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Tons Of Toothpicks

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Tons Of Toothpicks
Chrome PM 1922 Aug-22

Fir Plywood Industry Pacific Northwest

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Fir Plywood Industry Pacific Northwest
Chrome unused

Description:
The Manufacturing of fir plywood from giant peeler logs is a major industry in the Pacific Northwest. This view shows a Plywood Lathe peeling sheets of green veneer.

Caution Muscles At Work

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Caution Muscles At Work
Chrome unused

Description:
Colorful view of the ?Under-Cut? required in areas inaccessible to modern equipment among the ?Big Trees? of Washington and Oregon

Logging In Oregon

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Logging In Oregon
(OR), Chrome unused

Description:
This mammoth loader, nicknamed the ?Elephant?, is shown here lifting the entire load of this huge logging truck with ease, then scurrying away to the mill nearby where it soon will be lumber.

Logging In Washington And Oregon

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Logging In Washington And Oregon
Chrome unused

Description:
Logging truck arriving at the log ?dump? with storage pile in the background

Logging Truck

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Logging Truck
Chrome unused

Description:
One of the most thrilling sights in the West is these large diesel trucks hauling logs on mountain roads

Paul Bunyan's Toothpicks

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Paul Bunyan's Toothpicks
Chrome unused

Logging In The Northwest

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Logging In The Northwest
Chrome unused

Description:
A load of 14,000 board feet (1 log), enough to build 5 complete 6 room houses, shown passing between two railroad flatcars also proceeding to a nearby mill.

Toothpicks Western Style

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Toothpicks Western Style
Chrome unused

Five Houses Enroute To The Sawmill

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Five Houses Enroute To The Sawmill
Chrome unused

Description:
A load of 14,000 board feet is being transported to a nearby mill or railroad where it will be reloaded for shipment to a more distant mill. Logging is still the primary of Washington and Oregon.

Unloading Log Truck

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Unloading Log Truck
Chrome unused

Description:
Dumping the logs into the mill pond is always an interesting sight

Oregon Sawmill

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Oregon Sawmill
(OR), Chrome unused

Description:
Modern Loading equipment eases the work load at many of the Sawmills scattered throughout the State

Logging Museum, Collier State Park

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Logging Museum, Collier State Park
Chrome unused

Description:
This McGiffert invention revolutionized log loading, specifically on rail cars. For the first time it was possible to load logs safely and up to fifteen times faster than logs safely and up to fifteen times faster than the Oxen it replaced.

Logging Museum, Collier State Park

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Logging Museum, Collier State Park
Chrome unused

Description:
The Dolbeer Steam Donkey was an emigrant from the great Redwood forests of California. It moved the huge pines of this great Eastern Slope many times faster than its sweating namesakes

Oregon Sawmill

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Oregon Sawmill
(OR), Chrome unused

Description:
This scene shows one of the well-integrated lumber mills frequently seen while passing through this state. In the foreground is the Log Pond, to the right center is the ?Cold Deck? where logs are stacked and in the rear is the mill where the lumber is cut and kiln dried. The large burners dispose of the waste.

A Small Lumber Mill In The Pacific Northwest

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
A Small Lumber Mill In The Pacific Northwest
Chrome unused

Description:
A pond filled with logs ready to be cut into lumber

Pacific Northwest Toothpicks

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Pacific Northwest Toothpicks
Chrome unused

Description:
This logging scene is typical of many log trains which the tourist will see sin Washington and Oregon. Logging is still the primary industry of these two states

Oregon Toothpicks

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Oregon Toothpicks
(OR), Chrome unused

Description:
Wherever one drives in the beautiful state of Oregon, huge log trucks such as this one can be seen carrying loads of Douglas fir or Ponderosa pine to the lumber and plywood mills.

Welcome To Oregon

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Welcome To Oregon
(OR), Chrome unused

Description:
We made it? ?Tons of Plywood?

Medford Corp Mill

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Medford Corp Mill
(OR), Linen unused

Description:
Lumber is king here . . . mountain like stacks of it at the Medford Corp. Mill . . . a familiar sight in Oregon whose rich stands of timber comprise nearly 25% of the total saw timber in the United States. Thousands of acres of forest land are logged annually in the Douglas fir region

Pacific Northwest

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Pacific Northwest
Continental Chrome unused

Description:
A single log, notched to fit between truck uprights, being hauled to harvest from a forest in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Logger's Jubilees and Festivals of world championship competitions can be seen in many logging towns throughout the northwest. Logging is the northwest main industry.

Pacific Northwest

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Giant Fir Log

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Giant Fir Log
Continental Chrome unused

Description:
Giant fir log from the forests of Western Washington. This log is 11 ? feet across the butt and contained 13.700 board feet. The logging crew shown here was proud of this one

Toothpicks Of Oregon

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Toothpicks Of Oregon
(OR), Continental Chrome unused

Oregon Log Truck

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Oregon Log Truck
(OR), Continental Chrome unused

Description:
The production of lumber is one of the oldest industries in Oregon, Washington and Northern California. The first loggers were Indians. Later, when the white settlers came to the area, logging was done with oxen and horses. Today modern equipment is used and timber is harvested like a crop.

Spectacular Fir Log

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Spectacular Fir Log
Continental Chrome unused

Description:
Colorful view of a Pacific Northwest ?Giant? as often seen on the huge log trucks traveling through Oregon and Washington forest areas enroute to the picturesque saw mills ? this unusually large single log measures nearly 12 feet across the butt end and contained more than 17,000 board feet of lumber.

Log Train In The North-West

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Log Train In The North-West
Linen unused

Hauling Pine Logs

Sun, 18 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Hauling Pine Logs
Linen unused

Description:
Hauling pine logs in the scenic pacific northwest. Here sounds the cry of Timber . . r as huge trunks fall earthward. This area abounding in mountain and lakes is not only ideal for the sportsman, but nature has endowed it with a multitude of industrial and agricultural advantages.

Logging In Washington And Oregon

Sat, 17 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Logging In Washington And Oregon
(WA), Chrome unused

Description:
Roadside scenes such as this are not uncommon as we see a truck and flat-car loaded with timber which will be transported to a nearby mill for transformation into one of the many by products of the highly productive forests of the pacific Northwest

Giant Fir Log

Sat, 17 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Giant Fir Log
(WA), Chrome PM 1952 Sep-22

Description:
This 13,000 board feet speciman is typical of the giants still found in the virgin forests of Oregon and Washington. A lot of lumber in this one.

Northwest Harvest

Sat, 17 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Northwest Harvest
(WA), Chrome unused

Description:
A trainload of logs on its way to some distant mill with Mt. Rainier in the background

Logging Truck

Thu, 1 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Logging Truck
(CA), Chrome PM 1961 Apr-29

Description:
One of the most thrilling sights in the West is these large diesel trucks hauling logs on mountain roads

Tons Of Toothpicks

Thu, 1 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Tons Of Toothpicks
(CA), Chrome unused

Logging in Winter

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Logging in Winter
White Border PM 1938 Jul-10

Log Boom

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Log Boom
(CT), Chrome unused

Description:
Forming a log boom in early spring to send the logs down stream to the mills

Timber Scene

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Timber Scene
(WA), Divided Back PM 1909 Mar-12

Giant Log En Route To Mill

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:00:00 +0100

Title:
Giant Log En Route To Mill
Linen unused

Description:
This great log and many thousands similar logs are being cut from Oregon and Washington forests. They are rapidly transported on great auto trucks to mills for cutting into special high grade lumber

Log Boom Passing Through Deception Pass

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:00:00 +0100

Title:
Log Boom Passing Through Deception Pass
(WA), Linen unused

Description:
Log Boom passing through deception pass, Washington-P127

The Cry Of Timber---R

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:00:00 +0100

Title:
The Cry Of Timber---R
Linen unused

Description:
The cry of "Timber….r" sounds as huge logs roll through the water on their way to the mills. This area abounding in mountain and lakes is not only ideal for the sportsman, but nature has endowed it with a multitude of industrial and agricultural advantages.

Tugboat With Braille Of 32 Ft. Logs

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:00:00 +0100

Title:
Tugboat With Braille Of 32 Ft. Logs
Chrome unused

Description:
Tugboat with Braille of 32 ft. logs on Lake Charcoal. Water transportation, slow but economical, plays an important part in North Idaho's huge lumber industry. Large lakes and rivers are numerous in the vicinity.

An Oregon Logging Train

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:00:00 +0100

Title:
An Oregon Logging Train
Divided Back PM 1912 Jan-01

Logging Scene

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:00:00 +0100

Title:
Logging Scene
Divided Back PM 1914 Dec-13

Logging in East Texas

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:00:00 +0100

Title:
Logging in East Texas
Real Photo PM 1940 Oct-29

Tons Of Toothpicks

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:00:00 +0100

Title:
Tons Of Toothpicks
Chrome PM 1963 Aug-22

Lumber Train

Thu, 1 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Lumber Train
Divided Back unused

Description:
Lumber Train, Emptying Logs into Saw Mill Basin, In the Northwest.

A Single Oregon Fir

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
A Single Oregon Fir
Divided Back unused

Description:
A Single "Oregon Fir" cut in sections for transportation. On the Road of the Thousand Wonders.

Washington Cedar Trees

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:36:20 +0100

Title:
Washington Cedar Trees
Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1908 May-27

Loading Logs

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:56:44 +0100

Title:
Loading Logs
Real Photo unused

The Woodmen

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:51:00 +0100

Title:
The Woodmen
Divided Back PM 1906

Forest Scenes In The Northwest - Logging Train

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:29:09 +0100

Title:
Forest Scenes In The Northwest - Logging Train
Divided Back