John F. Ford
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A Logging Foreman Admires his Crew's Output - c. 1898
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Almost lost in the center of this giant pile of toothpicks is the foreman of the logging operation, posing on top of one of many large logs awaiting transport to a mill. Learn More
Choker Setters at Work, Deep in the Woods - c. 1898
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Chokers are lengths of cable with a sliding bell that are wrapped around logs in the woods, to allow them to be pulled out to the yard. In the era of this photo, power was provided by a steam donkey. Learn More
Closeup of a Double-drum Steam Donkey - c. 1898
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Steam donkeys acquired their name from their origin on sailing ships, where the "donkey" engine was a secondary engine used to load and unload cargo, or raise the larger sails. Learn More
Jack Screw Men Yarding a Large Log - c. 1898
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A very old logging tool, the jack screw was used to move heavy logs, either in the woods to position them for hauling by oxen (and later by steam donkeys), or in the yards to roll the logs into position. Learn More
Logging "Roll Way", with Tracks, Yard & Steam Donkey - c. 1898
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A good overview of many aspects of a turn-of-the-last-century logging operation, captured here by Portland photographer John F. Ford. Learn More
Preparing to Saw Up a Newly Felled Tree - c. 1898
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While this is a staged photo, the logger in front is demonstrating the actual saw that he will use for "sawing up", the process of cutting the felled tree into lengths that can be transported to a mill. Learn More
Steam Donkey Under a Small Shed - c. 1898
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Another in a series of detailed logging photos by John F. Ford, this view shows the type of small shed often constructed around steam donkeys to protect the operators (and the machinery) from the worst of the weather. Learn More
The Saldern Crew Pauses in a Cut on their Logging Road - c. 1898
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The logging crew poses in a substantial earth cut made for the logging railroad that supported their operation. It's not clear whether these men helped build the railroad grade as well as doing the logging. Learn More
Two Timber Fallers Begin Their Saw Cut - c. 1898
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A classic scene - this photo shows two fallers standing on their springboards, starting their sawcut to fall a substantial Douglas Fir. Learn More
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