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D23151-3
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- 1946-07-30 (Creation)
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Douglas Fir Plywood Association. A young logger, carrying an ax, inspects the base of a newly cut old growth douglas fir. Another log lies next to the larger log. The base of the newly cut tree dwarfs the man. A sledge hammer, a bottle, several cables and other debris litter the foreground next to a large tree stump. The bottle would not hold whiskey but saw oil. The huge tree was found in the timber holdings of the Northwest Door Co. in Tacoma, where a cross section of the tree was later displayed. Its rings indicate that the tree was 586 years old. It was harvested because the tree was damaged and already beginning to rot. Two larger trees had actually been sighted, one in Washington and one in Oregon, but were left to die a natural death. This tree was measured out at a record diameter of 13 feet 4 inches. (TNT 8/21/1946, pg. 1)
Forests--Washington; Logs; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Northwest Door Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Tree stumps--Tacoma--1940-1950;