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A Model Lumber Camp in the Adirondacks

A Model Lumber Camp in the Adirondacks

This is a Real Photo Postcard produced by Henry M. Beach, titled: A Model Lumber Camp in the Adirondacks. It pictures a group of workers posing with teams, snow plows and road sprinklers at a logging camp. Possibly a Rich Lumber Company camp as they owned the forests around Wanakena, NY. Circa 1910. Photographer was Henry M. Beach.

For more on Henry M. Beach’s life and photography, check out our North Country at Work story on him.

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