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Image of Men with large cedar log at Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Co. yard, circa 1920
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Men with large cedar log at Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Co. yard, 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:1980.6877.119
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Cedar drying stacks at Seattle Cedar Lumber Mfg. Co., Salmon Bay, Seattle, circa 1925
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Cedar drying stacks at Seattle Cedar Lumber Mfg. Co., 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:1980.6877.121
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Washington Saw Works Company Golden Potlatch float, Seattle, 1912
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Washington Saw Works Company Golden Potlatch float, Seattle, 1912

The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:1981.7351.159
Date:1912
Image of Brace & Hergert Mill Co., Western Mills receipt, April 10, 1911
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Brace & Hergert Mill Co., Western Mills receipt, April 10, 1911

In 1899, John S. Brace and Frank Hergert, purchased the Western Mill on the southern shore of Lake Union from it's founder, early Seattle settler David Thomas Denny (1832-1903). They had both previously been employed at the mill, and lived in the small community that had grown up around the mill. They changed the mill's name to Brace & Hergert,…
ID Number:1982.200.3
Date:1911
Image of Man and large log on railroad flatcar, circa 1909
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Man and large log on railroad flatcar, circa 1909

Sometime around 1909, the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company advertised the firm using a huge log of Douglas fir. This photo shows a man and the log on a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad flatcar. The sign reads, "This fir log is a sample of the raw material used by St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., Tacoma, Washington…
ID Number:1983.10.208.1
Date:1909
Image of Campbell Shingle Mill, Seattle, circa 1924
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Campbell Shingle Mill, Seattle, circa 1924

The Campbell Mill on Shilshole Bay was opened around 1900 by Napoleon Campbell (1858-1928), who moved to Seattle in 1897. This photo of the mill, which manufactured shingles, was taken around 1924. Handwritten on sleeve: N. Campbell Shingle Mill.Webster & Stevens number: 104505Caption information source: "Campbell Mill Pioneer, Passes," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 7, 1928, p. 10.
ID Number:1983.10.328
Date:Circa 1924
Image of Bolcom Canal Lumber Company, Seattle, circa 1927
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Bolcom Canal Lumber Company, Seattle, circa 1927

Lumber mills lined both sides of the Lake Washington Ship Canal near Ballard. Rafts of logs were floated to the mills, where they were cut into lumber. In this photo, taken in about 1927, log rafts float near the Bolcom Canal Lumber Company. Handwritten on sleeve: Ballard Mills.Webster & Stevens number: 122380
ID Number:1983.10.789
Date:Circa 1927
Image of Stacks of lumber drying at the Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company's mill in Ballard, circa 1919
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Stacks of lumber drying at the Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company's mill in Ballard, circa 1919

The Seattle Cedar Mill, located just west of the Ballard Bridge, was the largest in Ballard. At the mill, logs were cut into lumber which was then dried for at least nine months before being sold. The stacks of drying lumber were over 50 feet high. In 1958, these stacks caught fire and burned. Ballard residents remembered the huge blaze…
ID Number:1983.10.1692.2
Date:Circa 1919
Image of Log rafts near the Ballard Bridge, circa 1919
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Log rafts near the Ballard Bridge, circa 1919

Lumber mills lined both sides of the Lake Washington Ship Canal near Ballard. Rafts of logs were floated to the mills, where they were cut into lumber. In this photo, taken in about 1919, log rafts float at the southeast side of the Ballard Bridge, near the Bolcom Canal Lumber Company. Phinney Ridge rises in the right background. Webster &…
ID Number:1983.10.2476.1
Date:Circa 1919
Image of Log rafts near Ballard Bridge, Seattle, circa 1919
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Log rafts near Ballard Bridge, Seattle, circa 1919

Lumber mills lined both sides of the Lake Washington Ship Canal near Ballard. Rafts of logs were floated to the mills, where they were cut into lumber. In this photo, taken in about 1919, log rafts float near the Ballard Bridge. Handwritten on sleeve: Ballard MillWebster & Stevens number: 96765
ID Number:1983.10.2476.2
Date:Circa 1919
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