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| Title | Loggers on stack of logs with donkey engine in background Merrill & Ring Lumber Company, Pysht, ca. 1927 |
| Photographer | Kinsey, Clark |
| Date | ca. 1927 |
| Notes | Caption on image: Merril & Ring Logging Co., Pysht, Wash. Kinsey Photo, Seattle, No. 13.
PH Coll 516.2055 |
| Contextual Notes | Merril & Ring Lumber Company began business ca. 1908, with logging operations based at Everett. By 1922, they had logging operations at Pysht. In addition, they had logging operations at Duncan Bay, British Columbia.
Pysht is a community on a small inlet at the wide mouth of the Pysht River on the Strait of Juan de Fuca in north central Clallam County. It was formerly the headquarters for the Merrill & Ring Tree Farms. This Indian name, meaning fish, has been spelled in almost every possible form.
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Logs
Loggers
Steam donkeys--Washington (State)
Forests--Washington (State)
Lumber industry--Washington (State)
Merrill & Ring Lumber Company--People--Washington (State)
Merrill & Ring Lumber Company--Equipment & supplies--Washington (State)
Clallam County (Wash.)
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Spartrees--Washington (State)--Clallam County
Cold decks (Logging)--Washington (State)--Clallam County
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Clallam County--Pysht |
| Digital Collection | Clark Kinsey Photographs
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| Order Number | CKK01099 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info Please cite the Order Number when ordering. |
| Negative Number | C. Kinsey 2055
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Clark Kinsey Photograph Collection. PH Coll 516
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| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin, b/w ; 11 x 14 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 ppi in grayscale. Resized using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 so that the long dimension was either 768 pixels horizontal or 600 pixels vertical, then saved in JPEG format at quality rating 3. 2004 |
