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Upper Michigan circa 1899. "The loggers." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
“Outfitted in the season’s latest North Country Leisurewear, a trio of our robust quintet sports colorful suspenders crafted of fine Malaysian batting, fastened with just-so-perfect tiny bone buttons to colorful sports trousers of hearty wools from the Scottish Highlands. From the left: Lance cuts a fancy figure in his Lipstick Red placketed shirt and Mourning Dove Gray slacks, accented with broad pin-striped suspenders in burgundy and pink. Next up is Ian, grasping that looong hardwood pike and pausing for a pipeful of our exclusive J-Puff tobacco (see Accessories, page 32), in a scoop-neck Heather Green mariner’s sweater. He’s chosen braces (our dear British friends love that word) in a solid tan hue with just a hint of mahogany to hold up his Seafoam Green action slacks, designed for real outdoor adventures. In the center, all snuggly warm in a Periwinkle Blue anorak…”
I wonder if any of the men in that photo are related to me. My mom's family are all Yoopers, and they did own a logging camp at the time of that photo.
What rolls down stairs, alone or in pairs, rolls over your neighbors dog, it fits on your back, its great for a snack? LOG LOG LOG!
Its Log, its Log, its big its heavy its wood! Its Log, it's Log, its better than bad, its good!
("Ren & Stimpy")
[Batteries and apostrophes sold separately. - Dave]
Somehow I think that they were very good at what they did, and proud OF it.
Looks like a tough way to earn a living.
You sure got a purty mouth boy!
They sleep all night, and they work all day.
All those guys on a log and not an axe or saw in sight: just poles used to roll the logs.
Which one of these doesn't belong? That's right, the one on the left! (the one in the middle has a pipe stem poking out from his shirt).
I have a funny feeling nobody would have messed around with this crew.
Is it snow or sawdust??
[Snow. - Dave]
Looks like six siblings about to break out in song and dance in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." Naturally, Howard Keel was taking the photo.
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