WAUWeyerhaeuserCampMcDonaldPHColl1392.xmlGuide to the Weyerhaeuser Camp McDonald Photograph Collection circa 1940-1942Weyerhaeuser Camp McDonald Photograph CollectionSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2016 (Last modified: 11/27/2017)
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University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH1392Weyerhaeuser CompanyWeyerhaeuser Camp McDonald Photograph Collectioncirca 1940-19425 photographic prints (1 folder) Collection materials are in English.Photographs of the Weyerhaeuser Camp McDonald logging camp during World War II

Weyerhaeuser opened a logging camp at McDonald, Washington in 1940. At the time the company considered the camp as one of the most modern in the nation. The loggers lived in small bunkhouses that held eight men rather than earlier bunkhouses that housed 30-40 men. The bunkhouses had lockers for the men and a special drying room for wet clothing. The cookhouses had up-to-date stoves and refrigerators and had chairs rather than benches for eating. The logging camp was named after the general superintendent, Ronald McDonald.

Photographs of the Weyerhaeuser logging camp at McDonald, Washington.

Three of the photographs have chewed looking edges where they were probably pinned to walls

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Three of the photographs have chewed looking edges where they were probably pinned to walls

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Gift of Isabel Van Hoecke, 1/1/1974.

Material Described Separately:

Allen Van Hoecke Papers (Mss. Coll. 2432)

Weyerhaeuser Company--PhotographsLewis County (Wash.)--PhotographsLumber trade--Washington (State)--PhotographsLumber trade--Washington (State)--Lewis County--PhotographsVisual Materials Collections (University of Washington)LoggingPhotographs

 

11View of camp buildings and base of flagpolecirca 1941-1944 12Sign in camp listing the workers from the McDonald operation who are serving in the armed forcescirca 1941-1944 13View of camp and forested hillside circa 1941-1943 14Snow covered train track and buildings in camp 1943 15Snow covered train track, train, and camp buildings1943