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D23151-11
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- 1946-07-30 (Creation)
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Sharon Maras (now Gregg) stands on top of a section cut from a very large, old growth douglas fir. The section of tree is laying on the bed of a large logging truck. The number 14 has been written in chalk on the tree section. The number indicates the diameter of the section, later measured at 13 ft 4 inches, a record size. The truck delivered this large chunk of douglas fir to the Northwest Door Company in Tacoma where it was displayed. It was cut by the Davis & Maras Co. from the Northwest Door Co.'s timber holdings 7 miles west of the Cowlitz River at an elevation of 1,050 feet. Sharon Maras was the daughter of company owner Percy Maras (TNT 8/21/1946, pg. 1) (identification supplied by Anthony "Spike" Maras)
Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logging trucks; Logs; Northwest Door Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Tree stumps--Tacoma--1940-1950; Maras, Sharon;