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A Washington Fir, ca. 1900 -  2fbd9f88d1f8dbf9db41cffbd2d0ac27

A Washington Fir, ca. 1900 - 2fbd9f88d1f8dbf9db41cffbd2d0ac27

Transcribed from back of photograph: "A Washington Fir." Photo shows a group of men, some loggers and some dressed in suits, standing in front of a large tree preparing to be cut down. This image appeared in a ... More

Bunkhouse interior, unidentified logging camp, Washington, 1892 (INDOCC 55)

Bunkhouse interior, unidentified logging camp, Washington, 1892 (INDOC...

Caption on mount: 1157 Bunk House Scene. D. R. Kinsey, Photog. Sedro-Woolley, Wn.; On verso of image: Loggers, Bunkhouse, 1892, Kinsey Photo, Washington (Kinsey 155-A Subjects (LCSH): Lumber camps--Washington... More

Asian crew members, Goodyear Logging Company, ca 1919 (KINSEY 131)

Asian crew members, Goodyear Logging Company, ca 1919 (KINSEY 131)

Caption on image: No. 8 PH Coll 516.1390The Goodyear Logging Company was in business from ca. 1915 to ca. 1924, headquartered in Clallam Bay. In 1922, there were 175 employees. Clallam Bay is a community on... More

Choker setters sitting on log, Walville Lumber Company, ca 1919 (KINSEY 738)

Choker setters sitting on log, Walville Lumber Company, ca 1919 (KINSE...

Caption on image: Walville Lumber Co. C. Kinsey Photo, Seattle. No. 91 PH Coll 516.4554The town of Walville is located in Lewis County, 4 miles southwest of Pe Ell on the Pacific County border. It was ori... More

Crew member sitting on log train, with locomotive in distance, Coats-Fordney Lumber Company, near Aberdeen, ca 1920 (KINSEY 1895)

Crew member sitting on log train, with locomotive in distance, Coats-F...

Caption on image: Coats, Fordney. Kinsey Photo. PH Coll 516.621The Coats-Fordney Lumber Company started out as the A.F. Coats Lumber Company in 1905, headquartered in Aberdeen. It became the Coats-Fordney... More

Logging train crew members standing on logs loaded onto flatbed moving cars, Coats-Fordney Lumber Company, ca 1917 (KINSEY 66)

Logging train crew members standing on logs loaded onto flatbed moving...

PH Coll 516.594The Coats-Fordney Lumber Company started out as the A.F. Coats Lumber Company in 1905, headquartered in Aberdeen. It became the Coats-Fordney Lumber Company in 1910, and by 1924, it was called ... More

Kelly-Springfield logging truck, ca 1925 (MOHAI 1313)

Kelly-Springfield logging truck, ca 1925 (MOHAI 1313)

Logging companies sometimes built railroads to haul logs out of the forest. Later, they used trucks. This photo was taken in the mid-1920s, somewhere in western Washington. A Kelly-Springfield logging truck pr... More