"The Logger," Michigan, 1880-1900

Summary

A group of five men posed for a picture on top of a large log with their "cant hooks," a common logging tool used to maneuver logs, in the late nineteenth century. When Maine and New York were unable to supply the growing demand for lumber, Michigan became the next logical lumbering destination as part of the northern pine belt.

A group of five men posed for a picture on top of a large log with their "cant hooks," a common logging tool used to maneuver logs, in the late nineteenth century. When Maine and New York were unable to supply the growing demand for lumber, Michigan became the next logical lumbering destination as part of the northern pine belt.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

circa 1885

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.04384

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Height: 7 in

Width: 9 in

Inscriptions

Printed at bottom edge of image: 04384 THE LOGGERS, Mich. DETROIT PHOTOGRAPHIC CO.

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