35 results for: Lumber and Logging
Quarter Dollar (25 cent piece) coin, 1844
This quarter dollar coin belonged to Norman B. Colt (1854-1914) who came to Seattle from Missouri. This coin was the last 25 cent piece he had with him when he went to work as a clerk at the Port Blakely lumber mill in November 1880.
ID Number:1967.4109.90
Date:1844
Drawing of the Seattle towboat "Stimson" in 1966 by Hewitt Jackson, 1967
Hewitt Jackson (1914-2007) was a seaman, marine draftsman, and artist. He is best known for his maritime drawings of ships that sailed the Puget Sound and Pacific Northwest. The MOHAI collection contains seven of Hewitt's works. This particular drawing features the Stimson tug and towboat which was built in 1914 to haul lumber for the Stimson Mill Company in the…
ID Number:1967.4194.1
Date:1967
Broadax head that belonged to David T. Denny, ca. 1850-1890
This broadax head belonged to David Thomas Denny (1832-1903). While his older brother Arthur was considered the official leader of the group of settler known as the “Denny Party,” David was the first member to arrive in the future city of Seattle in 1851. David Denny staked a claim to the future site of Seattle Center and in 1853 married…
ID Number:1969.4645.3
Date:Circa 1850-1890
Shingles in cardboard box, Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing. Co., 1910-1958
The Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Co. operated from 1910 to 1958.
ID Number:1973.5738.1
Date:1910-1958
Puget Sound Falling Axe, ca. 1910
Falling or felling is a term for cutting down trees. Like most falling axes this one is double-bit, meaning it has a blade on either end. What makes the Puget Sound axe different is that the bit is longer and narrower, typically about 12 to 14 inches from end to end. It also has a longer handle. This one is…
ID Number:1978.6600.1
Date:Circa 1910
Ax head, Hudson's Bay Company style, ca. 1830
This Hudson’s Bay Company style ax head is typical of the type brought to the Northwest by the early traders in the 19th century.
ID Number:1981.7256.7
Date:Circa 1830
Double blade ax, ca. 1930s-1960s
This handmade ax from Kelly Works was collected by Owen C. Hall. Mr. Hall was a lifelong resident of Seattle and worked in the lumber industry as a logger in Washington State for several years in the late 1930s-early 1940s. He developed a lasting interest in forestry and collected artifacts and images related to the lumber industry.
ID Number:1981.7351.6
Date:Circa 1930-1960
Two-man felling saw, ca. 1910
This felling saw was collected by Owen C. Hall. Mr. Hall was a lifelong resident of Seattle and worked in the lumber industry as a logger in Washington State for several years in the late 1930s-early 1940s. He developed a lasting interest in forestry and collected artifacts and images related to the lumber industry.
ID Number:1981.7351.14
Date:Circa 1910
Broadax, ca. 1850
This broadax features a plaque dedicated to Jesse B. Warren, presumably a cohort of Albert Burrows who built one of the first log cabins north of Bellevue back in 1883.
ID Number:1985.12.7
Date:1810-1913
Brass paper knife, ca. 1927
This brass letter opener bears the logo of Currin's Shoe Company, a Seattle company founded in 1908 that manufactured handmade work shoes and boots.
ID Number:2000.110.2
Date:Circa 1927