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| Title | Shingle mill and crew, Carbon River Shingle Company, n.d. |
| Photographer | Kinsey, Clark |
| Date | n.d. |
| Notes | Caption on image: Carbon River Shingle Co.; C. Kinsey Photo. No. 3
PH Coll 516.301 |
| Contextual Notes | The Carbon River Shingle Company was headquartered at Fairfax, Pierce County.
The "shingle weavers" as they were called, depended for their livelihood on the dexterity of their hands. They juggled the freshly sliced shingles which fell from the flashing blades of the saws in a manual ballet which the director of a symphony might have envied. They caught the pungent cedar boards in the air, flipped them from one hand to the other and "wove" them into finished bundles ready for shipment. A journeyman shingle weaver could handle 30,000 singles in a ten hour shift. Each time – 30,000 times a day – when he reached for one of those flying pieces of cedar, he gambled the reflexes of eye and muscle against the instant amputation of his fingers or his hand. [Source: Prouty, Andrew Mason. More Deadly Than War: Pacific Coast Logging, 1827-1981. New York; London: Garland Publishing, Inc. 1985.] |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Men--Washington (State)
Carbon River Shingle Company--People--Washington (State)
Carbon River Shingle Company--Facilities--Washington (State)
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Shingle industry--Washington (State)--Pierce County
Shingles--Washington (State)--Pierce County
Shingle industry--Washington (State)--Pierce County--Employees
Sawmills--Washington (State)--Pierce County
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Pierce County |
| Digital Collection | Clark Kinsey Photographs
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| Order Number | CKK0026 |
| 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 301
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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. |
