This photograph depicts a climber ascending a tree trunk during a tree-topping contest. Transcribed from handwritten note on back of the photograph, "Tree-topping contest - Longview Rolleo, 1930. High climber ascending."
This photograph depicts a man using a crosscut saw to cut through a tree trunk during a cross-cutting contest, as a crowd watches from behind. This photograph depicts a contestant at the Longview Rolleo during a cross-cutting contest.
Two men operating a cross cut saw on a tree. Other workers standing around them. Transcription from slide: “General Disque and John D. Ryan, director of aircraft.”
United States. War Department. Spruce Production Division
Loggers with the Silver Falls Timber Company use a cable system to move logs in the Silverton, Oregon area. A log is suspended by the cables and two men stand on the log. A third man, a steam donkey, and stacked logs are visible on the ground below. A railroad track can be seen running through the scene.
A logger, possibly with the Silver Falls Timber Company, cuts a fir tree in a forest in the Silverton, Oregon area. The tree has already been felled and he is cutting into the trunk using a two-person crosscut saw. Other felled trees are visible on the ground.
A man stands between three fir trees in a forest near Silverton, Oregon. He may be a logger with the Silver Falls Timber Company. The man leans on an axe and looks at the camera. A large two-person crosscut saw is leaned against a tree next to him.
Photograph showing a man standing amongst several large trees. An axe is lodged in the trunk of the tree on the left. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Perhaps one rod of the million acres in Lake County. Lake Co. Ore."
Photograph showing Miss Elaine Mitchell, of 916 Stillwell Avenue, Tillamook. She is seated in the front seat of a logging truck, with the door open. Another woman, wearing a hat and suit dress, is standing in front of Mitchell holding a pen and piece of paper. Mitchell is wearing a flannel shirt, pants, and tall leather boots. Logs are loaded onto the truck, and a body of water and mountains can be seen in the background (negative 1 of 12).
Photograph showing Miss Elaine Mitchell, of 916 Stillwell Avenue, Tillamook. She is standing next to a another woman, wearing a hat and dress suit, and looking downward at a piece of paper. Mitchell is leaning against a logging truck, laden with cut logs, wearing a flannel shirt, pants, and tall leather boots (negative 7 of 12).
Photograph showing showing Miss Elaine Mitchell, of 916 Stillwell Avenue, Tillamook, dropping logs off a dock into the a body of water. A small crane and pulley are being used to move the logs off the truck. Mitchell is standing on the wooden dock in front of the logging truck, wearing a flannel shirt and tall boots (negative 5 of 12).
Photograph looking upward, showing Miss Elaine Mitchell, of 916 Stillwell Avenue, Tillamook. Wearing a flannel shirt and tall leather boots, Mitchel appears to be holding a hose, which is wrapped around part of a logging truck (negative 4 of 12).
A man stands on a felled tree in a forest in the Silverton, Oregon area. He poses next to a large two-person crosscut saw. Behind him is another felled tree trunk that has an axe protruding out of the bark.
Four men with the Silver Falls Timber Company pose on a fallen tree trunk in a forest of fir trees in the Silverton, Oregon area. One of them holds an axe. Handwriting on the negative reads "S.F.T.CO. No 0106."
A view of Lower North Falls, one of ten waterfalls on the Trail of Ten Falls in Silver Falls State Park. Two large logs can be seen protruding from the pool at the bottom of the falls. Accompanying description reads "This set of falls were used to sell the park area to the Highway Commisioner."
Two men pose next to a fir tree in a forest near Silverton, Oregon. They may be loggers with the Silver Falls Timber Company. The tree has a large chunk cut out of it and a pile of wood pieces is on the ground in front of it.
Train tracks run along the base of a hillside in the Silverton, Oregon area. Two men stand on a large platform constructed of logs, while a third man on the ground cuts a log with a cross-cut saw. Two other men cut and stack smaller pieces of wood. A large piece of machinery, possibly a steam donkey, can be seen nearby with steam rising out of it.
A logger shaves his face with an ax at the Loggers’ Carnival in Seaside. He is standing in front of a mirror with both arms raised, and appears to be on a stage. A crowd can be seen in the background (negative 6 of 10).
A logger shaves another man’s beard at the Loggers’ Carnival in Seaside. The bearded man lays on a tilted log board, while another man stands above him holding a ax. Behind the pair, an audiences watches from below a stage (negative 7 of 10).
A logger shaves his face with an ax at the Loggers’ Carnival in Seaside. He is standing in front of a mirror with both arms raised, and appears to be on a stage. A crowd can be seen in the background (negative 1 of 10).
Photograph showing 2 loggers posing below the undercut of a large tree. A crosscut saw leans upright against the tree trunk. Several axes are embedded in the tree trunk.
Two men stand on springboards attached to the base of a fir tree in a forest. They both stand with their backs to the camera and look over their shoulders. A large notch is visible that has been cut out of the trunk of the tree.
Four men pose next to a fir tree in a forest near Silverton, Oregon. They may be loggers with the Silver Falls Timber Company. The tree has a large chunk cut out of it and pieces of wood are piled on the ground in front of it. Two axes protrude from the tree trunk and a large two-person crosscut saw leans against the trunk.
Photographic postcard showing a group of loggers standing on logs and posing for the camera. There are many fallen logs around them and 2 horses stand behind them. Handwriting at the bottom of the postcard reads, "Logging near Clackamas, Ore. taken 1910."