Photographer

Creation Date

1898

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Description

Group of men standing around two pair of oxen, possibly durhams, and pair of light grey horses. The double sleds are empty. Frozen lake with tamarack swamp in background.

Written on the back of the photo:

Taken at Sebois Lake, Maine

Jordan Lumber Co.

Had two lumber camps.

Used oxen and horses.

They had 14 oxen.

Taken 1898.

The original photograph was donated by M.L. Jordan, Old Town, Maine. Accessioned 1958.

Topic

Logging

Collection

MF075 General Photograph Collection

Series Number

NA2566

Identifier

p00016

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Existence and Location of Originals

Located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.

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Keywords

Horse-drawn vehicles, Logging, Woodsmen, Lumbermen, Maine Lumber Industry

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