Logs Collection

Heavy horses pull a Timber Wagon uphill. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

The pier at Entebbe, Uganda - Lake Victoria
The pier at Entebbe, Uganda on the shore of Lake Victoria with the steam ferryboats Clement Hill (on left) which was in service between 1906-36 and either the Winifred or Sybil (on the right)

Burma (Myanmar) - Rangoon (Yangon) - Elephants
Elephant scenes from Yangon (formerly Rangoon), Myanmar (formerly Burma). The Elphants are being shipped onto a steamer and working/moving teak logs

Christmas card in the shape of a yule log with mistletoe. Date: circa 1890s

Cuckoo Clock Maker
Two little boys help an old clockmaker, perhaps their grandfather, to make a cuckoo clock in the Black Forest, Germany

17th Century Woodcutter
A woodcutter has felled a tree and is now chopping it up into logs

Charcoal Burner
Charcoal burners in Epping Forest, Essex, England. Date: 1940

Whydah voyage summary
Whydah frigate voyage summary, 1721-1722 Date: 1721-1722

Travelling Sawyer
A travelling sawyer, with his portable saw mill, a saw and bench attached to the back of his car, whereby logs and timber can be sawn up accordingly. Date: 1930s

Australia - Bullock teams carrying huge Karri logs (Eucalyptus diversicolor) - native to the wetter regions of Southwestern Western Australia. Date: circa 1910

Logging scene near Auburn, California, USA, known for its California Gold Rush history. Date: circa 1908

ELEPHANT CARRYING LOG
This Indian elephant is a resident in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris but helps to carry logs when the trees are cut down and apparently makes himself generally useful. Date: 1930s

Weighing logs, St Elizabeth, Jamaica Date: early 1900s

Cutting and weighing logs in St Elizabeth Jamaica early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Hauling logs Kettle River Landing Minnesota USA early 1900s

A sawmill powered by traction engine, hand coloured photo
A sawmill powered by traction engine, early 1900s, hand coloured photo

White Star Line, Arabic, Olympic, Oceanic logsn
WHITE STAR LINE: Collection of abstract of logs for Arabic, Olympic and Oceanic dating from 1906. (4) Date: 1900s

RMS Majestic, First Class passenger list and other items
RMS MAJESTIC: extremely rare maiden voyage trio comprising a First-Class passenger list from her Maiden Voyage dated Wednesday 10th May 1922 and abstract logs from Voyage One East

Taking logs from the river, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada, early 1900s

WW2 - That Man From Canada
A WW2 children's short story illustration of a woman holding rowing a boat, a man is comically keeping his balance on some floating logs. Date: circa 1940s

Cunard Line, RMS Queen Mary log books - boiler/engine room, voyages 286, 294, 431, 286 and 291. Date: 20th century

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, three voyage cards. Date: circa 1929-1932

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, photo with handwriting and signatures. Abstract of logs dated 29 September 1920, 27 October 1920 and 17 November 1920. Date: 1920

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, abstract of logs dated 13 August 1930, 19 August 1931 and 8 September 1932. Date: 1930s

Sawing Timber - India. Date: circa 1910s

Mules and donkeys still play the most important part in the local transportation of logs and other goods in the narrow streets of the villages in Corsica, France. Date: 1930s

Ox train pulling logs through the jungle, Burma, India
Ox train for pulling logs through the jungle, Burma, India. Vintage 19th century photograph

Highway Pole Trailers move long loads, quickest and cheapest. For poles, girders, timber, and cargo of long dimensions. Capacity one ton to five tons. Date: early 1920s

Christmas card, Carrying home the yule log. late 19th century

The climb of Rio-Frio barricaded by the Mexicans
A battalion of soldiers march up the Rio-Frio pass, with two officers on horseback watching as groups of soldiers ahead try to drag fallen trees and logs from the path. Date: 1863

Holly and log on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Copper plate, Widow of a hero, by Robert Austin
Original copper plate (cancelled), Widow of a hero, by Robert Austin. circa early 1920s

Elephant lifting wooden logs - Rangoon, Burma
circa 1910s

GERMAN TIMBER INDUSTRY
A lumbering team make their way back from the Black Forest, Germany, the horses pulling a heavy cart full of timber. Date: 1930s

HAULING WOOD, MINNESOTA
hauling wood in Minnesota. This enormous stack of logs is piled (how, one wonders ?) onto a sledge which is dragged over the ice by a team of four horses. Date: 1893

WOODCUTTERS CHOP LOGS
Woodcutters chop up trees into logs. Date: circa 1810

The Great bell at the base of the tower 1858
Officially known as the Great Bell but better known as Big Ben, at the base of the tower, being pull alone with make-shift logs. Date: 1858

A forester cuts logs with a chain saw during tree felling opertations in Cannock Chase Forest, Staffordshire, England. Date: 1991

Little girl pulled through the snow on a log
Wintry scene depicting a little girl being pulled through the snow on a makeshift sledge made from a log. Date: c. 1910

Fresh Pine-tree Stump - stacked pine logs left on a logging site for transportation - forest (Pinus sylvestris ). near Ekaterinburg - Middle Ural Mountains - Russia

Insect carrying a stump on a New Year card
Insect carrying a stump on a comic New Year card -- A Cricket Stump. Date: circa 1890s

Press ganging. Log of the HMS Harwich, 1744 Date: 1744

Corgi dog on a log
Unusual Friends - Corgi dog sitting on a log. 1950s

Birds perched on logs on three cutout Christmas cards
Colourful birds perched on logs on three cutout Christmas and New Year cards. Date: circa 1890s

Corgi dog and tortoise in a garden
Unusual Friends - Corgi dog and tortoise in a garden. 1950s

Kabatas on the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey Date: circa 1906

A chopping log stump with embedded axe circa 1890s

USA - Minneapolis - Mississipi River - Bridge over river ( logs in foreground). Part of Box 5 Boswell collection. American Trip. Date: circa 1900

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