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A Young Logger in a Log Chute - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00While not signed by Ford, the original for this photo was acquired with other similarly formatted photos that were signed by him. Learn More -
An Optometrist with his Lenses - c. 1895
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A young optometrist from Rainier, Oregon demonstrates his trial frames and a folding case holding over a hundred sample lenses. Learn More -
Bringing the Logs Back to Camp - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Smaller logs are brought back to a logging camp by a team of six mules, pulling them along a skid-road of logs placed across the path. It appears that this logging camp also was home to a small sawmill, as stacked lumber can be seen behind the team. Learn More -
Camp No. 2, Yeon and Pelton Company - c. 1902
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This group portrait of the logging crew at Camp 2 includes some other important people - the camp cook and several assistants. Learn More -
Eight on a Log - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00How many ways can you pose a group of loggers? John F. Ford is known for his gift of creating poses that are artistically and visually interesting. Learn More -
Finishing a Log Raft on the Columbia River - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This well-composed view of a cigar-shaped log raft was taken by John Ford on the lower Columbia, the area where he created most of his photos. Learn More -
Hauling Logs out with Mules - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Oxen and steam donkeys were the primary ways to bring logs out of the woods during this era, but mule teams and horses were sometimes used, especially for smaller logs. Learn More -
High-lead Yarding, Deer Island Logging Company - c. 1925
$25.00 As low as: $12.00By the 1920s, high-lead logging had replaced ground-lead logging for many operations in the Pacific Northwest. Both utilized steam donkeys to power cables pulling logs to the yarding area. Learn More -
Pondering an Accident on the Benson Logging Train - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00In this wonderfully detailed John F. Ford photo, a group of concerned workers discuss their next move after a large log has broken loose and severely damaged the firewood tender for the Benson Logging & Lumber Company train. Learn More -
Snag Boat & Diver on the Columbia at Quinn - 1893
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The snag boat crew, including their diver, poses for a photo at Hodgkins & Balls Salmon Fishery in Quinn, a long-lost town north of Clatskanie. Learn More -
The Crew Takes a Break, Deer Island Logging Company - c. 1925
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Crew members from the Deer Island Logging Company, on the Oregon side of the lower Columbia, pose on a recently-felled medium-sized fir tree, in this photo by Clark Kinsey. Learn More -
Willamette Steam Donkey, Deer Island Logging Company - c. 1925
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Willamette was a popular brand of steam donkey for Northwest logging operations. From 1901 to 1930, over 3,000 of these workhorses were built in their Portland factory. Learn More
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