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Merrill and Ring Logging Company logging crew with a donkey engine, probably in Clallam County
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| Title | Merrill and Ring Logging Company logging crew with a donkey engine, probably in Clallam County |
| Date | ca. 1922 |
| Earliest Date | 1917 |
| Latest Date | 1927 |
| Notes | Note taken from a document of unknown origin accompanying some of Harry Hall's photographs: Merrill & Ring, Pysht. 13 X 14 two speed Washington yarder with Camp 2 crew. This machine with this crew and others yarded and loaded 93 rail cars scaling 976, 840 board feet of logs in one eight hour day. This was considered an all time record for production in West Coast logging. Refer to page 472 of 'Jimmy Come Lately.' In the picture:1 Charlie Smith, 2 Nick ?, 3 Strawberry Smith, 4 John Martinson, 5 Happy Kerr, 6 Ben McClure, 7 Ernie Cogburn, Hook Tender, 8 Bill Swanson; 3 unknown.
Date guessed by cataloger. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Lumber industry--Washington (State)--Clallam County
Donkey engines--Washington (State)--Clallam County
Loggers--Washington (State)--Clallam County
Logs--Washington (State)--Clallam County
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Merrill & Ring Lumber Company
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| Personal Names | Cogburn, Ernie
Kerr, Happy
Martinson, John
McClure, Ben
Nick
Smith, Charlie
Smith, Strawberry
Swanson, Bill |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Olympic Peninsula--Clallam County |
| Digital Collection | Harry Hall Photograph Collection |
| Ordering Information | Items cannot be ordered. |
| Owner | Estelle Hall |
| Physical Description | 1 photograph : b&w |
| Digital Image Information | Scanned on a flatbed scanner between 300-600 ppi, re-sized with dynamic range adjustment and sharpening and saved as a JPEG using Adobe Photoshop 8.0. |
| Image File Name | M-R #7 |
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