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Fishing Rocks

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Description: Elevated view across water toward large rocks from which people are fishing. Caption reads: "Fishing Rocks, Near Seaview, Wash."
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Elevated View of Seattle

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Description: Elevated view of the city from Capital Hill, with the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains in the background.
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Lumbering Town

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Description: Distant elevated view of a lumbering town including a river and surrounding forest. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View of Raymond, Wash."
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Teams of Horses

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Description: Many teams of horses placing machinery on Palmer Mountain, climbing to 4,291 feet above sea level. Caption reads: "Placing Machinery on Palmer Mountain, Lo...
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W. & G.N. Wooden Railroad Bridge

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Description: View of a train passing over the W. & G.N. wooden railroad bridge which spans a mountain pass. Lumber is in the valley below. Caption reads: "W. & G.N. Br...
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"T.J. Potter" Steamship

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Description: View of the "T.J. Potter" steamship in the water near Long Beach. The ship features a paddle wheel and a smokestack. "T.J. Potter" ispainted on the side of...
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Prune Orchard

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Description: View of a prune orchard. Corn is growing in the background. Caption reads: "Prune Orchard, Vancouver, Wn."
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Washington Grain Christmas Postcard

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Description: Postcard composite with Christmas illustrations and a photograph of a storeroom filled with sacks of grain. Text reads: "A Merry Christmas," "Greetings Fro...
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Mule-Drawn Harvester

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Description: A large team of mules is shown pulling a harvesting machine in a field of grain. Several agricultural workers are on the harvesting machine. Caption reads:...
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Tourist Cars

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Description: View toward a line of tourist cars driving through a narrow road in Rainier National Park. There are redwood trees on either side of the path. Caption read...
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Stock Raising in the State of Washington

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Description: Cattle drinking water. Trees and hills surround the area. A farmhand (cowboy) sits on his horse, looking at the camera. Caption reads: "Stock Raising in th...
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Cattle Wandering in the Stream

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Description: A cowhand poses for the camera while the cattle drink at a stream. Trees and shrubs are on the hills surrounding the stream. Caption reads: "Stock Raising...
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Man with Saw Near a Fallen Tree

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Description: A man is standing next to a large, fallen tree holding out a saw against the log. Directly behind him is the stump. Caption reads: "The Bucker at Work, Owe...
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Lumberjacks Resting and Logs Rolling Down the Track

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Description: Two views in postcard format. The view on left is of two lumberjacks sitting in front of a tree, each holding an axe. To the left is a large saw used for f...
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The Forest Interior and a Railroad Stockcar

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Description: A postcard with two views functioning as a "before" and "after" of forestry. The view on the left features a man standing in the distance among large trees...
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A Log Raft on the Columbia River

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Description: View of a log raft secured to a dock or barge on the right. Men are standing on the raft chaining the logs together in one compact load. A man is walking n...
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Kalb Glibbert Lumber Co.

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Description: View toward the lumber mill. The mill complex is on the far shoreline, with two smokestacks. The building on the left side has a track the extends from th...
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Siler Lumber Co.

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Description: Elevated view across water toward the lumber mill. On the left is a boat, moving away from the loading dock. Smoke and steam emanate from various building ...
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Loading Lumber, Bound for San Francisco

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Description: View of lumber being loaded onto a boat with men on the boat and on the dock. On the dock is a small building, with a group of men, two in suits, leaning a...
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The Assorting Table

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Description: View of lumber transported from the mill and across the assorting table, where it is then moved and sorted into different groups. Men stand on the lumber o...

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