WAUCressJohnDPHColl431.xmlPreliminary Guide to the John D. Cress Lumber Industry Photographs 1904-1931Cress (John D.) Lumber Industry PhotographsSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries©2008 (Last modified: 9/19/2025)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0431Cress, John D., 1864-1940John D. Cress lumber industry photographs1904-1931107 photographic prints, 3 glass negatives, 25 lantern slides, 81 nitrate negatives, 5 negatives Collection materials are in English.Photographs of the Pacific Northwest lumber industry, 1904-1931

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 and steam 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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2 photographs donated by Diane Combs, November 2023.

5 photographs accessioned as PH2004-027.

Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Mills (Seattle, Wash.)--PhotographsPacific Spruce CorporationLumber trade--Northwest, Pacific--PhotographsLumber trade--Washington (State)--PhotographsLoggingPhotographsForestry and Forestry Products

 

Prints1Printsbetween 1912 to 1938Nitrate negatives2Nitrate negativesbetween 1912 to 1938Glass and safety negatives3Glass and safety negativesbetween 1912 to 1938Lantern slides4Lantern slidesbetween 1912 to 1938Inventory of images with Cress numbersCRESS C246Douglas fir 28x28x60. (Man standing in railroad yard with lumber) (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS C247Douglas fir 28x28x60. ("Diana Dollar" unloading lumber.) (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS C24828x28x60. ("Diana Dollar" unloading lumber.) (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS C283Douglas Fir. Larson Lumber Co., 1904 now Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills, Bellingham.between 1912 to 1938CRESS C284 Douglas Fir. Larson Lumber Co., 1904 now Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills, Bellingham. (safety)between 1912 to 1938CRESS C285Douglas Fir. Larson Lumber Co., 1904 now Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills, Bellingham. (safety)between 1912 to 1938CRESS C286Man sawing log in lumber yardbetween 1912 to 1938CRESS C287Larson Lumber Co. sawers working on a large red cedar tree near Kame's Lake, Whatcom Co. in 1898. (2 copies)between 1912 to 1938CRESS C288 Big logs and donkey (nitrate)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 1721w Four loggers standing in front of trees (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 1901wTug "Go-gether" pushing logs up river (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 1901w (a)Towing spruce logs 15 miles up the narrow but deep Siletz River. Pacific Spruce Corporation, Lincoln County, Ore. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 1905wSpruce log raft at Kernville near mouth of the Siletz River. Pacific Spruce Corporation, Lincoln County, Ore. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS C2776Crane with 130 ft. boom loading Douglas fir timbers onto the S.S. Makena. (Port Gamble?) (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS C2777Loading lumber onto S.S. Makena at dock, Port Gamble, Washington (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS C2778Loading lumber onto S.S. Makena at dock, Port Gamble, Washington (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 2791"Helen B. Sterling". Stimson Mill, Ballard. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 2792Six masted sailing vessel "Helen B. Sterling" loading lumber at Stimson Mill Co. dock, Seattle. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS C2859Fifty men on Douglas Fir stump . Larson Lumber Co. 1904 now Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills, Bellingham.between 1912 to 1938CRESS C2933"S.S. Claremont " loading lumber at Nettleton Plant. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS C3062Building log rafts at Rock Bay, B.C. to be towed to Vancouver. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 3227Log loader and train with lumber in forest.between 1912 to 1938CRESS 3826Oxen cart with logs being unloaded by workersbetween 1912 to 1938CRESS 16476Three men standing and sitting near large tree.between 1912 to 1938CRESS 16617Man near palette of shinglesbetween 1912 to 1938CRESS 16620Two men near palette of shinglesbetween 1912 to 1938CRESS 17717-17719Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Co. (4 images of interior of Bunkhouse?) 1917between 1912 to 1938CRESS 17811150 ft of 180 spar tree (glass)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 17868Felling 9-24-1917. (2 copies) (glass)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 18242-18243Panorama view of Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Co. Palettes. May 6, 1918. (OVERSIZE)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 20413Dempsey Lumber Co. ca. 1920between 1912 to 1938CRESS 20504Willapa Lumber Co., March 1920. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 20504xWillapa Lumber Co., March 1920. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 20522Willapa Lumber Co., March 1920. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 21871S.S. Teucer loading lumber. Puget Sound Mills and Timber Co. Saw Mill at Port Angeles, Wash. (1921) (nitrate available) (safety available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 21875Five masted sailing vessel in harbor (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 21878Building ocean going log raft on Hood's Canal, Washington. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 21879Puget Sound Mills and Timber Co., Port Angeles, Washington. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 23174Felling. Two men standing in front of trees. (4 copies) (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 23174aSame as 23174. Trees labeled: Hemlock, Douglas fir, Spruce, Red cedar (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c24123Series of 8 thumbnail photographs of trees (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c24148xStimson Mill Co. on Salmon Bay, Seattle. 1924. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c24149Stimson Mill Co. on Salmon Bay, Seattle. 1924. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c24226Logs in Camp Gamble rafting grounds, and town and mill plant. Puget Sound Mill Co. Port Gamble, Wash. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c24226x Log rafts and mill, Port Gamble (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c24286S.S. Yosemite at dock (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c24287S.S. Yosemite loading lumber, Puget Sound Mill Co., Port Gamble (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c24294S.S. Monticello at dock, Port Ludlow (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c24311Log rafts with Brownie, Port Ludlow (nitrate available) (OVERSIZE - located in M267)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 24340Two men fellingbetween 1912 to 1938CRESS c24355a & bTug towing log raft through Ballard locks. 7/2/1923 (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS C24401Baldwin passenger engine used on the Mason County Central R.R. for logging out of Shelton in 1889. (nitrate)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c27112Logging with oxen. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c27112a(Same as c27112 but without text) (5 copies) (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c27124Six masted sailing vessel "Helen B. Sterling", lumber loaded at West Waterway dock, Seattle. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c27170:S.S. San Diego loading fir piling in Lake Union. 1922 (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c27171 S.S. San Diego loading fir piling in Lake Union. 1922 (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c27172S.S. San Diego loading fir piling in Lake Union. 1922 (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c281228 thumbnail photos of trees (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c281248 thumbnail photos of trees (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c281258 thumbnail photos of trees (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c28174Logging with oxen. May 1924 (5 copies) (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c28174a(Logging with oxen. May 1924. c.2 (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c28177Logging with oxen. Outfit of Thomas Moran, on Hartstine Island, and the logs were rafted to Port Gamble. 1878. (2 copies) (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c29194Log boom at lumber mill (OVERSIZE - located in M267)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 29402Logging with oxen at the North end of Lake Washington, McDonald's Camp, near Kenmore, 12 miles from Seattle in 1887.between 1912 to 1938CRESS c31167"Silverado" 1931 (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS c31169"S.S. Elmbank". Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Port Ludlow. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 191374Bridge of ships, Lake Union. Taken from Queen Anne Hill. 8-9-1919. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 191608aWooden S.S. Fonduca loading lumber at Brace and Hergert Mill, Seattle. Aug. 26, 1919. The first lumber cargo loaded on Lake Union. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 191608bWooden S.S. Fonduca loading lumber at Brace and Hergert Mill, Seattle. Aug. 26, 1919. The first lumber cargo loaded on Lake Union. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 191608cWooden S.S. Fonduca loading lumber at Brace and Hergert Mill, Seattle. Aug. 26, 1919. The first lumber cargo loaded on Lake Union. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 192230Log raft (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 192230xFir log raft. North Bend, Oregon (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 201340The Charles Nelson Co. Plant, Mukilteo, Wash. Charles Nelson Co. schooner loading offshore cargo. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 201359Westport Lumber Co., Westport, Ore. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 201360Westport Lumber Co., Westport, Ore. ("Johan Paulsen". 1920.) (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 201484Ocean going barge loaded with logs at Port Commission Dock, Smith Cove. 1920. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 201?15Tacoma Mill Company's Mills at Tacoma, Washington. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 211214Modern log camp. Cars are supplies with hot and cold water, shower baths, laundry tubs, steam heat and electric light. Clear Lake Lumber Co.between 1912 to 1938CRESS 231049Seattle Mill and Logging Co. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 231050Seattle Mill and Logging Co. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS 231051Seattle Mill and Logging Co. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [1]S.S. Robert Johnson (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [2]S.S. Robert Johnson (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [3]Log raft, Hoquaim. 5/15/1920 (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [4]Trees (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [5]Views of Douglas Fir, Hemlock, Red Cedar and Sitka Spruce. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [6]Trees (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [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)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [8]Logging with oxen near Kennydale in 1910. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [9]Ships loading at Port Blakely Mill (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [10]Dock at Port Blakely? (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [11]Mill? (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [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)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [13]"Go Getter" and barge (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [14, 14a]Logging Douglas Fir timber in the Pacific Northwest. c1922. (nitrate available)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [15]S.S. Achilles. 6/1916 (safety)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [16]?Early Weyerhauser Mill. (glass)between 1912 to 1938CRESS [17]Man holding wooden beam near large stack of lumberbetween 1912 to 1938CRESS [18]Team of oxen hauling wagon loadbetween 1912 to 1938CRESS [19]Team of oxen hauling logs along skid roadbetween 1912 to 1938CRESS [20]Loggers with felling axes standing with spruce trees, Lincoln County, Oregonbetween 1912 to 1938