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| Title | Loggers with Caterpillar tractor fitted with yarding arches and winch, camp 5, Simpson Logging Co., Grays Harbor County, ca. 1940 |
| Photographer | Kinsey, Clark |
| Date | ca. 1940 |
| Notes | Caption on image: Camp 5, Simpson Log. Co. C. Kinsey Photo. No. 9
PH Coll 516.3921 |
| Contextual Notes | Sol G. Simpson and his family moved to Mason County in 1887, where Simpson worked laying ties and rails for the Port Blakely Mill Company's logging railroad. He formed S. G. Simpson Company in Matlock in 1890. Three of Simpson's brothers joined him in Mason County, and two of them worked for him. Simpson Logging Company opened its first sawmill, the Reed Mill, at Shelton in 1925. Numerous other mills and logging operations along the West Coast have been acquired by Simpson over the years. [Source: James, David. Grisdale: Last of the Logging Camp. Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1986.]
Arches and winches added to diesel "Cats" moved thousands of logs at Camp Five in the 30s and 40s.
Camp no. 5 was located east of Schafer Creek in Grays Harbor County and could be reached only by the logging railroad for many years. It was in existence from the 1930s to 1946, when the residents were moved to Grisdale Camp eight miles north.
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Loggers
Firs
Forests--Washington (State)
Lumber industry--Washington (State)
Simpson Logging Company--People--Washington (State)
Simpson Logging Company--Equipment & supplies--Washington (State)
Grays Harbor County (Wash.)
Group portraits
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Caterpillar tractors
Crawler tractors--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County |
| Digital Collection | Clark Kinsey Photographs
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| Order Number | CKK01629 |
| 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 3921
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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 |
