Darius Kinsey (1869-1945) was a prominent photographer in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in logging photography. After five years as a photographer for the Seattle and Lake Shore Railroad Co, in 1897 he opened a photography studio in Sedro-Wooley with his wife Tabitha working as his photography assistant. In 1906, he moved his photography studio to Seattle, but continued to document the logging industry for the next 35 years.
This photograph of the Smith Logging Company shows 27 men standing in front of and on top of a fallen log next to a railroad track.
Embossed on mount recto: Darius Kinsey, 1607 E. Alder St., Seattle, Phone East 6778. Photographer's number: 3998 Handwritten on verso: Smith Logging Company near Monroe, Washington, 1912; Young man, top of stump, is Hiram Ballinger, top left; Young man, front row, 1st from left is William Whistler; Front row, fourth from left, Adolph Plate; Front row, second from right, Allison Ellwood.
Caption information source: "Kinsey Brothers Photographs of the Lumber Industry and the Pacific Northwest, ca. 1890-1945," Digital Collections, University Libraries, University of Washington, https://content.lib.washington.edu/clarkkinseyweb/index.html.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w ; 13.5 x 10.75 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
