sv000043.xml W.E. LAFOUNTAIN: An Inventory of W.E. LaFountain's Photographs at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Christopher J. Lautenschlager Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Sound and Visual Collection

 Finding aid encoded by Christopher J. LautenschlagerOctober 2009 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society LaFountain, W.E., photographer. Lumbering operations on the Minnesota National Forest Reserve [graphic] 1892-1904. Materials in English. 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. 38 photoprints mounted on board (25 sheets): b&w; 12 x 16 cm. and smaller. I.11: See Detailed Description for shelf locations. CATALOG HEADINGS

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

Topics: Cutover lands -- Minnesota -- Pictorial works. Logging -- Pictorial works. Ojibwa Indians -- Pictorial works. Railroad accidents -- Pictorial works Persons: LaFountain, W.E. Document Types: Photographs. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

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

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Accession Information:

Accession number: AV1988.53.3-27

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Processed by: Nancy Devine, 1990.

Catalog ID number: 001656731

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION I.11.1Steam jammer loading logs, Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve,August 1, 1904.

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 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.

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 2Logging railway through cutover land with standing seed trees, Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve,August 30, 1904.

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 3Lumbered territory after all merchantable logs had been skidded and brush piled on Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve,September 1904.

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 4Ojibwe women and children. Taken on Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve,September 1904.

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 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.

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 5Load of hardwood logs in Northern Minnesota,undated. 5Woman waiting by a tree in California,undated. 5Log landing at the foot of Little Tupper Lake in the Adirondack Mountains,undated. 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.

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 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.

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 8Stand of small white pine on the northern portion of Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, showing line of cutting, Minnesota National Forest Reserve,October 1904.

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 8Rocky Mountain forest of lodge-pole pine in Wyoming,August 7, 1906. 9Wreckage from the collision of runaway logging cars with a loaded logging train; Mr. Kalorin, president of the Swan River Logging Company standing on logs,September 1904.

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 9Brush piled for burning, solid stand of trees in background, Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve,October 20, 1904.

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 10A railway roadbed leveled up ready for the ties and iron, Section 17, Township 145N, Range 30W. Minnesota National Forest Reserve,October 30, 1904.

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 11White pine reproduction from 1 to 10 years old on cutover land, Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve,November 1, 1904.

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 11Load of logs in the Whitney Preserve, Adirondack Mountains,January 15, 1892. 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.

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 13Burning 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.

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 14Burning the piled brush and debris on Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve,November 18, 1904.

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 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,December 20, 1904.

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 15Logging in the Sierra Mountains, California,July 15, 1906. 16Brush burning on cutover land, Section 33, Township 145N, Range 31W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve,December 21, 1904.

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 16Loading logs from Cass Lake at Norway beach,1903.

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 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.

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 18Clearing wreckage from runaway logging cars collision with an engine on Great Northern Railroad tracks east of Cuba, Minnesota, Minnesota National Forest Reserve,September 1904.

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 18Skidding logs and burning brush from cutover land, Section 1, Township 144N, Range 29W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve,December 22, 1904.

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 19Cutting logs and burning brush, Section 1, Township 144N, Range 29W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve,December 22, 1904.

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 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,September 1904.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 23Railroad car on tracks in logging area, Minnesota National Forest Reserve,1904.

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 23Remaining 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.

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 24Reserved timber along the Great Northern Railroad track near Cuba, Minnesota, Section 16, Township 145N, Range 30W, Minnesota National Forest Reserve,December 23, 1904.

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 24Railroad car on track in logging area,1904.

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 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.

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