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  1. A. R. Vorhies Camp on the Upper Wynoochee River - c 1905
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    This image gives us a detailed view of a family-owned lumber camp, located on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. A close look shows us that many of the crew are quite young. Learn More
  2. 1913 Holt Track-type Tractor Hauling Logs - 1914
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    This U. S.Reclamation Service tractor was used to haul logs to the lake at Kachess Dam, in Kittitas County, Washington. Learn More
  3. 3 1/2 ton Kelly-Springfield Truck Hauling a Steam Donkey - c. 1917
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    While steam donkeys for logging were equipped with skids to allow them to be moved about in the woods, sometimes it was necessary to move them longer distances to new camps. Learn More
  4. A Homesteader and his Oxen - circa 1885
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    Oxen were a popular choice as draft animals for both emigrants crossing the Oregon Trail and for early settlers in Oregon. Learn More
  5. A Logging Camp Cook Shack - c. 1898
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    The pies are on the table in this unusual indoor photo of an early cook shack, created entirely from natural light. Learn More
  6. 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
  7. A Marion Steam Shovel, Simpson Logging Company, Near Seattle c 1905
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    This detailed image shows a cut being made through a ridge by the Simpson Logging Company, to be used for their logging railroad. Learn More
  8. A Small but Mighty Logging Steam Engine - circa 1900
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    This logging engine appears to be partly hand-made by the logging company that utilized it - particularly the wooden components. Learn More
  9. A Small Steam Donkey Near Sandy - c. 1910
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    Two loggers take it easy while reclining on the cable spools of a steam donkey in this postcard view of logging in the Sandy area. Learn More
  10. A Young Logger in a Log Chute - c. 1905
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    While not signed by Ford, the original for this photo was acquired with other similarly formatted photos that were signed by him. Learn More
  11. After Supper at Mack's Camp, Elma, Washington, c. 1905
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    A group of loggers poses on the tracks in their camp at Elma, in Grays Harbor County on the west end of Washington State. The size of the kitchen crew indicates they were well fed! Learn More
  12. At Work in the Woods - c. 1898
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    Four men - and a dog - pose near medium-sized trees in an unknown location, probably on one side or the other of the lower Columbia River, where John F. Ford took many of his photographs. Learn More
  13. Beginning the Uppercut - circa 1885
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    This logging photo is a bit older than most, and is recreated from a boudoir card image printed and sold by Isaac G. Davidson - who at the time had arguably the largest photo business in Oregon. Learn More
  14. Benson Logging Railroad Through Tall Trees - c. 1905
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    Simon Benson was a technical innovator, and one of the first to use logging railroads rather than ox teams to haul his cut logs to the river. Learn More
  15. Bill Grisdale & Crew at Simpson's Camp No. 1, near Shelton - c. 1900
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    Bill Grisdale, in the white shirt standing beside the tender, was the nephew of Sol Simpson, who founded Simpson Logging Company in 1890. Learn More
  16. Bringing in a Load of Shake Bolts - circa 1910
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    This view by an unknown photographer shows an intermediate step in the making of shake shingles, as a load of shake bolts is either arriving or leaving the premises, pulled by a fine team with the supervision of the dog in the lower right. Learn More
  17. Bringing the Logs Back to Camp - c. 1900
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    Smaller 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
  18. Bucker Ready to Crosscut a Ten-foot Diameter Fir - 1915
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    A logger hard at work bucking a huge ten foot fir stands on a smaller six-foot fir, which the caption on the original photo tells us was "a half-buried windfall which had been down more than a hundred years". Learn More
  19. Camp No. 2, Yeon and Pelton Company - c. 1902
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    This group portrait of the logging crew at Camp 2 includes some other important people - the camp cook and several assistants. Learn More
  20. Capstan-style Horizontal Reel Steam Donkey - c. 1890
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    This is an early small steam donkey, similar to one on display at the Coos County Museum in North Bend. Learn More
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. County Road Crew Near Hoodsport - c. 1895
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    At first glance this group portrait appears to be a very diverse logging crew, but a second look reveals that in addition to saws and peaveys, many shovels and grub hoes are visible. Learn More
  24. Crew with Early GMC 3 1/2 Ton Logging Truck - 1917
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    This 1917 photo shows a crew and their early GMC logging truck - one of the first GMC models to feature worm-drive (with a drive shaft) instead of chain drive. Learn More
  25. Crew with Steam Donkey Powered Dragsaw - c. 1900
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    This type of steam-powered crosscut saw, powered by a steam donkey, was called a dragsaw because it cut only on the drag stroke. Learn More
  26. Double-drum Steam Donkey Crew - c. 1898
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    Taken at a different location than most of our John Ford logging photographs, this view gives us a good look at the men and equipment involved in steam-powered logging over a century ago. Learn More
  27. Douglas Fir, Twelve Feet in Diameter - c. 1898
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    Every Oregon photographer a hundred years ago needed to offer photos of people standing in front of giant trees. Learn More
  28. Eight on a Log - c. 1900
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    How 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
  29. Falling Fir Trees - c. 1898
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    A crew of two pose next to a "medium-sized" Douglas Fir in this logging image from Ilwaco photographer John F. Ford. Learn More
  30. Finishing a Log Raft on the Columbia River - c. 1900
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    This 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
  31. Hauling Logs on a Horse-drawn Wooden Railway - c. 1900
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    Horses had been used to pull railroad cars for at least a century when this photo was taken - in mines, for portage railroads, in cities for trolleys, and in the woods to haul logs. Learn More
  32. Hauling Logs out with Mules - c. 1900
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    Oxen 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
  33. High Climber Axel Hallgren Scales a Spar Tree - 1921
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    This image of high climber Hallgren was taken near Knappa, Oregon at the camp of the Big Creek Logging Company. Learn More
  34. High Lead Spar Mast, Dempsey Lumber Co. - 1920
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    This image was captured by Seattle photographer John D. Cress, who specialized in logging scenes and billed himself as "the Forest Fotographer". Learn More
  35. High-lead Yarding, Deer Island Logging Company - c. 1925
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    By 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
  36. Hoisting Logs from Pond to Mill at Palmer - 1905
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    At the Palmer Mill uphill from Bridal Veil, logs from the pond were hoisted by a power conveyor to the second floor to be rough-cut into timbers as their first step towards becoming finished lumber. Learn More
  37. Horse Logging near Bridal Veil - 1890s
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    The photographer's title "Logging Near Bridal Veil" probably refers to the Columbia Gorge logging town of Bridal Veil, rather than the waterfall. Learn More
  38. In the Ponderosa Near Klamath Falls - c. 1910
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    The original for this detailed image of a stand of Ponderosa was a large print that hung for many years in the Weyerhaeuser offices in Klamath Falls. Learn More
  39. In Their Sunday Best - c. 1898
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    Five siblings line up on a rustic porch - likely in a logging camp - to pose for a family portrait. Their hats alone make the photo notable. Learn More
  40. Jack Screw Men and Steam Donkey - c. 1898
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    The crew that uses the screw jacks to maneuver logs poses here in the yard in front of a covered steam donkey. Learn More
  41. 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
  42. Loading a Log Train near Redmond - c. 1905
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    It looks pretty cold and damp in this scene of loading logs on railroad cars somewhere near Redmond in King County, Washington. Learn More
  43. Loading Logs on a Railcar Pulled by Oxen on Wooden Tracks c. 1890
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    Not all logging railroads had steel tracks, or were pulled by steam engines. Here we see cars pulled along log rails by teams of oxen. Learn More
  44. Loading Logs with 3 Steam Donkeys and a Steam Engine - c. 1900
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    Steam and smoke from the steam donkeys and the train engine create a wonderfully composed photo, and there's enough detail here to examine the machinery close up. Learn More
  45. Loading Logs with a Spar Pole - c. 1925
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    High lead logging, using a spar pole, became common in the Pacific Northwest in the 1920s. Soon the pole was adapted to help load railroad cars with logs for the mills. Learn More
  46. Loading Shingle Bolts on an Early Logging Truck - c. 1918
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    A 1918 license plate dates this photo of three men transferring shingle bolts from a skid to an early truck, somewhere in Washington state. Learn More
  47. Log Chute with Ox Teams - 1890s
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    The original title for this magic lantern glass slide was simply "Log Shute, Oregon, U.S.A." Learn More
  48. Log Drivers on the Cowlitz River - c. 1905
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    A group of log drivers, sometimes called "river hogs", pose with their pikes - the long poles used to maneuver logs as they moved down the river to sawmills. Learn More
  49. Log Drivers on their Wanigan, Cowlitz River - c. 1905
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    Log drivers helped maneuver log rafts down rivers to sawmills. Here a group poses in front of their wanigan, a floating kitchen that accompanied them on their journey. Learn More
  50. Log Raft from Oregon Arrives in San Diego - 1929
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    Most photos of sea-going log rafts show them being prepared to leave Oregon. This view shows a raft after it has arrived at its destination. Learn More
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