Richard T. Lewis Photographs, 1937-1961

Overview of the Collection

Title
Richard T. Lewis Photographs
Dates
1937-1961 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 containers, (2 linear feet), (Approximate 1851 items)
Collection Number
PC 42
Summary
Photographs and negatives of the Spokane, Washington, Junior Livestock Shows from 1948 to 1961.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Richard T. Lewis, a commercial photographer, would annually photograph the Junior Livestock Show held at Union Square in Spokane. In this group are photographs of the shows held between 1948 and 1961. From the notes and order forms it seems that Lewis photographed the different livestock winners on speculation. He also sold some prints to the Spokane newspapers.

Lewis also photographed logging and lumbering in the Avery and Wallace, Idaho area. He photographed forest fire fighting by the C.C.C. between 1937 and 1939 in the Spokane and Priest Lake areas.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The photographs and negatives of the Junior Livestock Shows are arranged in chronological order beginning in 1948 and ending in 1961. Since the negatives outnumber the prints three to one each year begins with the negatives and ends with the prints. With only a few exceptions, the negatives have been described by Lewis and indicate the livestock classification. The negatives are 4x5 and 5x7, the prints are 8x10 and smaller. The Junior Livestock Show material fills the first 33 of the 37 folders in this collection.

There are only negatives in the single forest fire folder and the two logging folders. The forest fire folder is #34 and the logging folders are #35 and #36. The last folder contains newspaper clippings and order forms and notes.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

The photographs of Richard T. Lewis were donated to Washington State University Library in March 1979 by Richard T. Lewis of Spokane, Washington (MS 79-10).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

1:  Junior Livestock Show, Spokane, WA , 1948-1961Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/1
1948-1950
1/2
1951
1/3
1951
1/4
1951
1/5
1952
1/6
1952
1/7
1952
1/8
1953
1/9
1953
1/10
1953
1/11
1954
1/12
1954
1/13
1954
1/14
1954
1/15
1955
1/16
1955
1/17
1955
1/18
1956
1/19
1956
2/20
1956
2/21
1957
2/22
1957
2/23
1957
2/24
1958-1959
2/25
1958-1959
2/26
1958-1959
2/27
1958-1959
2/28
1960
2/29
1960
2/30
1960
2/31
1960
2/32
1961
2/33
1961
2/34
1961

2:  Forest Fires and Logging Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
2/35
Negatives, Forest fires and fire fighting teams at Priest Lake, Id., Thompson Falls and Mt. Spokane. Part of the C.C.C
[identification and dates from box cover, individual negatives are not identified or dated, a few negatives have descriptive captions]
1937-1939
2/36
Logging scenes around Avery and Wallace, Id
Negatives retained in Lewis' numbering sequence, numbers 37, 53, 68, 88, 92 and 93 lacking.
circa 1950
Box/Folder
2/36
1: Hooker on truck, RR landing, Avery
2/36
2: Rear view - log load, RR landing, Avery
2/36
3: Scaler, RR landing, Avery
2/36
4: Truck load logs, RR landing, Avery
2/36
5: Top loader (Zimmer), RR landing, Avery
2/36
6: Top loaders tightening chains, RR landing, Avery
2/36
7: Top loading crew, RR landing, Avery
2/36
8: Truck of logs, bridge at Avery
2/36
9: Top loader log over Zimmer, RR landing, Avery
2/36
10: Inside jammer, RR landing, Avery
2/36
11: Operator & side of jammer, RR landing, Avery
2/36
12: Hooker, looking toward River, on truck, RR landing, Avery
2/36
13: 2 Jacks sizing up tree
2/36
14: 2 jacks, axe work undercut
2/36
15: 2 jacks sawyers
2/36
16: Tree falling
2/36
17: 2 jacks bucking logs
2/36
18: Truck load logs
2/36
19: Rear end view - truck load logs passing truck on hill
2/36
20: Truck load logs at camp
2/36
21: Camp
2/36
22: Logs decked along road
2/36
23: Jammer in woods
2/36
24: Top loader in woods
2/36
25: Landing crew in woods
2/36
26: Cat in woods
2/36
27: Cat at landing in woods
2/36
28: Top loading
2/36
29: Cat in woods
2/36
30: Top loading in woods
2/36
31: Cat in woods
2/36
32: Truck load on road
2/36
33: White truck leaving woods
2/36
34: Cat at woods landing
2/36
35: Cat in woods
2/36
36: 4 girls in mess hall
2/36
38: Cat in woods (tractor)
2/36
39: Big tree
2/36
40: Axel Anderson & big tree
2/36
41: Cars on siding
2/36
42: Jammer loading poles
2/36
43: Top loader on pole truck
2/36
44: Branding poles
2/36
45: Jammer & pole truck
2/36
46: Jammer picking up poles
2/36
47: Jammer with load
2/36
48: Skinning ground line
2/36
49: Punch machine
2/36
50: Holes punched in poles
2/36
51: Avery road, St. Joe River
2/36
52: St. Joe along Avery
2/36
54: St. Joe River
2/36
55: St. Joe River
2/36
56: St. Joe River, St. Maries
2/36
57: St. Joe River, St. Maries
2/36
58: Valley near St. Maries
2/36
59: 6 cats
2/37
60: Truck coming out tunnel
2/37
61: Cat driver in woods
2/37
62: Rear end - white truck
2/37
63: Cats skidding
2/37
64: Cook crew
2/37
65: Cook & baker
2/37
66: 3 cooks
2/37
67: White truck coming around corner
2/37
69: P.C. Landing Pic
2/37
70: White truck
2/37
71: Choker setter
2/37
72: Boiler room, wash room
2/37
73: White truck at Avery landing
2/37
74: Fish hook scene from bridge
2/37
75: White truck at Avery landing
2/37
76: Axel's house
2/37
77: RR cars at Avery landing
2/37
78: Cat skidder in woods
2/37
79: P.C. landing Pic, side view
2/37
80: Trucks tied up at Avery landing
2/37
81: Inside bunk house
2/37
82: Scene bet - Avery & Wallace
2/37
83: KW truck around corner
2/37
84: White truck at Avery landing
2/37
85: KW truck coming around camp bend
2/37
86: KW truck at Avery landing
2/37
87: KW truck & woods jammer
2/37
89: Rear end view - truck & car at Avery landing
2/37
90: Smoking cats in woods
2/37
91: Big cat pushing logs at landing
2/37
94: St. Joe River scene near Avery
2/37
95: Top of fishhook
2/37
96: Stack of logs in woods
2/37
97: Truck load at camp hill
2/37
98: Truck on high hill
2/37
99: Truck on high hill
2/37
100: Marble Creek
2/37
101: Cedar trees on road
2/37
102: Road scene

3:  Newspaper Clippings and Notes Return to Top

Container(s) Description
Box/Folder
2/38
Clippings that list the winners at the Junior Livestock Show and some of the pictures Lewis took; Notes include photograph orders and printing instructions

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Livestock -- Showing.
  • Livestock exhibitions.

The photographs were arranged and processed in September 1981 by Robert Arnett.
2012

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