17/1947. Photographs

Lumberjacks resting. Camp near Effie, Minnesota. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota , Effie, Minnesota , Itasca County

Stock Water Improvements: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Pulp and Paper Woods - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Turning the log at the country sawmill near Omaha, Illinois. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois , Omaha, Illinois , Gallatin County

Constructing Log House Living Quarters in Whitehorse. Original caption: Views showing the method of constructing log houses for living quarters in Whitehorse. Section C. Sept. 22, 1942. Photo by Pinkstaff. State: Alaska.

Chemical Wood - Tannin. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Bombing at Svartälv's railway. Disputed wiring post.

Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Logs being loaded onto trucks 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Malheur National Forest, Oregon , Grant County

Lumberjacks resting. Camp near Effie, Minnesota. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota , Effie, Minnesota , Itasca County

Tree Seeding: Hand Seeding. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - Utah. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Sawmill Interiors - Saw Heads, Band. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Foresters At Work: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Road Construction - Georgia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Two Men Logging in the Forest. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Red and white pine plantation, planted in spring of 1937, Mabel L. Wendemuth property, Prescott, Mass., July 31, 1946 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, forestry

Cut Over Areas: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Skidding with Animals - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. New Guinea Construction motorway Teminaboean-Ajamaroe. bridge deck, thin round tribes replaced beams. November 1958. Guinea

Logging: Skidding with Tractors - New Hampshire. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Hauling - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Small Sawmills - Alabama. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Transportation: Trucks - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Track building Text on the back: Stakar thread on the Sveg-Hede route

Fjärås, space for residential buildings.

Location and tree concerned in fatal accident, on July 16, 1936, to John Kelly, #3408, Project #74, Quabbin Reservoir site, Mass., July 21, 1936 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, forestry, Industrial accidents

Logging: Bucking: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Miscellaneous Wood Products - Posts. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Old miner with his homemade windlass near Winton, Minnesota. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota , Winton, Minnesota , Saint Louis County

Saw Mill (Logs). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Logging: Falling: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Guinea: Hound Exploration journeys OranSbari sawmill Manokwari. HouteXploration Oransbari. August 1957. Guinea, Oransbari

Logging: Falling: Power Saws. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Falling: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Seasoning and Shipping Lumber - New Hampshire. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Public Relations - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Falling: Hand Saws. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Contract No. 66, Regulating Dams, Middle Branch (New Salem), and East Branch of the Swift River, Hardwick and Petersham (formerly Dana), looking easterly at dam 6 from Sta. 27+75, middle branch regulating dam, Hardwick, Mass., Jun. 7, 1939

Small Sawmills (mold) - Colorado. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Boring Test Holes at Proposed Dam Site. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Log Transportation: Log Drives. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Contract No. 118, Miscellaneous Construction at Winsor Dam and Quabbin Dike, Belchertown, Ware, view at west end of Winsor Dam showing capstones on walls at path to Outlet Building, looking southeasterly, Ware, Mass., Aug. 27, 1945

Foresters at Work - Kentucky. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Felling - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Peeling pine logs for fence posts. Dawes County, Nebraska 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Wachusett Aqueduct, Crane Swamp improved (swamp drained), station 45, A Line north of 560, Marlborough, Mass., Apr. 10, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, swamps, watershed sanitary improvement

Spring plowing in cut-over region of east Texas near Harleton, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Harleton, Texas , Harrison County

Bad Well Design. 1931 - 1945. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Turtle Mountain Agency. 7/1/1910-9/17/1947. Photographs

Logging: Falling: Power Saws. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Woodworking in the winter Galicia.

Log Transportation: Log Drives. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Golden seekers. Some men standing at a sink with an excavation in the forest, probably gold diggers. Part of the photo album souvenir de Voyage (part 1), about the life of the DOIER family in and around the plantation ma retreat in Suriname in the years 1906-1913.

The inland track, Gällivare-Porus boards and planks must often be adopted in rail buildings with so-called wreath sawing

Logging: Scaling - New Mexico. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Lumberjacks with mattresses and equipment which they are returning to camp. They have been living in their own shacks. Forest County, Wisconsin. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Wisconsin , Forest County

Tractor & Aerial Skidding: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Wide Cut Made by Plow. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Dragging up logs to be used in building dugout, Pie Town, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

Lumberjack cleaning up brush and burning it at a camp in Forest County, Wisconsin. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Wisconsin , Forest County

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. heavily loaded "Power Wagon" transports Hollandia Genjem passes "Oranjebrug". short, bridge power test, heavy "grader" required construction airport GENJEM forced over. September 1954. Guinea

Logging: Marking. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

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Miscellaneous Wood Products - Posts. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

House Under Construction for Alfred Laverdure. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Turtle Mountain Agency. 7/1/1910-9/17/1947. Photographs

Farmyard of Matt Henry, a farmer of the cut-over lands. Near Tipler, Florence County, Wisconsin. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Wisconsin , Tipler, Wisconsin , Florence County

Wood and coal extraction in Neudegg.

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