128 results for: Lumber and Logging
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Logger Chad Johnson at logging industry rally, Federal Courthouse, Seattle, May 6, 1991
In 1990, the Northern Spotted Owl was placed on the federal endangered species list, and a plan was needed to protect the species. The owl’s primary habitat was the prime timber of the Pacific Northwest’s shrinking old growth forests. When the U.S. Forest Service proposed selling 66,000 acres of this old growth forest, environmental groups sought an injunction against the…
ID Number:2000.107.048.01.05
Date:1991
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Marjorie Lothrop reading on houseboat docked on Lake Union, Seattle, July 16, 1952
The unique floating homes of Seattle got their start almost simultaneously with the development of the city itself. Seattle's first industries were logging and fishing, both seasonal enterprises, and it became common for loggers and sailors to build themselves floating shacks from scrap boards during their off seasons. As the trend spread, houseboats were built as permanent homes for families…
ID Number:2000.107.176.17.01
Date:1952
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Employee working in Barbee Mill Co. log pond, Renton, March 9, 1993
The Barbee Mill Co. started around 1930 as a small lumber mill and then a combined lumber mill/shipyard operation. Barbee Marine Yards, Inc., operated in in the May Creek section of Renton from 1943-1945, thereafter it closed and the lumber mill expanded. First located at the south end of Lake Washington, Barbee Mill Co. moved in the 1940s to its…
ID Number:2000.107.19930309.2.03
Date:1993
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Employee working in Barbee Mill Co. log pond, Renton, March 9, 1993
The Barbee Mill Co. started around 1930 as a small lumber mill and then a combined lumber mill/shipyard operation. Barbee Marine Yards, Inc., operated in the May Creek section of Renton from 1943-1945, thereafter it closed and the lumber mill expanded. First located at the south end of Lake Washington, Barbee Mill Co. moved in the 1940s to its new…
ID Number:2000.107.19930309.2.22
Date:1993
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Employee working in Barbee Mill Co. log pond, Renton, March 9, 1993
The Barbee Mill Co. started around 1930 as a small lumber mill and then a combined lumber mill/shipyard operation. Barbee Marine Yards, Inc., operated in the May Creek section of Renton from 1943-1945, thereafter it closed and the lumber mill expanded. First located at the south end of Lake Washington, Barbee Mill Co. moved in the 1940s to its new…
ID Number:2000.107.19930309.2.25
Date:1993
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Employee at Barbee Mill Co., Renton, March 9, 1993
The Barbee Mill Co. started around 1930 as a small lumber mill and then a combined lumber mill/shipyard operation. Barbee Marine Yards, Inc., operated in the May Creek section of Renton from 1943-1945, thereafter it closed and the lumber mill expanded. First located at the south end of Lake Washington, Barbee Mill Co. moved in the 1940s to its new…
ID Number:2000.107.19930309.2.40
Date:1993
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Employee edging lumber at Barbee Mill Co., Renton, March 9, 1993
The Barbee Mill Co. started around 1930 as a small lumber mill and then a combined lumber mill/shipyard operation. Barbee Marine Yards, Inc., operated in the May Creek section of Renton from 1943-1945, thereafter it closed and the lumber mill expanded. First located at the south end of Lake Washington, Barbee Mill Co. moved in the 1940s to its new…
ID Number:2000.107.19930309.3.07
Date:1993
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Frank Mihelick after layoff from Weyerhaeuser, Enumclaw, Washington, October 22, 2002
The Weyerhaeuser Timber Company opened its first sawmill in 1903 in Washington State and grew to become a giant in the industry, employing generations of workers. In 2002, the company announced plans to sell 115,000 acres of timberland and close plants in Enumclaw and Snoqualmie, a move that affected 260 employees.In this image, Frank Mihelich, far right, discusses losing his…
ID Number:2000.107.20021022.CD01.001
Date:2002
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Steven Oles after layoff from Weyerhaeuser, Enumclaw, Washington, October 22, 2002
The Weyerhaeuser Timber Company opened its first sawmill in 1903 in Washington State and grew to become a giant in the industry, employing generations of workers. In 2002 the company announced plans to sell 115,000 acres of timberland and close plants in Enumclaw and Snoqualmie, a move that affected 260 employees.In this image, Steven Oles, president of the local Woodworkers'…
ID Number:2000.107.20021022.CD01.002
Date:2002
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Employees working at the Weyerhaeuser mill, Enumclaw, Washington, October 22, 2002
The Weyerhaeuser Timber Company opened its first sawmill in 1903 in Washington State and grew to become a giant in the industry, employing generations of workers. In 2002 the company announced plans to sell 115,000 acres of timberland and close plants in Enumclaw and Snoqualmie, a move that affected 260 employees.In this image a Weyerhaeuser employee operates a loader full…
ID Number:2000.107.20021022.CD01.003
Date:2002