John D. Cress lumber industry photographs

John D. Cress lumber industry photographs, 1904-1931

Overview of the Collection

Photographer: Cress, John D., 1864-1940
Title: John D. Cress lumber industry photographs
Dates: 1904-1931 (inclusive)
19041931
Quantity: 105 photographic prints, 3 glass negatives, 25 lantern slides, 81 nitrate negatives, 5 negatives
Collection Number: PH0431
Summary: Photographs of the Pacific Northwest lumber industry, 1904-1931
Repository: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: The collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

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Images of the lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest from 1904-1931 by photographer John Cress including lumber companies and docks; loading lumber on to ships; log rafts, logging with oxen; felling; donkey engines.

Lumber companies noted: Larson Lumber Co. (Bellingham), Pacific Spruce Corporation (Lincoln Co., Ore.), Stimson Mill Co., Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Co., Dempsey Lumber Co., Willapa Lumber Co., Puget Sound Mill and Timber Co. (Port Angeles), Puget Sound Mill Co. (Port Gamble), Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Brace and Hergert Mill (Seattle), Charles Nelsen Co. (Mukilteo), Tacoma Mill Company, Clear Lake Lumber Co., Seattle Mill and Logging Co., Port Blakely Mill. The 25 glass lantern slides are of China, mining in the Eastern U.S., miscellaneous equipment, logging.

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Processing Note

5 photographs accessioned as PH2004-027.

BOX 1: Prints
BOX 2: Nitrates
BOX 3: Glass and safety negatives
BOX 4: Lantern slides

CRESS C246: Douglas fir 28x28x60. (Man standing in railroad yard with lumber) (nitrate available)
CRESS C247: Douglas fir 28x28x60. ("Diana Dollar" unloading lumber.) (nitrate available)
CRESS C248: 28x28x60. ("Diana Dollar" unloading lumber.) (nitrate available)
CRESS C283: Douglas Fir. Larson Lumber Co., 1904 now Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills, Bellingham.
CRESS C284: Douglas Fir. Larson Lumber Co., 1904 now Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills, Bellingham. (safety)
CRESS C285: Douglas Fir. Larson Lumber Co., 1904 now Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills, Bellingham. (safety)
CRESS C286: Man sawing log in lumber yard
CRESS C287: Larson Lumber Co. sawers working on a large red cedar tree near Kame's Lake, Whatcom Co. in 1898. (2 copies)
CRESS C288: Big logs and donkey. (nitrate)
CRESS 1721w: Four loggers standing in front of trees (nitrate available)
CRESS 1901w: Tug "Go-gether" pushing logs up river (nitrate available)
CRESS 1901w (a): Towing spruce logs 15 miles up the narrow but deep Siletz River. Pacific Spruce Corporation, Lincoln County, Ore. (nitrate available)
CRESS 1905w: Spruce log raft at Kernville near mouth of the Siletz River. Pacific Spruce Corporation, Lincoln County, Ore. (nitrate available)
CRESS C2776: Crane with 130 ft. boom loading Douglas fir timbers onto the S.S. Makena. (Port Gamble?) (nitrate available)
CRESS C2777: Loading lumber onto S.S. Makena at dock, Port Gamble, Washington (nitrate available)
CRESS C2778: Loading lumber onto S.S. Makena at dock, Port Gamble, Washington (nitrate available)
CRESS 2791: "Helen B. Sterling". Stimson Mill, Ballard. (nitrate available)
CRESS 2792: Six masted sailing vessel "Helen B. Sterling" loading lumber at Stimson Mill Co. dock, Seattle. (nitrate available)
CRESS C2859: Fifty men on Douglas Fir stump . Larson Lumber Co. 1904 now Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills, Bellingham.
CRESS C2933: "S.S. Claremont " loading lumber at Nettleton Plant. (nitrate available)
CRESS C3062: Building log rafts at Rock Bay, B.C. to be towed to Vancouver. (nitrate available)
CRESS 3227: Log loader and train with lumber in forest.
CRESS 3826: Oxen cart with logs being unloaded by workers
CRESS 16476: Three men standing and sitting near large tree.
CRESS 16617: Man near palette of shingles
CRESS 16620:Two men near palette of shingles
CRESS 17717-17719: Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Co. (4 images of interior of Bunkhouse?) 1917.
CRESS 17811: 150 ft of 180 spar tree (glass)
CRESS 17868: Felling 9-24-1917. (2 copies) (glass)
CRESS 18242-18243: Panorama view of Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Co. Palettes. May 6, 1918. (OVERSIZE)
CRESS 20413: Dempsey Lumber Co. ca. 1920
CRESS 20504: Willapa Lumber Co., March 1920. (nitrate available)
CRESS 20504x: Willapa Lumber Co., March 1920. (nitrate available)
CRESS 20522: Willapa Lumber Co., March 1920. (nitrate available)
CRESS 21871: S.S. Teucer loading lumber. Puget Sound Mills and Timber Co. Saw Mill at Port Angeles, Wash. (1921) (nitrate available) (safety available)
CRESS 21875: Five masted sailing vessel in harbor (nitrate available)
CRESS 21878: Building ocean going log raft on Hood's Canal, Washington. (nitrate available)
CRESS 21879: Puget Sound Mills and Timber Co., Port Angeles, Washington. (nitrate available)
CRESS 23174: Felling. Two men standing in front of trees. (4 copies) (nitrate available)
CRESS 23174a: Same as 23174. Trees labeled: Hemlock, Douglas fir, Spruce, Red cedar (nitrate available)
CRESS c24123: Series of 8 thumbnail photographs of trees (nitrate available)
CRESS c24148x: Stimson Mill Co. on Salmon Bay, Seattle. 1924. (nitrate available)
CRESS c24149: Stimson Mill Co. on Salmon Bay, Seattle. 1924. (nitrate available)
CRESS c24226: Logs in Camp Gamble rafting grounds, and town and mill plant. Puget Sound Mill Co. Port Gamble, Wash. (nitrate available)
CRESS c24226x: Log rafts and mill, Port Gamble (nitrate available)
CRESS c24286: S.S. Yosemite at dock (nitrate available)
CRESS c24287: S.S. Yosemite loading lumber, Puget Sound Mill Co., Port Gamble (nitrate available)
CRESS c24294: S.S. Monticello at dock, Port Ludlow (nitrate available)
CRESS c24311: Log rafts with Brownie, Port Ludlow (nitrate available)
CRESS 24340: Two men felling
CRESS c24355a & b: Tug towing log raft through Ballard locks. 7/2/1923 (nitrate available)
CRESS C24401: Baldwin passenger engine used on the Mason County Central R.R. for logging out of Shelton in 1889. (nitrate)
CRESS c27112: Logging with oxen. (nitrate available)
CRESS c27112a: (Same as c27112 but without text) (5 copies) (nitrate available)
CRESS c27124: Six masted sailing vessel "Helen B. Sterling", lumber loaded at West Waterway dock, Seattle. (nitrate available)
CRESS c27170: S.S. San Diego loading fir piling in Lake Union. 1922 (nitrate available)
CRESS c27171: S.S. San Diego loading fir piling in Lake Union. 1922 (nitrate available)
CRESS c27172: S.S. San Diego loading fir piling in Lake Union. 1922 (nitrate available)
CRESS c28122: 8 thumbnail photos of trees (nitrate available)
CRESS c28124: 8 thumbnail photos of trees (nitrate available)
CRESS c28125: 8 thumbnail photos of trees (nitrate available)
CRESS c28174: Logging with oxen. May 1924 (5 copies) (nitrate available)
CRESS c28174a:(Logging with oxen. May 1924. c.2 (nitrate available)
CRESS c28177: Logging with oxen. Outfit of Thomas Moran, on Hartstine Island, and the logs were rafted to Port Gamble. 1878. (2 copies) (nitrate available)
CRESS 29402: Logging with oxen at the North end of Lake Washington, McDonald's Camp, near Kenmore, 12 miles from Seattle in 1887.
CRESS c31167: "Silverado" 1931 (nitrate available)
CRESS c31169: "S.S. Elmbank". Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Port Ludlow. (nitrate available)
CRESS 191374: Bridge of ships, Lake Union. Taken from Queen Anne Hill. 8-9-1919. (nitrate available)
CRESS 191608a: Wooden S.S. Fonduca loading lumber at Brace and Hergert Mill, Seattle. Aug. 26, 1919. The first lumber cargo loaded on Lake Union. (nitrate available)
CRESS 191608b: Wooden S.S. Fonduca loading lumber at Brace and Hergert Mill, Seattle. Aug. 26, 1919. The first lumber cargo loaded on Lake Union. (nitrate available)
CRESS 191608c: Wooden S.S. Fonduca loading lumber at Brace and Hergert Mill, Seattle. Aug. 26, 1919. The first lumber cargo loaded on Lake Union. (nitrate available)
CRESS 192230: Log raft (nitrate available)
CRESS 192230x: Fir log raft. North Bend, Oregon (nitrate available)
CRESS 201340: The Charles Nelson Co. Plant, Mukilteo, Wash. Charles Nelson Co. schooner loading offshore cargo. (nitrate available)
CRESS 201359: Westport Lumber Co., Westport, Ore. (nitrate available)
CRESS 201360: Westport Lumber Co., Westport, Ore. ("Johan Paulsen". 1920.) (nitrate available)
CRESS 201484: Ocean going barge loaded with logs at Port Commission Dock, Smith Cove. 1920. (nitrate available)
CRESS 201?15: Tacoma Mill Company's Mills at Tacoma, Washington. (nitrate available)
CRESS 211214: Modern log camp. Cars are supplies with hot and cold water, shower baths, laundry tubs, steam heat and electric light. Clear Lake Lumber Co.
CRESS 231049: Seattle Mill and Logging Co. (nitrate available)
CRESS 231050: Seattle Mill and Logging Co. (nitrate available)
CRESS 231051: Seattle Mill and Logging Co. (nitrate available)
CRESS [1]: S.S. Robert Johnson (nitrate available)
CRESS [2]: S.S. Robert Johnson (nitrate available)
CRESS [3]: Log raft, Hoquaim. 5/15/1920 (nitrate available)
CRESS [4]: Trees (nitrate available)
CRESS [5]: Views of Douglas Fir, Hemlock, Red Cedar and Sitka Spruce. (nitrate available)
CRESS [6]: Trees (nitrate available)
CRESS [7]: Various logging images. Lower left corner images have caption "Ostrander Lumber Co."; "S.S. Teuer loading lumber, Puget Sound Mill and Lumber Co., Port Angeles" (nitrate available)
CRESS [8]: Logging with oxen near Kennydale in 1910. (nitrate available)
CRESS [9]: Ships loading at Port Blakely Mill (nitrate available)
CRESS [10]: Dock at Port Blakely? (nitrate available)
CRESS [11]: Mill? (nitrate available)
CRESS [12]: Crane with 130 ft. boom loading a 50 ft. Douglas Fir Timber onto the S.S. Makena, and lumber n dock. Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Port Gamble. (nitrate available)
CRESS [13]: "Go Getter" and barge (nitrate available)
CRESS [14, 14a]: Logging Douglas Fir timber in the Pacific Northwest. c1922. (nitrate available)
CRESS [15]: S.S. Achilles. 6/1916 (safety)
CRESS [16]?:Early Weyerhauser Mill. (glass)
CRESS [17]: Man holding wooden beam near large stack of lumber
CRESS [18]: Team of oxen hauling wagon load
CRESS [19]: Team of oxen hauling logs along skid road
CRESS [20]: Loggers with felling axes standing with spruce trees, Lincoln County, Oregon

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