Word: lumbermen
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...stereopticon views showing life in the Maine lumber camps, and snapshots of animal life in the North. During the lecture Mr. Underwood gave excellent imitations of the calls of the loon and the ruffed grouse. He told a story about a bear-cub which was found by the lumbermen, and brought up in one of the camps. When the bear grew larger Mr. Underwood bought it and took it to his home. He showed some very ludicrous snapshots of the bear in its youthful days. One of these was taken while the bear was playing football with a fex-terrier...
...course of his lecture Mr. Underwood will describe the life of the Maine lumbermen in their winter camps and of the river drivers in the spring, and will tell the story of a bear cub, caught near one of the lumber camps...