128 results for: Lumber and Logging
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Julius Harold Bloedel, Seattle, 1937
Julius Harold Bloedel (1864-1957) was a lumberman and businessman. This portrait of Bloedel is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own studio in 1917 with Wayne Albee. Albee moved to San Diego in 1925,…
ID Number:1974.5923.393
Date:1937
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Two men looking at burnt timber after a clear-cut and fire on Bainbridge Island, circa 1900
This photo, taken on Bainbridge Island around 1900, shows all that remains of a virgin forest after a clear-cut and a fire. Such logging practices came to be considered as environmentally destructive, although later timber executives would see themselves as "meadow-makers," encouraging species diversity. Caption information source: Yockey, Ross and L. Beth Yocky. Responsible to the Earth: The Remarkable History…
ID Number:1977.6486.41
Date:Circa 1900
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Second Port Blakely Mill with log pond in foreground, circa 1895
Captain William Renton founded the first Port Blakely mill in 1864 on Bainbridge Island's Blakely Harbor. The mill burned down and was rebuilt in 1888. This mill too burned down and was rebuilt in 1907. The mill finally closed and was demolished in 1924 as a result of a decline in the lumber market. Caption information source: Price, Andrew Jr.…
ID Number:1977.6486.59
Date:Circa 1895
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Two workmen in Port Blakely Mill boiler room, circa 1900
Captain William Renton founded the first Port Blakely mill in 1864 on Bainbridge Island's Blakely Harbor. The mill burned down and was rebuilt in 1888. The rebuilt mill was the largest sawmill on the Pacific Coast and was a major employer on Bainbridge Island. The mills boiler house contained three 300-horsepower boilers that converted sawdust and scrap wood into steam.…
ID Number:1977.6486.61
Date:Circa 1900
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Port Blakely Mill after fire, circa 1907
Captain William Renton founded the first Port Blakely mill in 1864 on Bainbridge Island's Blakely Harbor. The mill burned down and was rebuilt in 1888. This mill too burned down and was rebuilt in 1907. In 1924 the mill closed permanently and was demolished as a result of a decline in the lumber market. Caption information source: Price, Andrew Jr.…
ID Number:1977.6486.63
Date:Circa 1907
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Row of mill company houses in Port Blakely showing wooden tracks along road, circa 1900
Captain William Renton founded the Port Blakely mill in 1864 on Bainbridge Island's Blakely Harbor. In the 1880s the mill became the largest sawmill on the Pacific Coast and was a major employer on Bainbridge Island. In 1879 Hall Brothers Shipyard moved its operations to Port Blakely and during this period Renton built houses for the families of mill workers,…
ID Number:1977.6486.68
Date:Circa 1900
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Saw Mill at Coal Creek, near Newcastle, circa 1915
Handwritten on image: 11716Typed on verso: Coal Creek Saw Mill
ID Number:1978.6585.27
Date:Circa 1915
Postcard
Stimson Mill, Seattle, circa 1910
This color postcard features the back side of the Stimson Mill in Ballard. Caption on image: Rear View of Stimson Mill, Ballard - Seattle, Wash.
ID Number:1978.6586.1
Date:Circa 1910
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Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, Salmon Bay, Seattle, circa 1925
The Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, located just west of the north end of the Ballard Bridge, opened in 1890. This and other Ballard sawmills turned out millions of shingles and board feet of lumber until the shrinking supply of cedar logs brought about the end of the industry. In 1958 the largest fire in Seattle since the fire of…
ID Number:1980.6877.117
Date:Circa 1925
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Men stacking lumber at Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, circa 1920
The Seattle Cedar mill, located just west of the north end of the Ballard Bridge, opened in 1890. This and other Ballard mills turned out millions of shingles and board feet of lumber until the shrinking supply of cedar logs brought about the end of the industry. The mill was rebuilt after a huge fire in 1958, but closed for…
ID Number:1980.6877.118
Date:Circa 1920