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English: Man and large log on railroad flatcar, ca. 1909   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Man and large log on railroad flatcar, ca. 1909
Description
English: Sometime around 1909, the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company advertised the firm using a huge log of Douglas fir. This photo shows a man and the log on a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad flatcar. The sign reads "This fir log is a sample of the raw material used by St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., Tacoma, Washington in the manufacture of excellent West Coast lumber products of Douglas fir, Washington hemlock, Sitka spruce, Western red cedar."
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad Company; Logs; Lumber industry; Railroad cars; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company
Depicted place
English: Tacoma (Wash.)
Date circa 1909
date QS:P571,+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 nitrate negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
5873
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Credit Line
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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