WAUPugetMillCoPortGambleWAPH1527.xmlGuide to the Photographs of Puget Mill Company, Port Gamble, Washington approximately 1890-1900Puget Mill Company, Port Gamble, Washington PhotographsSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2018 (Last modified: 7/14/2020)
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University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH1527Photographs of Puget Mill Company, Port Gamble, Washingtonapproximately 1890-190013 photographs (1 folder)Collection materials are in English.Photographs of the Puget Mill Company and ships in the harbor.

In July 1853, New England sea captain and lumber merchant William Talbot picked the sand spit at the mouth of a bay called Port Gamble for a sawmill. Talbot was a partner in the Puget Mill Co. and later in Pope & Talbot, which sold lumber and other merchandise in San Francisco. At its zenith in the 1920s, the mill employed more than 250 men and women. Workers' families lived in the company town with a church, a hotel, a medical clinic, schools, social clubs, a theater, store, post office, and even a mortuary and cemetery.

The last major upgrade was in 1858 and by the 1910s, the mills could not compete with more modern mills that had direct railroad connections. In 1925, Portland lumberman Charles McCormick offered to buy the mill and the company town and the Puget Mill Company accepted. (Historylink)

Photographs of the Puget Mill Company and ships in the harbor.

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Processed by Anthony McGough, May 2018.

Transferred from the Washington Localities Subject file, 2017.

Also available in the Repository, the Puget Mill Company Records (Collection No. 0001).

Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)Puget Mill Company--PhotographsSawmills--Washington (State)--Port Gamble--PhotographsSailing ships--Washington (State)--Port Gamble--PhotographsPort Gamble (Wash.)--HistoryPhotographsShips and ShippingBusinesses and CorporationsPhotographs

 

Puget Mill Company photo collection1/11Port Gamble mill company town and harbor with shipsApril 19, 1893 1/12Puget Mill Company seen from harborApril 19, 1893 Puget Mill sailing vessels1/23Sailing ship in bay near Port GambleNovember 26, 1893 1/24Wreck of ship Excelsior on beachNovember 26, 1893 1/25Ship Excelsior in bay near Port GambleJune 26, 18941/26Ship in bay near Puget Mill lumber pondJune 26, 1894 1/27-8Sailing vessel at the Puget Mill Company dockJune 26, 1894 1/29-10Puget Mill and ships seen from tidewater landJune 26, 1894 1/211Sailing ships docked at Puget Mill CompanyFebruary 9, 1895 1/212Ship and tug boat in bay near Port GambleFebruary 9, 1895 1/213Sailing vessel near log pond at the Puget Mill dockDecember 19, 1895