Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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Museum of History &
Industry
Sophie Frye Bass
Library
2700 24th Avenue East
Seattle, WA 98112
Phone: 206-324-1126
URL: http://www.seattlehistory.org
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Collection Number:
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1981.7351
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Collector:
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Hall,
Owen L., 1908-1981
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Title:
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Owen L. Hall Lumber Industry photograph
collection
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Dates:
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circa 1880s-1974 (inclusive)
circa 1880s-1910s (bulk)
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Quantity:
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1 box plus oversize
materials
112 photographs, 27 postcards and 2
albums
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Languages:
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Collection materials are in
English.
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Summary:
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Photographs of the lumber industry in
Washington State, largely circa 1880-1910, including images of crews, mills,
equipment and operations.
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Location of Collection:
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2b.1.1
1a.4.5 (oversize folders)
Library Annex 1, Map drawer VII.b.3 (panorama)
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Biographical Note
Born in Renton, Washington, Owen L. Hall was a lifelong resident of
Seattle, living in the University District for much of his adult life. Hall
worked in the lumber industry as a logger in Washington State for several years
in the late 1930s-early 1940s, and developed a lasting interest in forestry.
Over the years, Hall collected artifacts and images related to the lumber
industry: saws, axes and other small tools, and photographs and postcards of
lumber crews, sawmills, equipment, and other subjects related to lumber and
logging.
Owen Hall died in 1981.
Content Description
The collection is comprised largely of photographs of the early lumber
industry in Washington State, circa 1880-1910. Several specific sawmills and
mill crews are depicted, such as those at the Allen Shingle Company, Clear Lake
Shingle Company, and the King Mill. Images of mill operations depict various
pieces of machinery, from steam donkey engines and steam shovels, to setworks
and saws operating inside mill buildings. Several images depict various modes
of hauling lumber, from horse or oxen teams to flatbed railcars and trucks. One
series consists of 11 photographs of logging in the early 1900s, by the Seattle
photography studio of Webster & Stevens. Other images depict the Washington
Saw Company float in the 1912 Golden Potlatch parade in Seattle, and the
archway cut into the "bicycle tree" near Snohomish.The collection also includes
several photographs of later mill operations and equipment, such as the
Weyerhauser Timber Company pulp mill in Longview, Washington (1931) and
equipment at the Walton Lumber Company (1955).
The collection also includes two photograph albums, one containing
images of mills and mill operations in Washington State and California, and the
other depicting the six "gyppo" mills-- small, independent and often portable
operations--in Washington State in 1955.
Arrangement
Arranged in 3 series:
- Photographs
- Postcards
- Albums
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information Gift of Amelia Trowbridge, Owen Hall's daughter, December 14, 1981.
Ms. Trowbridge donated additional materials (5 photographs and one postcard) in
2008.
Processing Note Numbering of the photographs begins with number 61 because numbers
1-60 were assigned to collection artifacts during accessioning.
Separated Materials These materials are part of a donation that also included a number of
artifacts. These artifacts are cataloged and stored separately by MOHAI's
Collections Department. A complete inventory of the artifacts is also available
in the Library.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access The collection is open to the public by appointment.
Restrictions on Use The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in
the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research,
publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI
before any reproduction use. The museum does not necessarily hold copyright to
all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may
require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation Owen L. Hall Lumber Industry Photograph Collection, Museum of History
& Industry, Seattle
Subjects
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
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| Webster &
Stevens (photographer) |
| Seattle,
Wash. |
| Climax
locomotives |
| Donkey engines |
| Horse teams--Washington (State) |
| Logs |
| Lumber
industry--Washington (State) |
| Lumberyards--Washington (State) |
| Ox teams--Washington (State) |
| Railroad cars--Washington (State) |
| Sawmill workers--Washington (State) |
| Sawmills--Washington (State) |
| Skid roads--Washington (State) |
| Photograph
albums |
| Photographic postcards |
| Photographic prints |
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
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Photographs
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Container(s)
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Description
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Sawmills
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61-65:
Allen Shingle Company, Cow Lake
Mill, Kent, Washington
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circa
1880s-1900 |
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5 photographs
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66:
Seattle Cedar Lumber
Manufacturing Company (aerial view)
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undated |
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Color photograph is on the front of a card of instructions for
"application of factory-primed siding."
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67:
Weyerhauser Timber Company pulp
mill, Longview, Washington (panorama)
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1931 March 3 |
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Wilson Pain,
Longview
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photographer)
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68-73:
Aerial views of mills and
timber
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1962-1963 |
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Air Photo,
Seattle
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photographer)
6 photographs Group includes one non-aerial photograph of boat
Steelhead
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74:
View of lumber mill across
water, Skamokawa, Washington
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circa 1880s |
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75-80:
Mill buildings and grounds --
unidentified
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circa 1880s-1890s |
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6 photographs
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Mill crews
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81:
King Mill Company, Inc.
crew
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circa 1880s-1890s |
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82:
King Manufacturing Company
shingle mill crew, Snoqualmie, Washington
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circa 1880s-1900 |
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3 copies
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83:
Clear Lake Shingle Company
crew
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circa 1880s-1890s |
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Darius
Kinsey
(
photographer)
11" x 14"
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84-85:
Men with pike poles in log
pond
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circa 1880s-1900 |
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Hanson Studio,
Snohomish, Washington
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photographer)
2 photographs Both photographs are marked with an "x" over one man, who is
identified on verso as Harry Moore.
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86-88:
Mill crews in front of mill
buildings
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circa 1880s-1890s |
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3 photographs One image (86) depicts two African-American men among the mill
crew.
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89:
Steam shovel and construction
crew
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circa early 1900s |
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90:
Three men near steam
donkey
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circa early 1900s |
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Identifications on verso: B.N. Bighorn, Fred Nygren, Mr.
Taylor
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91:
Five men with axes
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circa early 1900s |
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92:
Three fallers standing on
spring boards near undercut
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circa early 1900s |
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93:
Crew on log near horse
team
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circa early 1900s |
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94:
Logging crew
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circa early 1900s |
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95- 98:
Men on or near giant
logs
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circa early 1900s |
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4 photographs
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99:
Man near pulley
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circa early 1900s |
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202:
Crew near buildings
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circa early 1900s |
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Darius
Kinsey
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photographer)
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Equipment
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100-109:
Mill equipment at Walton Lumber
Company
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circa 1955 |
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10
photographs
5" x 7"
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110-111:
Mill equipment with Selectric
setworks
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undated |
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2 photographs Photographs show men working on equipment at Walton Lumber
Company in Everett and Cascade Lumber Company in Ellensburg. Photos are mounted
on black paper with captions indicating that machines use Selectric setworks
systems.
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112-129:
Sawmill and mill
equipment
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circa 1974 |
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18 color
snapshots Snapshots of an unidentified mill showing exterior structures
and interiors with equipment.
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130-131:
Circular structure on wheels,
possibly a log sorting device
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1961 |
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2 copies of
each
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Transportation
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132:
Oxen team hauling logs on skid
road
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circa 1890s |
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Boyd & Braas,
Seattle
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photographer)
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133:
Oxen team hauling logs
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circa 1880 |
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Watson, Portland,
Oregon
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photographer)
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134:
Horse team hauling logs on skid
road
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circa early 1900s |
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135-137:
Horse-drawn flat
cars
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circa 1890-1920 |
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3 photographs
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138:
Crew on flatbed railcar near
steam donkey
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circa 1890s-1900 |
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139:
Men on loaded Northern Pacific
flatbed railcar headed for Wescott's Mill
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1907 |
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Pautzke Photo
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photographer)
Caption on photo: "For Wescott's Mill"
Caption on mount: "Hauling logs in Kittitas County,
Ellensburg"
Caption on verso: "Logging transfer Wescott's Mill. Right to
left: Tom Flynn, Dan Wescott. Left end: Frank Wescott"
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140-141:
Logs on flatbed
railcars
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undated |
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2 photographs
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142-145:
Rail cars
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circa early 1900s |
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4 photographs
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146:
Rail car loaded with fir
logs
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circa early 1900s |
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147:
Truck hauling logs in Thompson
Falls, Montana
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1973 |
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Webster & Stevens
photographs
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circa 1900-1905 |
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Webster & Stevens,
Seattle
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photographer)
11 photographs
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148:
Crew at top of log chute
(2434)
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circa 1900-1905 |
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149:
Crew of McNeeley-Wilcox
Logging Company hauling logs to water with steam donkey (2440)
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1903 April 3 |
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150:
Hauling log on skid road
(2441)
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circa 1900-1905 |
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151:
Rigging crew, showing lines and
chokers on logs (2443)
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circa 1900-1905 |
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152:
Family near steam donkey and 14
horse team at logging camp (2447)
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circa 1900-1905 |
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153:
Log crib dam under construction
(2449)
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circa 1900-1905 |
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154:
Logs on rail cars at log dump,
Yeon Pelton Company, Rainier, Oregon (2454)
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circa 1900-1905 |
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155:
Shingle mill, Machias,
Washington (2471)
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circa 1900-1905 |
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156:
Logs descending log chute
(2473)
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circa 1900-1905 |
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157:
Log chute, Yeon Pelton Company,
Rainier, Oregon
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circa 1900-1905 |
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158:
May Creek Logging Company rail
car and crew
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circa 1900-1905 |
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Miscellaneous
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Washington Saw Company float
for Golden Potlatch parade, Seattle
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1912 |
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159:
Washington Saw Company float
showing 84 inch diameter saw blade
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1912 |
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Pierson & Co.,
Seattle
(
photographer)
2 copies
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160-161:
Men on Washington Saw Works
float for Golden Potlatch, Seattle
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1912 |
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2 photographs
Photo 160 by
Roman's Photographic
Company, Seattle
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photographer)
Float pictured in front of Washington Saw Works building at
2921 First Avenue South
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162:
Men in cars with Washington
Saw Company banner
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1912 |
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163-165:
"Bicycle Tree" near Snohomish,
Washington
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circa early 1900s |
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3 photographs3.5" x 5.5" Photographs of people and a car near the "Bicycle Tree," a
large cedar tree with a archway cut into its trunk, along a dirt road in what
is now Snohomish, Washington. The tree had served as a milestone on a favorite
bicycling route in the 1880s when Snohomish Bicycle Club president David Lewis
Paramore led the effort to have a pathway cut through the massive trunk. The
tree, compromised by floodwaters from the Snohomish River and buffeted by
gusting winds, toppled in 1927.
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166:
Children on railroad tracks
amid timber
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circa early1900s |
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2 copies
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167:
Two men and two women on
log
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circa early 1900s |
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168:
Two men shaking hands on tree
fallen across pathway
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circa early 1900s |
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Photograph mounted on page which was probably removed from a
scrapbook (with 169-170)
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169-170:
Man standing on lumber flatbed
railcar on collapsed pier
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circa early 1900s |
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2 photographs Photographs are mounted on pages which were probably removed
from a scrapbook (with 168)
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171-172:
Views through
timber
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circa early 1900s |
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2 photographs
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173-199:
Postcards, undated
27 photographic
postcards
19 black and white and 8 color or colorized postcards. Postcards
of the lumber industry depict logging crews, log trains, steam donkeys and
other logging equipment, big trees and logs, horse teams and one colorized
postcard of Monte Cristo, Washington in 1894. Includes one colorized postcard
of a Frank H. Nowell photograph of Gray's Harbor Lumber Company, Aberdeen,
Washington.
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Albums
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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200:
Album 1: Lumber industry
photographs and postcards
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circa early 1900s |
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21 photographs
13 postcards
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200.1-200.2:
Log pond, horse team and crew
at Shaw Log Company, Snohomish
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circa early 1900s |
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200.3:
Logs and steam
engine
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circa early 1900s |
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200.4:
Logs being hauled on
flatcar
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circa early 1900s |
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Frank
Reed
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photographer)
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200.5:
Steam log train and shingle
bolts, Everett area
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1913 |
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200.6:
Men near log engine
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circa 1900 |
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200.7:
Log train with Climax
locomotive, Port Angeles
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1911 |
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Bert
Kellogg
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photographer)
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200.8:
Log train with Climax
locomotive, Port Crescent
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1902 |
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Bert
Kellogg
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photographer)
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200.9:
Sawmill at Index, Washington
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circa 1910s |
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Picket Photo
Co.
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photographer)
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200.10:
Sawmill at Marysville,
Washington
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circa 1914 |
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200.11:
Kulsey Lumber Company mill
buildings and yard, Valley, Washington
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1914 |
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200.12:
Fire engine at Galen Lumber
Company, Index, Washington
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circa 1910s |
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Picket Photo
Co.
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photographer)
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200.13:
Loading log train
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circa early 1900s |
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200.14:
Men with large log on
flatcar
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circa early 1900s |
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200.15:
Men amid timber: "Clearing land
near Tracyton"
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circa early 1900s |
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200.16:
Men near steam
donkey
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circa early 1900s |
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200.17:
Palmer and Libby Logging
Company Shay locomotive
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circa early 1900s |
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200.18:
West Side Lumber Company Hysler
locomotive
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early 1900s |
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200.19:
Men with 9 feet diameter log
inside Port Blakely mill building
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circa 1912 |
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200.20:
Workers outside mill
building
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circa 1900 |
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200.21:
Lamb-Davis Lumber Company
sawmill, Leavenworth, Washington
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early 1900s |
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Oakes
Photo
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photographer)
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200.22:
Lamb-Davis Lumber Company dam,
Leavenworth, Washington
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early 1900s |
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Oakes
Photo
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photographer)
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200.23:
View of sawmill across water,
Snohomish, Washington
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circa early 1900s |
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Elite
Studio
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photographer)
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200.24:
Birds-eye view of sawmill,
Bullwinkle, California
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circa early 1900s |
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Seely
Foto
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photographer)
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200.25:
Log train with Shay locomotive
at log dump
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circa early 1900s |
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200.26-.27, 200.29:
Log trains
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circa early 1900s |
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3 photographs
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hand-colored
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200.28:
Logging camp showing railcar on
tracks
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circa early 1900s |
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hand-colored
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200.30:
Birds-eye view of Everett
Milling Company and town of Everett
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undated |
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200.31:
Saw blades inside mill
building, Crescent City, California
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undated |
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200.32:
Truck loaded with lumber on
dirt road
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circa early 1900s |
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200.33:
Large man with axe near
tree
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circa early 1900s |
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200.34:
Trees growing from fallen
redwood
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undated |
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Paterson
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photographer)
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200.35-.36:
Loggers among trees
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undated |
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201:
"Gypos"
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1955 |
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1 album containing 34
photographs Gyppo (or gypo) loggers were independent contractors, often
family-based, in the post World-War II timber economy. These small-time, often
portable, operations took on small jobs that would have been rejected by the
larger mills.
This album documents six gyppo mills in Washington State in
1955, showing mill owners and employees, with equipment and operations often
set up under temporary shelters.
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201.1-.7:
Waterman's Mill, Langley,
Washington
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1955 April 12 |
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7 photographs Photographs depict Bernard Waterman and his workers loading a
large log onto a cart; caption indicates Corley brand sawmill equipment is
being used.
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201.8-15:
Frie Brothers Mill, Langley,
Washington
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1955 April 12 |
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8 photographs Depicts a portable mill, showing equipment and an underslung
diesel engine, and two men, "Fred" and "Bob."
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201.16-.18:
Pioneer Mill Company, Oroville,
Washington
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1955 April 26 |
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3 photographs One photograph of lumber under shelter and two of a car in the
snow. Caption on page: "Joe Hartley's mill on Chesaw Road NE of Oroville."
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201.19-.22:
Landreth Timber Company,
Tonasket, Washington
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1955 April 27 |
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4 photographs Includes two photographs of "air dogs," one photograph of Bill
Siegrist and Ivan Landreth, and one photograph captioned "Landreth's new mater
carriage with Sel-Set preset setworks."
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201.23-.27:
Roy Neal's mill near Freeland,
Washington on Whidby Island
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1955 May |
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5 photographs Includes photographs of Roy Neal and of mill operations.
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201.28-.34:
Lee Bloom's Mill on Guemes
Island, Washington
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1955 May |
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7 photographs Images depict Lee Bloom working on logs at his mill.
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