128 results for: Lumber and Logging
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Man with big log at Lake Union, Seattle, circa 1895
In this image, a man stands between two very large logs, each appearing to be more than 5 feet in diameter. The location is identified as Lake Union in Seattle, which was home to lumber mills beginning in 1882 with David Denny's Western Mill on the lake's southern shore. There are additional pieces of cut lumber on the beach in…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.66
Date:Circa 1895
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Log pond at Weyerhaeuser mill, Snoqualmie, 1950
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:Lib1993.20.62
Date:1950
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Man jumping floating logs, Kenmore, 1952
Photographer Josef Scaylea (1913-2004) worked for 35 years as chief photographer for the Seattle Times, winning over 1000 awards for his photographs highlighting the scenery and people in the Pacific Northwest. He donated a collection of his photographs and photography equipment to MOHAI in 1993.Scaylea took many photos of the lumber industry, including this photograph of a "boom man" jumping…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.73
Date:1952
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Log raft on Lake Washington, Renton, 1965
Photographer Josef Scaylea (1913-2004) worked for 35 years as chief photographer for the Seattle Times, winning over 1000 awards for his photographs highlighting the scenery and people in the Pacific Northwest. He donated a collection of his photographs and photography equipment to MOHAI in 1993.This photo features a log raft on Lake Washington. Handwritten on image: Josef Scaylea.Handwritten on verso:…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.187
Date:1965
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Log rafts being towed through Montlake Cut, Seattle, 1955
Photographer Josef Scaylea (1913-2004) worked for 35 years as chief photographer for the Seattle Times, winning over 1000 awards for his photographs highlighting the scenery and people in the Pacific Northwest. He donated a collection of his photographs and photography equipment to MOHAI in 1993.Scaylea said of this photo of a log raft being towed, "In the late 40's and…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.196
Date:1955
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Boat towing logs on Lake Union, Seattle, 1955
Photographer Josef Scaylea (1913-2004) worked for 35 years as chief photographer for the Seattle Times, winning over 1000 awards for his photographs highlighting the scenery and people in the Pacific Northwest. He donated a collection of his photographs and photography equipment to MOHAI in 1993.This photo shows a tug towing logs through the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Handwritten on image:…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.271
Date:1955
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Tear gas in Tacoma during the 1935 mill strike, June 24, 1935
In May 1935, a strike against the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company idled some 40,000 sawmill and timber workers. The workers demanded better pay and shorter working hours. The mill's owners tried to keep the mill open and called in state police and the National Guard to keep order. On June 24, the police and guardsmen used tear gas…
ID Number:PI24070
Date:1935
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Juneau, Alaska, June 1897
Juneau, Alaska, was settled in 1880 and named after Joseph Juneau, one of the early discoverers of gold in the area. By 1901, Juneau was an important gold mining center and the capital of Alaska Territory.This 1897 photo of Juneau shows a street and businesses in the growing city. Loggers have cut the trees on some of the nearby hills,…
ID Number:SHS30
Date:1897
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Arrival of the first log shipment via the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, Seattle, 1880
As Seattle grew, the trees on the hills above the city were gradually cut down, and logs needed to be hauled a longer distance to the sawmills along the waterfront. In this 1880 image, dignitaries pose by part of the first shipment of logs carried into the city by the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad. Original photo copied by Webster…
ID Number:SHS330
Date:1880
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Yesler Way and Yesler's Mill, Seattle, 1873
Henry Yesler arrived in Seattle in 1852 and soon built the first steam-powered sawmill on Puget Sound. It was located on the waterfront at the foot of Mill Street, now called Yesler Way.This 1873 image also shows the Pioneer Drug Store and the Seattle Bakery. Yesler's Wharf, where lumber schooners docked, would be beyond the mill's tall smokestack. Title from…
ID Number:SHS1108
Date:1873