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Image of Men with large logs on rail car, Edgecomb Lumber Company, Preston, Washington, circa 1890
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Men with large logs on rail car, Edgecomb Lumber Company, Preston, Washington, circa 1890

Though unattributed, the photograph was probably taken by Seattle photographer John P. Soule.Written on photo: Edgecomb Lumber Co., Preston Wash.
ID Number:2011.26.7.35
Date:Circa 1890
Image of Snoqualmie Mill Company train engine, circa 1890
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Snoqualmie Mill Company train engine, circa 1890

Though unattributed, the photograph was probably taken by Seattle photographer John P. Soule.
ID Number:2011.26.7.36
Date:Circa 1890
Image of Edgecomb and Moore log train at Ballard trestle, circa 1890
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Edgecomb and Moore log train at Ballard trestle, circa 1890

Though unattributed, the photograph was probably taken by Seattle photographer John P. Soule.
ID Number:2011.26.7.39
Date:Circa 1890
Image of Vance Hotel Grill menu, 1942
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Vance Hotel Grill menu, 1942

The Vance Grill was located in the Vance Hotel (now Hotel Max). The walls of the restaurant were decorated with murals painted by Franz Zallinger. The cover of this menu shows one of the murals, titled "Topping the Tree." The hotel was designed for Joseph Vance, the owner of the Vance Lumber Company and one of Seattle's major real estate…
ID Number:2014.3.1.42
Date:1942
Image of Man standing on a dock with lumber, Seattle, circa 1953
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Man standing on a dock with lumber, Seattle, circa 1953

An unidentified man stands on a dock, in front of sling loads of stacked lumber. He holds some papers and flashes a "V" for Victory sign, possibly related to a union dispute.
ID Number:2014.49.014.026.0058
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Yesler Wood, Coal, & Lumber Co. stock certificate, 1890
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Yesler Wood, Coal, & Lumber Co. stock certificate, 1890

This stock certificate for the Yesler Wood, Coal, & Lumber Company was issued on March 20, 1890, to J. D. Lowman for ten shares valued at $1000. Prominent Seattle business and civic leader James D. Lowman (1856-1947) was also secretary of the company founded by his uncle, Seattle pioneer Henry Leiter Yesler (1810-1892). Yesler's Wharf, located at the foot of…
ID Number:2018.3.3.21
Date:1890
Image of Letter from J.M.C. Warren to Hiram Warren, 1903
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Letter from J.M.C. Warren to Hiram Warren, 1903

This letter dated July 26, 1903 from J.M.C. Warren of Northbend (now North Bend), Washington to his uncle Hiram L. Warren in Ballard discusses Hiram's recent immigration to the region, offering suggestions of where he can find work at a mill as a sawyer, planer, or filer. J.M.C. Warren mentions that mills outside the city pay sawyers more. According to…
ID Number:2022.38.14
Date:1903
Image of Sawmill, Tulalip Indian School, circa 1912
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Sawmill, Tulalip Indian School, circa 1912

The Tulalip Tribes are a confederation of several Coast Salish peoples including the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, Stillaguamish, and other allied tribes and bands. In the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott, these groups ceded most of their land to the United States and reserved the Tulalip Indian Reservation for their permanent homeland. They also reserved rights for hunting,…
ID Number:Lib1988.11.4
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Tulalip men working on a log boom, circa 1912
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Tulalip men working on a log boom, circa 1912

The Tulalip Tribes are a confederation of several Coast Salish peoples including the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, Stillaguamish, and other allied tribes and bands. In the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott, these groups ceded most of their land to the United States and reserved the Tulalip Indian Reservation for their permanent homeland. They also reserved rights for hunting,…
ID Number:Lib1988.11.34
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Logs passing through Montlake Ditch, Seattle, circa 1902
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Logs passing through Montlake Ditch, Seattle, circa 1902

The Montlake Cut, between the Montlake and University District neighborhoods in Seattle, connects Lake Washington and Lake Union as part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal. When it was completed in 1916, it marked the realization of a 62-year-old idea to link the lakes with Puget Sound, creating a freshwater harbor in Seattle and a waterway connecting Seattle's shipping harbor…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.12
Date:Circa 1902
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