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1977.6486.41
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Two men looking at burnt timber after a clear-cut and fire on Bainbridge Island, circa 1900
Order an ImageThis 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 of the Port Blakely Companies. Seattle: Abecedary Press, 2007
Caption information source: Yockey, Ross and L. Beth Yocky. Responsible to the Earth: The Remarkable History of the Port Blakely Companies. Seattle: Abecedary Press, 2007
ID Number: 1977.6486.41
Date: Circa 1900
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 6.5 x 4.5 in.
Additional Information: View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv61571
Credit: MOHAI, Ziegler and Rankin Families Photographs and Papers, 1977.6486.41
Copyright: No Known Copyright
Subjects:
Lumber and Logging
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