Carsten Lien Olympic National Park photograph collection, 1941-1982

"The roots of these two trees extend above ground for a distance of over forty feet."

"These trees apparently rooted on an old log."

"Spruce trees standing on stilts. The small tree in the center is a hemlock."

"This huge spruce tree apparently took root on an old stump. The stilted roots have since grown together."

"Very good quality Douglas fir stand. Note the clear boles and the absence of underbrush."

"Heavy stand of Sitka spruce. Note the absence of underbrush. This stand is much higher than average commercial quality."

"Trail has been widened so that a wagon can be taken over it in favorable weather."

"Huge spruce trees."

"Typical spruce stand. Note the poor pruning which is characteristic of spruce."

"Tree with abnormal top is a Douglas fir."

"These trees are of average quality."

"These four trees evidently took root on an old log."

"Old spruce forest on a bench above the Queets River."

"Note the young spruce on the bench in the foreground."

"Young spruce, cottonwood, and occasional hemlock."

"A huge spruce tree felled by the wind. The tree was split in falling and revealed extensive rot."

"The tree at the right appears to be of very good quality."

"It is felt that timber on state land should be logged before consideration is given to logging on park lands."

"The limby condition of the trees makes them of little commercial value."

"Elevated spruce roots after parent log has rotted away."

"Young and vigorously growing spruce trees. Branches actually reach the ground on the tree to the right."

"Note the heavy growth of sword ferns."

"Decadent stand of spruce with hemlock and spruce coming in."

"Looking up the Queets River Valley. Sams River joins the Queets just around the bend of the River to the right. Park boundary crosses flat in the foreground."

"Hoh River inside Park boundary. South Fork Valley at the right and the two rivers join in the center of the picture. Note that river has washed out the road at the left. Note abundance of alder and cottonwood. Forest beyond that is the spruce type."

"This is on private land - part of the nine sections excluded from the Park."

"Note the two elk crossing the river."

"Huge spruce stump, 9 feet in diameter at the cut. 280 annual rings at the cut. Hoh River above T.R.H. Schmitt Ranch."

"Mostly Douglas fir, hemlock, and spruce are also present."

"The Bunch family homesteaded in the Lake Quinault region in the 1890s and left names such as Bunch Lake, Bunch Creek. Their ranch ended up inside the boundaries of Olympic National Park after the additions of 1940. It has since been acquired by the Park Service for addition to the Park."

"WWII air raid warning lookout, Lake Crescent. No other photograph of this now long gone building is known to exist."

"WWII air raid warning lookout on top of Geodetic Hill, on the divide the Bogachiel and the Hoh. No other photograph of this now long gone building is know to exist."

"Vandalism on Bogachiel Peak. No longer exists."

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"No longer exists."

"Has been greatly modified as it was later converted into an educational center. Historic appearance is a rarity."

"This is its historic appearance before it was modified by the addition of more rooms."

"No longer exists."

"No longer exists."

"No longer exists."

"Inholding at ONP boundary in Elwha Valley, since acquired by the Park Service. Buildings [sic] no longer exists."

"No longer exists"

"Some remnants exist. He [Ludden] was a pioneer settler."

"No longer exists."

"He [Andrews] was an early settler on the Queets River."

"Grant Humes was a pioneer settler in the Elwha Valley. Humes Glacier on Mt. Olympus carries his name."

"Now gone, this building dates from the earliest days of government involvement in peninsula resources."

"Now gone."

"This extensive ranger station was originally built by the US Forest Service and named Jackson Ranger Station after the adjacent creek of that name. When the National Park Service inherited it, it was renamed after the river. Now gone and totally replaced with an extensive Park Service facility and campground."

"Originally built by the Forest Service. Now gone and replaced with a Park Service facility located at a different site. Kilea Creek was where the name came from."

"On the Bogachiel Trail at the intersection of the trail to the Calawha Valley. No longer in existence, this building was washed away by the wintertime flooding of the Bogachiel River."

Lien made this copy negative from an original photograph taken by O.A. Tomlinson.

Lien made this copy negative from an original photograph taken by Bert Kellogg.

"William O. Douglas looks on at completion of hike down the beach of ONP Ocean Strip to protest Park Service's planned road down the length of the strip. Larry Venable of Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce confronts Justice Douglas with signs expressing the Chamber’s viewpoint."

Lien made this copy negative from an original photograph taken by Ira Spring; Copyright Bob and Ira Spring.

Lien made this copy negative from an original photograph taken by O.A. Tomlinson.

Lien made these copy negatives from original photographs taken by Asahel Curtis.

Lien made this copy negative from an original photograph taken by Asahel Curtis.

Lien made this copy negative from an original photograph taken by Asahel Curtis.

"He was the leading American environmentalist in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s."

"Journalist and FDR confidant on environmental issues. One of the three participating members of the ECC."