United States Plywood Corp.'s logging operation at Kosmos, Wa., eight miles southeast of Morton in south central Lewis County. A tall timber is circled by ropes and pulleys. A piece of large hoisting machinery can be seen. The ropes possibly helped bring down the trees down safely when the timber was cut.

Plywood; Lumber industry--Kosmos--1950-1960; United States Plywood Corp. (Seattle);

United States Plywood Corp.'s logging operation at Kosmos, Wa., eight miles southeast of Morton in south central Lewis County. A close up of the timber with ropes and pulleys used to move timber. Covered areas and shacks are at the base of the timber, including a large tank.

Plywood; Lumber industry--Kosmos--1950-1960; United States Plywood Corp. (Seattle);

The extensive timber area owned by United States Plywood Corp. at Kosmos, Washington serves as the background for a personality shot of Mr. Jess Hurd who was photographed on March 2, 1954. Kosmos was once the headquarters for the logging operations of U.S. Plywood Corp. on the Cowlitz River, eight miles southeast of Morton in south central Lewis County. U.S. Plywood expanded in the post war years, acquiring plants at Mapleton, Ore., Anderson, Ca., two plants in the buy out of Associated Plywood Mills, Inc. and a veneer peeling plant at Kosmos, Wa. Their extensive timber holdings at Kosmos supplied the raw wood for their plywood plants. (Corrected identification provided by a reader)

Plywood; Lumber industry--Kosmos--1950-1960; United States Plywood Corp. (Seattle); Hurd, Jess;

St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company milled lumber used by 20th Century Construction Company in building DeLong School. View from off-site of building under construction with rough framing and roof beams in place.

St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company milled lumber used by 20th Century Construction Company in building DeLong School. Interior view of office building or house. Plan for school on panel; signs leaning against wall describing concrete subfloors.

St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company milled lumber used by 20th Century Construction Company in building DeLong School. Worker placing lumber on top of wood beams. Early construction phase.

St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company milled lumber used by 20th Century Construction Company in building DeLong School. View of wood beams in early construction phase.

Twenty logging trucks, photograph ordered by International Harvester. The trucks are fueled by propane and owned by Cotten Brothers in Spanaway, Washington. International Harvester sold and serviced large trucks. Here the trucks are posed in front of a large propane tank.

Trucks--Spanaway--1950-1960; Cotten Bros. (Spanaway); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Ordered by International Harvester, a single logging truck. The truck is fueled by propane and owned by Cotten Brothers in Spanaway, Washington. The truck is posed in front of a large propane tank labelled "Propane, the modern motor fuel." The back portion of the truck where the logs are usually loaded has been unhooked and now sits on the bed of the truck. International Harvester sold and serviced large commercial trucks.

Trucks--Spanaway--1950-1960; Cotten Bros. (Spanaway); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A man on the left operates a high line yarder to move logs onto railroad freight cars while another man standing on a log to the right directs his movements. Photograph ordered to show lumber camp activities.

Loggers; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hoisting machinery;

Men are loading logs onto railroad freight cars using a large crane. The cables for the high line yarder are attached to a tree behind the machinery and a wide grill has been set between two logs attached to the cables to protect the operator from a log swinging into him. Ordered to show lumber camp activities.

Loggers; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hoisting machinery;

An elevated view of a lumber camp showing several rows of bunk houses and several small houses as well as a couple of larger buildings, possibly the mess hall and machine shops. TPL-2040

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

An unidentified man is smoothing the top of a plywood coffee table using steel wool. A work bench fitted with a wood vice is standing behind him in his workshop.

Plywood; Woodworking--Tacoma; Men--Tacoma--1950-1960; Coffee tables; Workshops--Tacoma;

An unidentified man brushing a sealer on the bottom of a plywood coffee table as a primer. The legs, made of dowling stand up from the table. A work bench fitted with a wood vice is standing behind him in his workshop.

Plywood; Woodworking--Tacoma; Men--Tacoma--1950-1960; Coffee tables; Workshops--Tacoma;

A man is straddling a crossbeam pointing at a hole in a row of holes below a series of pipes at Rayonier's Grays Harbor mill at Raymond, Washington. There are walls of pipes on three sides of him. The Grays Harbor mill went into operation in 1928 and consisted of both a pulp mill and a paper mill. This mill manufactured chemical cellulose for use in production of viscose rayon and tire cord, and also made the pulp required by its own paper mill producing fine papers for businesses. (Rayonier 1952 Annual Report)

Rayonier, Inc. (Raymond); Lumber industry--Raymond--1950-1960;

A close up of heavy, cast iron machines with stacks manufctured by Western Gear Works, Seattle, at Rayonier's Grays Harbor mill in Raymond, Washington. Rayonier completed many improvements at the Grays Harbor mill in 1952. A large high-pressure boiler was installed to serve the mill's increased capacity. The bleach plant was modernized, with new bleach cells; in making possible a wider range of refining procedures, this broadened the versatility of the mill and opened the way to production of new grades of chemical cellulose. (Rayonier 1952 Annual Report)

Rayonier, Inc. (Raymond); Lumber industry--Raymond--1950-1960;

Two large, heavy cast-iron machines, cooker pots, manufactured by Western Gear Works in Seattle are shown in Rayonier's Grays Harbor mill in Raymond, Washington. Stacks from each of the machines open through the roof of the facility. The company had three mills in the state of Washington at Shelton, Port Angeles and Grays Harbor. There were two more in the Southeast in Florida and Georgia. (Rayonier, Inc., 1951 Annual Report)

Rayonier, Inc. (Raymond); Lumber industry--Raymond--1950-1960;

An open framework at Rayonier's Grays Harbor mill in Raymond, Washington. The building has three large chutes near stairs on left, another stairway and more equipment on right. This mill used 30,000,000 gallons of water per day, received from municipal water supply sources through a 10-mile pipe line. During the year, important negotiations were carried forward with the cities of Aberdeen and Hoquiam for the purpose of extending the current water supply contract to run for a total of 35 years. (Rayonier 1952 Annual Report)

Rayonier, Inc. (Raymond); Lumber industry--Raymond--1950-1960;

Two men are laying a brick wall between pipes and an outside of wall at Rayonier's Grays Harbor mill in Raymond, Washington. The original Rayonier mill was in Shelton, Washington, and began operation in 1927. It used the amonia base sulphite process and manufactured cellulose chiefly for chemical conversion to cellophane. Ordered by Rayonier Inc. 161 East 42nd Street, New York. (Rayonier 1952 Annual Report)

Rayonier, Inc. (Raymond); Lumber industry--Raymond--1950-1960;

A young man is building a cabinet or desk. Legs that look like pipes are sticking straight up as he tightens a screw in one of the supporting members.

Plywood; Woodworking--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A young man is building a cabinet. He is drilling holes in the top, opening corner of the two doors and will be attaching bumpers to keep the doors shut until the owner wants to open them. The legs have been added with a decorative U-shape on the outside of the box portion of the cabinet.

Plywood; Woodworking--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A young man is building a cabinet. He has attached an adjustable clamp to hold a board in place while he adds a screw from the other side to hold it. Small amounts of glue have squeezed out where the plywood and milled wood are attached.

Plywood; Woodworking--Tacoma--1950-1960;

One man is able to move an enormous roll of paper using an Ederer crane at the Weyerhaeuser Kraft paper mill in Longview, Washington.

Mills--Longview; Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Longview); Lumber industry--Longview; Ederer Engineering Co. (Seattle);

St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company chip storage plant as viewed on September 3, 1952. Kenworth truck with trailer and two more trailers at loading bays on ground level of building.

St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The interior Weyerhaeuser's bleached Kraft mill at Longview, Washington, showing overhead duct work and machinery in place. Ordered by Drew Engineering Company, Portland, Oregon, manufacturers of industrial air systems.

Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Longview); Mills--Longview; Lumber industry--Longview; Drew Engineering Co. (Portland); Machinery;

The interior Weyerhaeuser's bleached Kraft mill at Longview, Washington, showing the "wet end" of the paper producing process. The prepared pulp is diluted in the "headbox" with large quantities of water and evenly distributed on a fine, large, bronze wire woven as an endless belt 130 feet long and 216 inches wide and traveling at a speed of several hundred feet a minute. Ordered by Drew Engineering Company, Portland, Oregon, manufacturers of industrial air systems.

Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Longview); Mills--Longview; Lumber industry--Longview; Drew Engineering Co. (Portland); Machinery; Fans (Machinery);

The interior Weyerhaeuser's bleached Kraft mill at Longview, Washington, showing the paper-making machine that would roll out 200 tons of bleached Kraft paper per day to be used for food containers. The machine was 500 feet long, weighed 4,621,311 pounds and required 80 freight cars for shipment to Longview.

Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Longview); Mills--Longview; Lumber industry--Longview; Machinery;

The interior Weyerhaeuser's bleached Kraft mill at Longview, Washington, showing overhead duct work and machinery in place. Ordered by Drew Engineering Company, Portland, Oregon, manufacturers of industrial air systems.

Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Longview); Mills--Longview; Lumber industry--Longview; Drew Engineering Co. (Portland); Machinery;

The interior Weyerhaeuser's bleached Kraft mill at Longview, Washington, showing large conduit and a fan, part of the air system in the plant. Ordered by Drew Engineering Company, Portland, Oregon, manufacturers of industrial air systems.

Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Longview); Mills--Longview; Lumber industry--Longview; Drew Engineering Co. (Portland); Machinery; Fans (Machinery);

An elevated view of one of the paper processes at Weyerhaeuser's bleached Kraft mill at Longview, Washington, and a machine manufactured by the Beloit company.

Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Longview); Mills--Longview; Lumber industry--Longview; Machinery;