Men and horses working at logging camp, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

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Collection Type

Photography

GUSN

GUSN-175500

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General photographic collection
Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Massachusetts - Shrewsbury
Massachusetts - Shrewsbury - Miscellaneous (includes logging and quarrying)
Men and horses working at logging camp, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
  - Geographic locations
    - Massachusetts
      - Massachusetts - Shrewsbury
        Massachusetts - Shrewsbury - Miscellaneous (includes logging and quarrying)
        Men and horses working at logging camp, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts (current record)
        Man with team of horses pulling lumber wagon, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
        Executor's sale for the Captain Levi Pease Farm, Shrewsbury, Mass., October 25, 1824
        Invitation for Thanksgiving Ball, Captain G . W. Haven's Hall, Shrewsbury, Mass., November 15, 1829
        View of the Turnpike, Shrewsbury, Mass., undated
        Exterior view of Frank H. Harrington's House, Shrewsbury, Mass., undated

Description

At a logging camp in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, several men are creating planks from trees. There are two horse teams with wagons ready to pull the wooden planks.

Details

Descriptive Terms

woods (plant communities)
lumbermen
lumber
planks (wood)
lumber camps
labor
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

HH296144 (handwritten)

Physical Descrption

1 photograph ; 8 x 10 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2690.0300.001

Image Dimensions

8 x 10 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Shrewsbury (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

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