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| Title | Track crew and railroad ties on flatbed moving car, Camp 5, English Lumber Company, ca. 1917 |
| Photographer | Kinsey, Clark |
| Date | ca. 1917 |
| Notes | Caption on image: Camp 5, English Lumber Co., Mt. Vernon. Kinsey Photo, No. 9
PH Coll 516.1144 |
| Contextual Notes | The English Lumber Company began as the Clothier and English Lumber Company, operating at Barney Lake on the Nookachamps and at Samish in 1882. Ed English bought out Harrison Clothier's interest in the company and by 1894, he was operating English and McCaffery Logging Company with Thomas McCaffery and E.C. Million. English had logging operations all over Skagit County and was instrumental in the founding of the city of Mount Vernon. In 1945 English Lumber Company went out of business and sold their land holdings.
English Lumber Company's camp 5 was active from 1914 to 1920 and was located just east of Little Mountain on Carpenter Creek.
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Railroad ties--Washington (State)
Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)
Railroad tracks--Washington (State)
Railroad construction workers--Washington (State)
English Lumber Company--People--Washington (State)
English Lumber Company--Equipment & supplies--Washington (State)
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Cranes, derricks, etc.--Washington (State)--Skagit County
Logging--Washington (State)--Skagit County
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Skagit County |
| Digital Collection | Clark Kinsey Photographs
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| Order Number | CKK0119 |
| 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 1144
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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 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2003. |
