File:Large fir log headed to the Stimson Mill Company, ca 1900 (MOHAI 8282).jpg
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[edit]English: Large fir log headed to the Stimson Mill Company, ca. 1900
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Photographer |
English: Kirk, George W. |
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Title |
English: Large fir log headed to the Stimson Mill Company, ca. 1900 |
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Description |
English: Members of the Stimson family relocated their logging business from Michigan to Seattle in 1889, purchasing timberlands throughout the region and an existing lumber mill on Salmon Bay, in Ballard. The Stimson Mill Company was incorporated in 1890, and soon produced lumber, lath, and shingles. Here, in a photograph taken by Everett photographer George W. Kirk, a workman marks the butt end of a large fir log destined for the Ballard mill. Kirk was based in Everett between 1898 and 1901. Caption on image: 229 "Butt Cut" 24 ft. long, 11,138 ft. Big Fir. Written on log in image: Stimson Mill Ballard Co. Wash Length 24 ft Circum 40 ft Sesle 11138 G.W. Kirk Photo Everett Wash old Sull Pir Caption information sources: Stimson history from Stimson Lumber Company website. Kirk Studio information from Everett Public Library website
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Depicted place |
English: Washington (State) |
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Date |
circa 1900 date QS:P571,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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English: 1 photographic print: b&w |
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height: 6 in (15.2 cm); width: 8 in (20.3 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,6U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,8U218593 |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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English: Museum of History and Industry |
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Credit Line InfoField | Priscilla Bullitt Collins Collection on the Stimson and Bullitt Families, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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