Leech Lake Lumber Walker, Minnesota, 1915 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Leech Lake Lumber Walker, Minnesota, 1915 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Leech Lake Lumber Co., Walker, Minn., 1915
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Leech Lake Lumber Walker, Minnesota, 1915
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Walker, the seat of Cass County in north-central Minnesota, sat on the shore of Leech Lake in 1915, when the region's economy still rested largely on timber. Sawmills and lumber yards along the lake drew crews and families to the town, and the surrounding forests of white and red pine had been cut over for a generation, so the industry was already shifting toward smaller operations and second-growth stands. Leech Lake was also the center of the Leech Lake Ojibwe homeland, and the lake's fishing and the nearby reservation shaped daily life alongside the mills. A panoramic view of a lumber town like this would have shown residents a place built around the sawmill and the lake, a community whose fortunes rose and fell with the supply of logs.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Creator | hibbard, c. j. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Minnesota |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,054 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Leech Lake Lumber Co., Walker, Minn., 1915 |
| Reference | MN Leech Lake Lumber Walker 1915 |
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