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21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

Lumberjacks haven't always had fancy tools to get the job done, and loggers of the early 1900s used equal parts determination and delusion to fall some of the biggest trees in the world.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Published 7 months ago in Wow

Lumberjacks haven't always had fancy tools to get the job done, and loggers of the early 1900s used equal parts determination and delusion to fell some of the biggest trees in the world. 


Here are 21 pics of old-growth loggers that make you want to grab an ax, suit up, and scale a redwood. 

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    Another day at work for these lumberjacks in Oregon, 1918.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    How lumberjacks used to cut trees in 1946.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    Lumberjacks sit on a giant spruce log 30 feet in circumference. Cascade Mountains, Washington, 1905.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    Five Californian lumberjacks work in the Redwoods, 1915.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    Lumberjacks cut down a massive redwood in the forests of the American Northwest, 1902.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    Logging in Kalama, Washington, 1880 -1899.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    Early Kalama-area loggers with steam donkey, circa 1900-1909.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    1910s - era lumberjacks working among the redwoods in Humboldt County, California, when tree logging was at its peak.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    Lumberjacks in British Columbia, Canada, date unknown.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    A group of lumberjacks who have just downed a giant Sequoia in California,1905.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    Lumberjacks, the Pacific NW about 1901.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    A high rigger cuts the top off a tree as his colleagues watch from below, British Columbia circa 1920.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    Unemployed lumber worker goes with his wife to the bean harvest. Note social security number tattooed on his arm, Oregon, 1939 by Dorothea Lange.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    Michigan Loggers pose alongside their world record haul, a load of more than 36,000 board-feet of lumber destined for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, circa 1890s.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    Lumberjacks in Upper Michigan, ca. 1899.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    Lumberjacks in Portland, 1915.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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    Lumberjill Jeri Smith won first place at the Timber Days Festival in Sutherlin, Oregon, 1953.

    21 Historical Photos of Loggers and Lumberjacks

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