Forest History Society Photograph Collection
Images from the Richard N. Jordan Auxiliary Photograph Collection / Jordan6th.jpg

Previous Home Next

Jordan6th

Image ID:  Jordan6
Image Date:   [1910s]
Image Title:   [Loggers with horse team, ca. 1910s Wisconsin.]
Image Caption:   [Several loggers posing with a horse team in snowy Wisconsin woods, ca. 1910s. Two men are holding cant hooks (or peavies), including Jim Jordan of Stanley, Wisconsin (second from left on ground). One man holds an axe, and another swings from a tree where he has hung what appears to be part of a log sled.]     

[This image is from the Richard N. Jordan Photograph Collection, one of the archival holdings of the Forest History Society in Durham, N.C. Consists of eight photographs kept by Jordan's father, James Jordan (1886-1951), who grew up on a farm in Stanley, Wisconsin, and worked seasonally as a logger in the Chippewa Valley area in the early 20th century (ca. 1910s). Names, photographers, or specific dates/locations were never recorded.]
Photographer:   [unknown]
Use Restrictions:   Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image.
Repository Contact Information:   Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.