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| Title | Men grading and sorting boards at a lumber mill, 1948 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1948 |
| Caption | After logs are sawed into lumber in the sawmill, the boards are graded and sorted by quality. A workman looks at each board, inspecting its grain and the number of knots. The best quality lumber has the straightest grain and the fewest knots.
This 1948 photo shows men grading and sorting lumber at an unidentified western Washington sawmill. The lumber moves past the men on wide, moving belts and the men write the grade on each board with chalk. |
| Subjects | Lumber industry; Men--Employment; Mills |
| Places | Washington (State) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.16777 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative: safety film, b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 48-2, 048 |
