Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B9351
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- 2/2/1924
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Defiance Lumber Company's cranes at their mill on Ruston Way
Industries; Defiance Lumber Company; Cranes; Ruston Way
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B9351
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Defiance Lumber Company's cranes at their mill on Ruston Way
Industries; Defiance Lumber Company; Cranes; Ruston Way
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B9320
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Defiance Lumber Company's Cranes at their mill at 4601 Ruston Way, Tacoma
Industries; Defiance Lumber Company; Cranes; Ruston Way
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B9319
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Defiance Lumber Company's crane at 4601 Ruston Way, Tacoma
Industries; Defiance Lumber Company; Cranes; Ruston Way
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B8480
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Tacoma Harbor Lumber Company's crane at 2363 E 11th St, Tacoma
Industries; Tacoma Harbor Lumber Company; Cranes; Tideflats
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B8479
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Tacoma Harbor Lumber Company's crane at 2363 E 11th St, Tacoma
Industries; Tacoma Harbor Lumber Company; Cranes; Tideflats
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B8478
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Tacoma Harbor Lumber Company's crane at 2363 E 11th St, Tacoma
Industries; Tacoma Harbor Lumber Company; Cranes; Tideflats
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B8460
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Tacoma Lumber Company's crane at 2363 E 11th St, Tacoma.
Industries; Cranes; Tacoma Lumber Company; Tideflats
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B22014
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Gange Lumbar Company's crane at 3939 Ruston Way, Tacoma.
Industries; Gange Lumber Company; Lumber; Cranes; Ruston Way;
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B21999
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Aerial view of the Gange Lumber Company mill at 3939 Ruston Way, WA.
Industries; Gange Lumber Company; Aerial photographs; Lumber; Ruston Way
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B15163
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Bay City Lumber Company's crane in Aberdeen, WA
Industries; Bay City Lumber Company; Cranes; Aberdeen;
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B15162
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Henry McCleary Lumber Company crane isn McCleary, WA
Industries; Henry McCleary Lumber Company; Cranes; McCleary;
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B14404
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
St. Paul Lumber Company crane loading a vessel at 1220 Saint Paul Ave, Tacoma
Industries; St. Paul Lumber Company; Cranes, Tideflats;
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B14340
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Stacking lumber with the help of a stacker made by Star Iron & Steel.
Industries; Lumber; Star Iron & Steel; Machinery;
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B13072
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Mountain Lumber Company crane at 919 E F St, Tacoma
Industries; Mountain Lumber Company; Cranes, Tideflats;
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B12893
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Buchanan Lumber Company crane at 3939 Ruston Way, Tacoma
Industries; Buchanan Lumber Company; Cranes; Ruston Way
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B12892
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Buchanan Lumber Company crane at 3939 Ruston Way, Tacoma
Industries; Buchanan Lumber Company; Cranes; Ruston Way;
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B10466
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Henry Mill & Timber Company crane at 3001 N Starr St, Tacoma
Industries; Henry Mill & Timber Company; Cranes; Ruston Way
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B10465
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Henry Mill & Timber Company crane at 3001 N Starr St, Tacoma
Industries; Henry Mill & Timber Company; Cranes; Ruston Way;
Tacoma Iron Works BOLAND-B10437
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Henry Mill & Timber Company crane at 3001 N Starr ST, Tacoma
Industries; Henry Mill & Timber Company; Cranes; Ruston Way;
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
The "Artigas" is docked awaiting the loading of a cargo of lumber from Tidewater Mill on May 2, 1924. The Tidewater Mill, located on the east side of the Hylebos Waterway, exported most of their timber. The "Artigas" would set sail directly for San Francisco on Saturday, May 3rd. G49.1-094
Lumber industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Cargo ships--1920-1930; Tidewater Mill Co. (Tacoma);
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
On March 23, 1924, West Fork Logging Co. employees posed near the company's steam donkey on a sled. The donkeys were a replacement for the horse and oxen power formerly used to pull logs from the woods. This photograph was probably taken in logging areas near Seabeck where the company was then based. Logging operation would move to Lewis County three years later. G75.1-033 (for an earlier view of a steam donkey, see B2726) (Additional information provided by a reader)
West Fork Logging Co.; Lumber industry--1920-1930; Steam donkeys; Donkey engines;
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Logging operations at West Fork Logging Co. site #1. Logs are being "loaded," per photographer Marvin Boland's notes. This was probably located in the Seabeck, Washington, area, in March of 1924. (Additional information provided by a reader)
West Fork Logging Co.; Lumber industry--1920-1930;
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Logging operations in the woods, in the Seabeck, Washington, area. West Fork Logging Co. apparatus on railroad tracks photographed on March 23, 1924. L.T. Murray was the president of the firm. Mr. Murray would move his logging operation to Lewis County in 1927. G75.1-089 (Additional information provided by a reader)
West Fork Logging Co.; Lumber industry--1920-1930;
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Piles of logs waiting to be removed via railroad flatcars from a West Fork Logging Co. site in March of 1924. G75.1-088
Logs; West Fork Logging Co.;
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
On February 19, 1924, workers at the St. Paul & Tacoma lumber mill were loading a giant log onto a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway car. The log was being sent on an exhibition tour. It would be shown at agricultural fairs and educational exhibits in the East and Midwest during the coming summer as a sample of the giant logs from which Tacoma mills got their lumber. The log was 72 inches in diameter and 40 feet long. (TNT 2/20/1924) G36.1-042
Lumber industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Logs; Railroad freight cars--Tacoma; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Co. (Tacoma); Hoisting machinery;
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
On February 19, 1924, this giant 40-foot log was successfully loaded onto a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad freight car by employees of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. The log, measuring 72 inches in diameter, would be a prime exhibit when shown in the East and Midwest the following summer. The sheer size of the log would remind viewers that lumber from Tacoma mills came from logs similar to the one displayed. TPL-2375; G44.1-093
Lumber industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Logs; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Railroad freight cars--Tacoma; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Co. (Tacoma);
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Log dump & saw mill - Wheeler-Osgood Co. as photographed on January 17, 1924. The company focused on door and plywood manufacture and was located in the industrial tideflats. It had been established in 1889 and remained in business until 1952. G36.1-062
Lumber industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Wheeler, Osgood Co. (Tacoma); Logs; Sawmills--Tacoma--1920-1930;
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Interior of power house at the Vance Lumber Co. plant in Malone, Washington. Photographed on October 8, 1923 as part of a series of photographs taken by Marvin Boland. Joseph Alexander Vance was in 1923 the president and sole owner of the Vance Lumber Co. who made the small town of Malone a company town for his employees. A native of Quebec, Canada, Mr. Vance arrived in Washington in 1890 and after several jobs, became involved in the lumber industry where in 1897 he founded a small mill near Elma. This venture would be the beginning of the Vance Lumber Co. In 1909 he purchased the Swan & Johnson holdings at Malone, five miles east of Elma, which consisted of a mill, timber and a 300-hundred acre farm. He then erected a hotel, homes for his workers, a store, a school and office buildings to improve Malone. Besides cutting lumber the company also manufactured shingles and erected a planing mill and factory. Mr. Vance's ill health forced him to dispose of his lumber interests in 1923 and he left the area for Seattle where he invested in commercial real estate. The mills in Malone closed during the Depression and the company owned homes were sold. G36.1-027 (Pollard: A History of the State of Washington, p. 177-178; Hunt: Washington, West of the Cascades, p. 636-639)
Malone-Vance Lumber Co. (Malone); Power plants--Malone; Lumber industry--Malone; Mills--Malone;
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Exterior view of Malone-Vance Lumber Co. mill. The Joe Vance Lumber Co. established a mill in the small community of Malone in the early 1900's. Malone was located in Grays Harbor county south of Elma. Malone was a "company town" in a remote location and the Vance Co. provided housing for its workers. The mill would later be sold to the Bordeaux Lumber Co. and remain in operation until the depression years when it eventually closed. The company owned homes were sold. Photographed ordered by E.J. Barry. (www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll-article) G36.1-010
Malone-Vance Lumber Co. (Malone); Mills--Malone; Lumber industry--Malone;
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
This view of a boat loading lumber at the Defiance Lumber dock had been a common sight since 1906 when the Doud brothers, desiring a site closer to shipping facilities than Buckley, bought land on the Tacoma waterfront just south of the Tacoma Smelter. By 1907 a mill was built, 1400 feet of shoreline acquired among the 18 acres of land, and 150 men were employed. Ships from all nations visited Tacoma to load lumber and lumber was also transported via rail. WWI caused rail transportation to substantially decrease and ships once again entered the deep harbor to retrieve the fir products and bring them to as far away as Japan and the United Kingdom. The Defiance Lumber Co. would continue in business until December of 1951 when it closed its doors permanently. G36.1-013 (Martin: Leslie Lewis Doud; his family and ancestors, p.1-3; Bonney: History of Pierce County Washington, p. 656-659)
Defiance Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Cargo ships--Tacoma--1920-1930; Shipping--Tacoma--1920-1930;