The tough men of timber: Black and white photos capture the arduous lives of 1800s lumberjacks who felled enormous trees using only hand tools and brute strength

• Lumberjacks cut down massive trees using only hand tools during the 1800s and beginning of the 20th century 
• Workers would often pose on the stumps of the trees they fell, with dozens standing and sitting on the remains 

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