W.E. LAFOUNTAIN:

An Inventory of W.E. LaFountain's Photographs at the Minnesota Historical Society

Sound and Visual Collection

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Creator:LaFountain, W.E., photographer.
Title:Lumbering operations on the Minnesota National Forest Reserve.
Dates:1892-1904.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Views of logging operations on Sec. 16, Twp. 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota. Includes cutting and loading logs, cutover land and seed trees, and train wrecks. There is one photograph of Ojibway women and children and three photographs of logging operations outside Minnesota.
Quantity:38 photographs mounted on board (25 sheets): black and white; 10 x 8 inches and 11 photographs: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Location:I.11: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Lumbering Operations on the Minnesota National Forest Reserve. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: AV1988.53.3-27

Processing Information:

Negatives: copy negatives made by Minnesota Historical Society.

Processed by: Nancy Devine, 1990.

Catalog ID number: 990016567310104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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I.11.1Steam jammer loading logs, Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, August 1, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Steam jammer loading logs, Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.2Log jammer at work clearing away the wreckage caused by runaway logging cars from Swan River Logging Company colliding with a logging train, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, September 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Log jammer at work clearing away the wreckage caused by runaway logging cars from Swan River Logging Company colliding with a logging train, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.2Logging railway through cutover land with standing seed trees, Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, August 30, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Logging railway through cutover land with standing seed trees, Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.396581Lumbered territory after all merchantable logs had been skidded and brush piled on Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, September 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Lumbered territory after all merchantable logs had been skidded and brush piled on Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.496738Ojibwe women and children. Taken on Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, September 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Ojibwe women and children. Taken on Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.5Log landing, food of Little Tupper Lake, Adirondack Mountains., September 15, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Log landing, food of Little Tupper Lake, Adirondack Mountains. Digital image
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I.11.5Waiting at the tryst for her lover Big Tree, California., September 15, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Waiting at the tryst for her lover Big Tree, California. Digital image
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I.11.5Load of hardwood logs, Northern Minnesota., September 15, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Load of hardwood logs, Northern Minnesota. Digital image
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I.11.5Young white pines under a stand of Jack pine, caused by wind blown seed from distant stand of white pine, Section 18, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, September 15, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 inches
Young white pines under a stand of Jack pine, caused by wind blown seed from distant stand of white pine, Section 18, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.6A portion of the forest where the stand was not extremely heavy, after the removal of the 95 percent of white pine, and before the brush was burned. Taken on Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, September 15, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
A portion of the forest where the stand was not extremely heavy, after the removal of the 95 percent of white pine, and before the brush was burned. Taken on Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.7Stem of white pine seed tree reserved in a stand of hardwood after the 95 percent has been removed. Taken on Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, September 20, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Stem of white pine seed tree reserved in a stand of hardwood after the 95 percent has been removed. Taken on Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.8Forest of lodge-pole pine, Rocky Mountains, Wyoming., October 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Forest of lodge-pole pine, Rocky Mountains, Wyoming. Digital image
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I.11.8Stand of small white pine on the northern portion of Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, showing line of cutting, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, August 7, 1906. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Stand of small white pine on the northern portion of Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, showing line of cutting, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.974132Brush piled for burning, solid stand of trees in background, Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, September 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Brush piled for burning, solid stand of trees in background, Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.973892Wreckage from the collision of runaway logging cars with a loaded logging train; John F. Killorin, president of the Swan River Logging Company standing on logs., October 20, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Wreckage from the collision of runaway logging cars with a loaded logging train; John F. Killorin, president of the Swan River Logging Company standing on logs. Digital image
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I.11.10A railway roadbed leveled up ready for the ties and iron, Section 17, Township 145N, Range 30W. Minnesota National Forest Reserve, October 30, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
A railway roadbed leveled up ready for the ties and iron, Section 17, Township 145N, Range 30W. Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.11Load of spruce saw logs, Whitney Preserve near Rock Pond, Adirondack Mountains., November 1, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Load of spruce saw logs, Whitney Preserve near Rock Pond, Adirondack Mountains. Digital image
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I.11.11White pine reproduction from 1 to 10 years old on cutover land, Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, January 15, 1892. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
White pine reproduction from 1 to 10 years old on cutover land, Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.12A dense stand of young white and Norway pine 30 to 60 years old on north line of Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, November 1, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 inches
A dense stand of young white and Norway pine 30 to 60 years old on north line of Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.1396835Burning the piled brush and debris after lumbering has been completed. Taken on Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, November 18, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Burning the piled brush and debris after lumbering has been completed. Taken on Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.1496834Burning the piled brush and debris on Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, November 18, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Burning the piled brush and debris on Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.15Logging scene in the Sierra Mountains, California., December 20, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Logging scene in the Sierra Mountains, California. Digital image
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I.11.15Seed trees in area where 95 percent of the timber has been removed and the debris burned, Section 21, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, July 15, 1906. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Seed trees in area where 95 percent of the timber has been removed and the debris burned, Section 21, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
LocationNegative
I.11.1673893Loading logs from Cass Lake at Norway beach, December 21, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Loading logs from Cass Lake at Norway beach Digital image
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I.11.1674131Brush burning on cutover land, Section 33, Township 145N, Range 31W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, 1903. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Brush burning on cutover land, Section 33, Township 145N, Range 31W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.17A general view of skidways, 5 percent reserved, showing stumps and cleared area with the smoke from brush burning and logging operations in the distance. Taken on Section 33, Township 145N, Range 31W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, December 21, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
A general view of skidways, 5 percent reserved, showing stumps and cleared area with the smoke from brush burning and logging operations in the distance. Taken on Section 33, Township 145N, Range 31W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.1894060Clearing wreckage from runaway logging cars collision with an engine on Great Northern Railroad tracks east of Cuba, Minnesota, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, September 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Clearing wreckage from runaway logging cars collision with an engine on Great Northern Railroad tracks east of Cuba, Minnesota, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.1894061Skidding logs and burning brush from cutover land, Section 1, Township 144N, Range 29W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, December 22, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Skidding logs and burning brush from cutover land, Section 1, Township 144N, Range 29W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.19Runaway logging cars collision with a logging train consisting of an engine and 32 logging cars, on the Great Northern Railroad tracks east of Cuba, Minnesota, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, December 22, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Runaway logging cars collision with a logging train consisting of an engine and 32 logging cars, on the Great Northern Railroad tracks east of Cuba, Minnesota, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.19Cutting logs and burning brush, Section 1, Township 144N, Range 29W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, September 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Cutting logs and burning brush, Section 1, Township 144N, Range 29W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.20Trying to burn brush improperly piled, making a costly job with unsatisfactory results, Section 8, Township 144N, Range 29W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, December 22, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Trying to burn brush improperly piled, making a costly job with unsatisfactory results, Section 8, Township 144N, Range 29W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.21Brush piled ready for burning after 95 percent of timber has been removed, waiting for a suitable time to burn, Section 15, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, December 23, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Brush piled ready for burning after 95 percent of timber has been removed, waiting for a suitable time to burn, Section 15, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.225 percent reserved on Section 16, township 145N, Range 30W, after removal of 95 percent and the burning of brush and debris, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, December 23, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
5 percent reserved on Section 16, township 145N, Range 30W, after removal of 95 percent and the burning of brush and debris, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.23Railroad car on tracks in logging area, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Railroad car on tracks in logging area, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.23103104Remaining 5 percent after the balance of timber is removed and brush burned, Section 15, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, December 23, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Remaining 5 percent after the balance of timber is removed and brush burned, Section 15, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.24Reserved timber along the Great Northern Railroad track near Cuba, Minnesota, Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, December 23, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Reserved timber along the Great Northern Railroad track near Cuba, Minnesota, Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image
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I.11.24Railroad car on track in logging area, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
Railroad car on track in logging area Digital image
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I.11.25After the brush was burned, showing seed trees remaining "uninjured". Taken on Section 17, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve, November 20, 1904. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 inches
After the brush was burned, showing seed trees remaining 'uninjured'. Taken on Section 17, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve Digital image

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Cutover lands -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
Logging -- Photographs.
Ojibwa Indians -- Photographs.
Railroad accidents -- Photographs
Persons:
LaFountain, W.E.
Document Types:
Photographs.

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