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| Title | View of Polson Logging Company headquarters, called Railroad Camp, near Hoquiam, ca. 1943 |
| Photographer | Kinsey, Clark |
| Date | ca. 1943 |
| Notes | Caption on image: Headquarters, Polson Logging Co. Kinsey Photo. No. 5
PH Coll 516.2858 |
| Contextual Notes | Polson Brothers Logging Company began business in 1895 in Hoquiam. In 1903, the name was changed to Polson Logging Company. Polson was bought out by Rayonier in 1948.
The city of Hoquiam began as a manufacturing and export center for forest products, including pulp and paper, on the Hoquiam River on north side of Grays Harbor a dozen miles from the Pacific Ocean adjacent to Aberdeen in Grays Harbor County. With Aberdeen it continues to serve as the business and commercial center of southwestern Washington.
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Lumber camps--Washington (State)
Storage tanks--Washington (State)
Railroad tracks--Washington (State)
Utility poles--Washington (State)
Polson Logging Company--Facilities--Washington (State)
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Corporations--Headquarters--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County
Logging--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 | CKK01880 |
| 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 2858
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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 9800XL at 100 ppi in grayscale. Resized using Adobe Photoshop 8.0 so that the long dimension was either 768 pixels horizontal or 600 pixels vertical, then saved in JPEG format at quality rating 3. 2004 |
