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Arthur Wellerley Kelley, logging crew for Army Posts
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| Title | Arthur Wellerley Kelley, logging crew for Army Posts |
| Date of Original | 1867 |
| Description | A view of three ox teams hitched up to a large sled that is loaded with logs that are chained down. There are three men standing on top of the logs on the sled, two of these men are holding and pointing at a wooden sign that says 15.260 (?) and four more men standing on the ground around the sled. They are in a clearing in a forest, probably in Minnesota. The ends of some of the logs have writing on them that says, PAUL, 15265, 71DB, 71 Logs, PAUL71, and one with an outline of a hand. |
| General Subject | Pioneer Era
People
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Men
Lumber industry
Logs
Loggers
Winter
Trees
Sleds & sleighs
Ox teams
Forests
Forestry
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| Personal Name | Kelley, Arthur W., 1832-1908
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| Decade | 1860-1869
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| Item Number | ST263 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 21 x 25 cm. |
| Transcription | "Arthur Wellerley Kelley, Father of Jennie M. Chenery, associated with Logging crew of St. Paul. This company furnished logs for Army Posts. Taken about 1867"--Handwritten on back of photograph. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | Arthur Wellesley Kelley was born on December 17, 1832 in St. David, a Parish of St. James, New Brunswick. He married Frances Caroline Webb on October 31, 1859 in St. Paul Minnesota, they had four children, Horatio Webb Kelley, William H. Kelley, Jennie Martha Kelley Chenery, and Fannie Kelley. Arthur W. Kelley died on February 10, 1908 in Jamestown, North Dakota. |
| Repository Institution | Stutsman County Memorial Museum
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| Repository Collection | Stutsman County Memorial Museum Photographs
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| Credit Line | Stutsman County Memorial Museum, Jamestown, N.D. (ST263) |
| Rights Management | Owned by Stutsman County Memorial Museum. |
| Ordering Information | Stutsman County Memorial Museum
Phone: 701-252-6741
Address: Box 1002, Jamestown, N.D. 58401
Open: Memorial Day - September, 10am-5pm Weekdays and 1pm-5pm Weekends. |
| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2008-2009, NAR08-RC-10021-08 |
| Digital ID | dmST263 |
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