128 results for: Lumber and Logging
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Logging horses and oxen, circa 1915
In the early days of logging in the Pacific Northwest, loggers generally hauled logs out of the woods to the mill or loading site using mules, horses or oxen. This James G. McCurdy photo, probably taken in the 1910s on the Olympic Peninsula, shows three men standing with two horse teams and an ox team at the edge of a…
ID Number:1955.970.552
Date:Circa 1915
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Log jam on the Snohomish River, November 1892
In the late fall of 1892, heavy rains filled the rivers of western Washington. The water rushed down the Snohomish River, sweeping away logs which were enroute to Everett area lumber and shingle mills. A huge log jam formed upstream from the Great Northern Railway bridge. This photo, taken in November 1892, shows the Snohomish River log jam. In spite…
ID Number:1955.970.579
Date:1892
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"A Shipmast Being Loaded at Port Blakely Mills, Near Seattle, Wash." advertising card, circa 1909
Singer Sewing Machines, founded in 1851 in Boston, was the largest sewing machine manufacturer in the world by 1860. The company was known for its innovations in installment payment plans and early advertising, as well as creating international markets. Singer had a history of creating trading cards for world's expositions, including an international set of cards for the Columbian Exposition…
ID Number:1964.3317.1.2
Date:Circa 1909
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Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Co., circa 1917
Lumber was one of the Puget Sound's main exports in the 1890s. In 1899, 200,000 board feet of milled lumber left Seattle every day by rail or ship for the eastern United States and various Pacific ports. Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Company began operations in 1917. The company, starting with some houses and a mill store, built a small community atop…
ID Number:1966.3827.2
Date:Circa 1917
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Allen & Nelson Mill Company business card, circa 1900
In 1872, Watson Allen (1842-1912), a carpenter and Civil War veteran from New Jersey, moved with his wife and daughters to Fall City, Washington, where he opened a sawmill on nearby Tokul Creek. The business was successful and grew to include another mill at Monohon, on the east side of Lake Sammamish, which manufactured lumber, lath, shingles, moldings, and other…
ID Number:1966.4061.3
Date:Circa 1900
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Flume on portage between Lake Union and Lake Washington, Seattle, circa 1908
Here, a log flume on the future Lake Washington Ship Canal is featured in a stereoview. Embossed on mount: Harwood
ID Number:1974.5868.192
Date:Circa 1908
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Logs in Montlake canal, Seattle, 1908
Before the building of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, a small canal connected Lake Washington with Lake Union's Portage Bay. This photo shows a man guiding logs down the canal in the Montlake area. Handwritten on verso: 1908 - Portage canal - Portage log canal - parallel to and south of present Mountlake [sic] canal.
ID Number:1974.5868.256
Date:1908
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Elliott Bay Lumber Mill, Seattle, 1906
This lumber mill on Elliott Bay was located near Kinnear Park. Handwritten on verso: 1906 - Eliot [sic] Bay Lumber Mill, near Kinnear Park.
ID Number:1974.5868.259
Date:1906
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Lumber mill on Lake Union, Seattle, circa 1903
This early view looks east from the canal at Fremont and shows the wooden trestle that preceded the Fremont draw bridge, with a lumber mill in the background. Embossed on mount: HarwoodHandwritten on verso: Lk Union Mill
ID Number:1974.5868.260
Date:Circa 1903
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Logs in Montlake canal, Seattle, 1906
Before the building of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, a small canal connected Lake Washington with Lake Union's Portage Bay. This photo shows logs entering the Lake Washington end of the canal. Embossed on mount: HarwoodHandwritten on verso: 1906 - Portage canal - Lake Wash. to Union Bay (before Ship Canal)
ID Number:1974.5868.407
Date:1906