OREp308.xml Guide to the J. F Ford Photographs 1895-1913 Ford (J.F.) Photographs Finding Aid Authors: Ryan Atwood and Elizabeth Nielsen. Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center 2016
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This finding aid was encoded in EAD by Archon 3.21 from an SQL database source on February 8th, 2016. Encoding was modified by Elizabeth Nielsen for Archives West compliance. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). Ford, J. F. (John Fletcher) J. F. Ford Photographs 1895-1913 1900-1910 P 308 0.15 cubic feet, including 49 photographs 1 box Materials in English. Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
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The J. F. Ford Photographs consist of images of logging and landscapes in Oregon and Washington made by J.F. (John Fletcher) Ford. Ford was a preacher and photographer who lived in Ilwaco, Washington, from 1893 until his death in 1914. From 1900 to 1908, he operated a photography studio in Portland, Oregon. All of the images are available online. Biographical Note:

John Fletcher Ford was a preacher and photographer who lived in Ilwaco, Washington, from 1893 until his death in 1914. He was well known in logging camps and made many photographs of logging operations and fishing on the lower Columbia River.

Ford was born in 1862 in Minnesota. He married in 1882 and had six children, moving to Ilwaco, Washington in 1893. A lifelong evangelist, he became a pastor in Washington and was a strong advocate for the temperance movement. In 1900 Ford began running "Foto Studio," a photography studio in Portland, and continued to do so for eight years while working with John T., Charles W., and Richard S. Ford. Ford died on February 16, 1914 in Ilwaco.

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These photographs were acquired by the University Archives in 2007 as part of the Gerald W. Williams Collection.  In 2016, they were separated from the Williams materials to form this separate collection.

These materials were separated from the Gerald W. Williams Collection in 2016 to form a separate collection.

The collection is open for research.

J.F. Ford Photographs (P 308), Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

The OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center houses numerous collections documenting logging in Oregon, including the Gerald. W. Williams Collection.  The University of Washington Special Collections' J.F. Ford Photograph Collection consists of images of fishing activities, logging camps, and timber activities along the lower Columbia River in Washington.  The University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives has a J.F. Ford Oregon Photograph Album with images of logging and landscapes along the Columbia River.

The J. F. Ford Photographs consist of one series.

The J. F. Ford Photographs consist of 49 black and white photographic prints depicting logging and landscapes in Oregon and Washington, primarily of the lower Columbia River region. The bulk of the images show loggers and logging operations including saws and machinery; logging railroads, donkey engines, and trestles; log ponds; logging camps; and a sawmill. Several of the images are identified as being of Deep River and Big Lake (both in Washington). Several of the photographs of logging railroads were published in Railroads in the Woods by John T. Labbe and Vernon Goe.

The collection also includes several views of Cape Disappointment at the mouth of the Columbia River, Mt. Hood, Mt. Coffin, and the Columbia River. One photograph of a family, perhaps at a logging camp, depicts two adults, a small child holding a gun, and a dog.

The Ford Photographs include a photograph of a herd of sheep in Sherman County, Oregon, and a hop field at an unidentified location.

All of the images in the collection are available in Oregon Digital.

 Series 1 Photographs 1895-1913

The J.F. Ford Photographs consist of images of logging and landscapes in Oregon and Washington.

 P308:01 1.1 Log being dumped into log pond 1907 P308:02 1.1 Log pond 1907 P308:03 1.1 Two lumberjacks next to downed tree 1900 P308:04 1.1 Two men on springboards with saw felling tree 1900 P308:05 1.1 Four lumberjacks in the woods 1900 P308:06 1.1 Three lumberjacks with donkey engine 1900 P308:07 1.1 Two lumberjacks with springboards pounding wedges into tree 1905 P308:08 1.1 Three lumberjacks with axes and saw 1900 P308:09 1.1 Three lumberjacks with downed tree and bucking saws 1900 P308:10 1.1 Lumberjacks with saw next to tree 1900 P308:11 1.1 Three lumberjacks next to downed tree 1900 P308:12 1.1 Four lumberjacks with several downed trees 1900 P308:13 1.1 Donkey engine at Olson's Logging Camp, Deep River, Washington 1912 P308:14 1.1 Logging railroad and donkey engines at Big Lake, Washington 1901 P308:15 1.1 Skyline used for moving logs in the forest 1900

Skyline was built by Apex Transportation Company.

 P308:16 1.1 Logs being loaded on railroad cars 1900 P308:17 1.1 Three lumberjacks on bucked and chained tree 1900 P308:18 1.1 Logs on railroad cars being pushed by locomotive engine 1900 P308:19 1.1 Loading platform with logs next to logging railroad 1900 P308:20 1.1 Locomotive engine pushing railroad cars with logs 1900 P308:21 1.1 Logging railroad track in a forest 1900 P308:22 1.1 Logging railroad locomotive engine 1900 P308:23 1.1 Logging railroad locomotive engine with log 1900 P308:24 1.1 Logs dumped from railroad car into the Columbia River 1910 P308:25 1.1 Three lumberjacks next to tree with axes and two felling saws 1910 P308:26 1.1 Crib trestle on the Columbia and Nehalem Valley Railroad 1910

A bridge on the Columbia and Nehalem Valley Railroad - a logging railroad for the Peninsula Lumber Company of Portland, in the area around Columbia City, Oregon. See companion photo in Labbe and Goe, Railroads in the Woods, p. 34.

 P308:27 1.1 Locomotive pushing railroad cars with logs over wood trestle 1900 P308:28 1.1 Log bridge (crib trestle) on the Columbia and Nehalem Valley Railroad, Columbia County, Oregon 1910

See Labbe and Goe Railroads in the Woods, p. 35.

 P308:29 1.1 Locomotive pulling railroad cars with logs over a crib trestle 1900 P308:30 1.1 Yeon and Pelton incline below Rainier, Oregon 1910

The incline was 3200 feet long and varied from 5 per cent to 33 per cent grade. See companion photos in Labbe and Goe, Railroads in the Woods, p. 32 and p. 125.

 P308:31 1.1 View of Big Lake, Washington 1901 P308:32 1.2 Lumberjacks in front of logging camp building 1900 P308:33 1.2 Family in front of house in a logging camp 1910

Includes a dog and a child holding a gun.

 P308:34 1.2 Group with R. C. Lieu (third from left) 1901 P308:35 1.2 Mess hall at the lumber camp at Big Lake, Washington 1901 P308:36 1.2 Workers inside a sawmill 1910 P308:37 1.2 Lumber company office 1913? P308:38 1.2 Logging railroad 1910 P308:39 1.2 Steamers and sailing ships in harbor at Portland, Oregon 1910 P308:40 1.2 Cape Disappointment lighthouse at Fort Canby, Washington at mouth of Columbia River 1910 P308:41 1.2 North Head, site of new lighthouse 1895 P308:42 1.2 Cape Disappointment lighthouse at Fort Canby, Washington, at mouth of Columbia River. 1910 P308:43 1.2 Mt. Hood from White Salmon, Washington 1910 P308:44 1.2 Boat on the Columbia River with mountain in the background 1910 P308:45 1.2 View of mountain 1910 P308:46 1.2 Hop field 1900 P308:47 1.2 Mt. Coffin on the Columbia River near Longview, Washington 1900 P308:48 1.2 1500 Sheep in Sherman County, Oregon 1900 P308:49 1.2 A 500-pound sheep 1900