Historic Logging Practices

Vintage photographs showcasing historical logging practices, railroads, and the personnel involved in the timber industry over the decades.

Putting log into place before hewing into tie, 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

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

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

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

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

Loggers. Darius Kinsey (American, 1869 - 1945)

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

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

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

Putting log into place before hewing into tie, 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

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

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

Alice E. Wright, Rutland-Holden Sewer near Station 298+77, looking north, Holden, Mass., Jun. 5, 1933 : Purchased Jan. 15, 1934, Typed on back: Rutland-Holden Sewer, Alice E. Wright, Holden, near Station 298+77, looking north, manhole #78, June 5, 1933 , waterworks, sewers drainage structures, real estate

Bridges - Constructions. 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

Gabions in Engineers' Camp, Petersburg. Artist: Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840-1882). Dimensions: 16.3 x 20.2 cm (6 7/16 x 7 15/16 in. ). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823-1896 New York). Date: 1864. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Logs & Log Decks - North Carolina. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

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

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

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

Gabions in Engineers' Camp, Front of Petersburg, Virginia 1864 Timothy H. O'Sullivan American, born Ireland. Gabions in Engineers' Camp, Front of Petersburg, Virginia 268055

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

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

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

Sawmill Interiors - Log Carriages. 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

Sawmill Interiors - Log Carriages. 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

Coasts How to Haitz L / 15, Battery 3, position in the Lesachtal. Postal car for the crane is lifted by car by car. Recorded on August 15, 1916..

Member of the Ola self-help sawmill co-op working in the woods, rolling log to truck with peavey, a hooked and spiked stick used as a lever. Gem County, Idaho. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Ola, Idaho , Gem County, Lumber industry, Cooperatives

Cavern under construction.

Wood Preservation - Dipping. 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

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

Photo collection Government information service. New Guinea, Indonesia. undated. New Guinea

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

Log Transportation: Logging Railroad. 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

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

Early 20th century press print, Canada: Logs, timber, logging on a river, Quebec

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

Resettled farmers working in sandstone quarry. Jackson County, Alabama. Skyline Farms 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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

Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Lumberjack with his tools 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

Geneva, SADAG, Switzerland, Boissonnas, Frédéric, View of a woman and a man at a saw table in Switzerland, photomechanical print, page, photographs, photographically illustrated books, height 159 mm, width 223 mm, Swiss, 1858-06-18 - 1946-10-17, photographer, 1891 - 1896, paper, papier, collotype, clichémaker

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

Logging: Transportation: Railroads - Wisconsin. 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

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

Stringers Laid for Corduroy. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

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

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

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

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

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

Logging Activities. 1939-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

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

Giffin-Hall water supply, spring and intake, Greenwich, Mass., July 27, 1932 : Parcel no. 351-26, on property of Clarence A. Moore , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, springs bodies of water, people agents

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

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

Description: Bush Saw Mill, Rubicon Forest, Alexandra. Location: Alexandra, Victoria, Australia Date: 1912 australia, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

Original caption: "E.C.W. Seasoning cedar fenceposts cut at Santa Ysabel May 1936". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Diesel caterpillar tractor snaking logs out of woods 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

Track working at the railway.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. New Guinea Construction motorway Teminaboean-Ajamaroe. tree trunk tailor-made serve support beam bridge. November 1958. Guinea

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

Range Improvements - Structural - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Camps & Crews: Exterior. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

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

Slash Disposal: Piling & Burning. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

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

Plate XVII, Chattanooga Horse Mill, Grinding Sorghum in the Tennessee Mountains

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

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

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

River drifters , Lumber industry, Logs, Rivers. Frank W. Benson (1862-1951). Prints and Drawings

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

Inlandsbanan, Gällivare-Porus engineer Winbladh with his calf factor Kurak, out at his kitchen under the open sky

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Woodworking. June 1955. Guinea

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

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

Logging: Skidding with Tractors - Florida. 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

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

Loading the wooden fuser

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

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

Men in work.Finnvikskabeln. Cabinet at Räfsnäs. From the album, the cable work helmet (Helmet) - Norrtälje - Finnviken performed during the summer of 1928.

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, northeasterly view over swamp behind Pickerel Rock, Stoneham, Mass., Dec. 15, 1904 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, swamps, forestry

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

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

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

Log Transportation: Logging Railroad. 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

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

Gold mining in Surinamese forest. Part of photo album with recordings of sights in Europe, Trinidad, Haiti, Martinique and Suriname.

Man Standing in Cut Timber. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

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

Piles of rock which have been cleared off a two-acre tract on Sando Evanoff's farm. Iron County, Michigan. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan , Iron County

Tillamook County, Oregon. Lumber workers' housing in the Tillamook burn area 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Tillamook County

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

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