A young man leans back with his arm stretched out against a huge log. This photo might have been taken in one of the Polson Company logging camps near Hoquiam, Washington. circa 1910.
Three determined looking loggers pose with their giant saw next to a fir tree. The loggers' work appears to be almost done: the tree has a huge gash sawed into it, and is on the verge of crashing down. circa 1910.
Loggers stand in front of a large wooden cook house. The Puget Mill Company at Port Ludlow was operated by Pope and Talbot, who also owned the mill at Port Gamble. Mill employees were paid with company script to be used as rent or at the company store for food and supplies. In 1938, both mills foreclosed when they could no longer compete with milltowns that had better railroad connections. circa 1910.
Printed on front: Puget Mill Company, Cook House, Port Ludlow, Washington, U.S.A.
A logger stands at the end of a cut log resting on a rail car. To illustrate the width of the timber, the logger stretches his arm up above him, but still isn't able to touch the top. circa 1910.
Printed on back: Cloud Cap Inn on the western slope of Mt. Hood, at an elevation of over 7000 feet, is an ideal spot for a summer vacation. In addition to the attractive and comfortable appointments of the inn, the far reaching view of mountains, rivers and valleys, is unsurpassed anywhere on the globe. The numerous mountain streams in the immediate vicinity afford excellent sport for the angler.
An elderly woman relaxes in one of several rocking chairs in front of the hearth at the Cloud Cap Inn. This lodge was built in 1889 by the Ladd family of Portland. It closed down at the beginning of WWII, was sold to the Forest Service in 1946, and then left empty and open to weather and vandals for 8 years. In 1954, a mountaineering club called the Hood River Crag Rats leased the building and refurbished it to use for their base. The building was placed on Oregon's Register of Historic Places in 1974. circa 1910.
Printed on front: Interior Cloud Cap Inn, near Summit of Mt. Hood, Oregon.
Originally called Mt. Pitt, this volcanic peak was renamed Mt. McLaughlin after Hudson Bay Company's John McLaughlin. Mt. McLaughlin is the tallest volcano between Mt. Shasta and Crater Lake. Although it appears perfectly conical from its south side, viewed from the east, a piece of the mountain is missing where it has been carved away by glaciers. circa 1910.
Printed on front: Mt. Pitt, or Mt. McLaughlin, Southern Oregon, Elevation 9760 ft.
Corner view of Astoria's Weinhard Hotel. 30 blocks of Astoria's downtown area were destroyed by fire in 1922. Among the casualties was this hotel. The building's decorative columns were saved, however, and are a feature of Astoria's Shively Public Park. circa 1910.
Native Americans, possibly from the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes, sit on a bench on front of a general store in Seattle. The windows of the store advertise lumber, groceries, and a barge company. "Siwash" was a Chinook jargon term used at the time as a catch-all name for Native Americans of all tribes. circa 1910.
Printed on front: Puget Sound Indians, "Siwash," Seattle.
View of the Andrew Carnegie funded Seattle Public Library Building, located on 4th Avenue. The Seattle Public Library dates back to 1869, when a lending library was established by Sarah Yesler. The library moved from place to place until a fire destroyed the entire collection- then located in the Yesler Mansion- in 1901. Steel magnate and library philanthropist Andrew Carnegie immediately came to the rescue by providing funds for a new, permanent structure. The sandstone, Beaux Arts style building pictured here opened in 1906, and served the public until its destruction in 1957. It has since been replaced by two more modern structures- the first in 1960, and the current building in 2004. circa 1906.
Passengers being conveyed from ships via landing craft and a crane-operated elevator to shore. Choppy seas in Nome, Alaska, necessitated this complicated landing process. circa 1908.
Printed on front: Landing Passengers at Nome in Rough Weather
