Vintage 1890s Logging Camp Sawmill Photo Timber Industry Loggers Crew Mounted

Description

View Vintage 1890s Logging Camp Sawmill Photo Timber Industry Loggers Crew Mounted with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. The foreground features giant felled hardwood logs, while the background showcases a rustic wooden sawmill building, a steam stack, and work horses/mules. FOR SALE: A fantastic, original large-format antique occupational photograph capturing a late 19th-century logging camp and sawmill operation. FOR SALE: A fantastic, original large-format antique occupational photograph capturing a late 19th-century logging camp and sawmill operation. Dating from the circa 1890–1905 era, this is a remarkable piece of American industrial and timber history. PHOTOGRAPH DETAILS: - Subject: A massive crew of loggers, laborers, and family members posing in a heavily timbered clearing. The foreground features giant felled hardwood logs, while the background showcases a rustic wooden sawmill building, a steam stack, and work horses/mules. - Format: Original sepia-toned photographic print mounted on a heavy, period-correct cardboard studio frame mat. - Dimensions: Standard large-format cabinet/cabinet-style landscape mount. HISTORICAL RELEVANCE: This photograph was discovered within an ancestral estate collection belonging to the prominent Moore and Voreis pioneer families of Marshall and St. Joseph Counties, Indiana (Plymouth, Argos, Culver area). During this era, Northern Indiana was a major hub for the hardwood lumber industry, making this an invaluable regional document of local labor history. CONDITION: Good antique condition overall. The photographic print displays beautiful sepia tones with clear detail on the workers and logs. The cardboard mount shows expected light age-toning, edge weathering, and minor handling wear consistent with an item over 120 years old. Please review the high-resolution listing photos carefully to inspect the exact physical condition. SHIPPING: Will be shipped completely flat, securely padded between thick sheets of heavy corrugated cardboard flats to ensure safe delivery without bending. Tracked shipping included. Condition: Used. Category: Collectibles › Photographic Images › Negatives.

Unit of Sale

Single Piece

Type

Negative

Image Orientation

Landscape

Size

10"x12"

Image Color

Sepia

Number of Negatives

1

Subject

Buildings, Trees