add to favorites : reference url back to results : previous : next
 
Zoom in Zoom out Pan left Pan right Pan up Pan down Maximum resolution Fit in window Fit to width Rotate left Rotate right Hide/show thumbnail
People, cars and houses, Kosmos Logging Company camp, ca. 1940
People, cars and houses, Kosmos Logging Company camp, ca. 1940
TitlePeople, cars and houses, Kosmos Logging Company camp, ca. 1940
PhotographerKinsey, Clark
Dateca. 1940
NotesCaption on image: Kosmos Logging Co., Kosmos, Wash. Kinsey Photo No. 2

PH Coll 516.1645
Contextual NotesThe Kosmos Logging Company was in business from ca. 1939 to ca. 1958, when it was taken over by U.S. Plywood Corporation.

Kosmos was once located on the Cowlitz River eight miles southeast of Morton in south central Lewis County. Primary industries were logging and the mining of mercury. In pioneer days, it was named by Charles Hopkinson, who operated a water-powered sawmill at the mouth of Rainey (Rene) Creek, which enters the Cowlitz River. There appears to be no record of the name origin. At one time, the place was called Fulton. The submerged town of Kosmos is at the upper end of Riffe Lake, the reservoir behind the Mossyrock Dam along the Cowlitz River.

Two cars on left are (left to right) a 1940 Dodge and a 1940 Mercury 8.

Subjects (LCTGM)Labor housing--Washington (State)
Utility poles--Washington (State)
Wooden sidewalks--Washington (State)
Men--Washington (State)
Women--Washington (State)
Dogs--Washington (State)
Kosmos Logging Company--People--Washington (State)
Kosmos Logging Company--Facilities--Washington (State)
Subjects (LCSH)Logging--Washington (State)--Lewis County
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Lewis County
Digital CollectionClark Kinsey Photographs
Order NumberCKK0201
Ordering InformationTo 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 NumberC. Kinsey 1645
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionClark Kinsey Photograph Collection. PH Coll 516
Object TypePhotograph
Physical DescriptionSilver gelatin, b/w ; 11 x 14 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2003.
add to favorites : reference url back to results : previous : next

© University of Washington. All rights reserved.
The Community Museum is a project of community organizations and Tribes across the Olympic Peninsula and the University of Washington.
Support for the project comes from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Preston, Gates and Ellis, LLP.