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| Title | Logger preparing to top a tree, Polson Logging Company, camp no. 14, n.d. |
| Photographer | Kinsey, Clark |
| Date | n.d. |
| Notes | Caption on image: Polson Log Co. Camp 14. No. 16
PH Coll 516.2713 |
| 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.
To top a tree means to cut off the top of a tree down to a utilizable diameter for use as a spar. Toppers were one of the many occupational specialties in the logging camps.
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Loggers
Trees--Washington (State)
Lumber industry--Washington (State)
Polson Logging Company--People--Washington (State)
Grays Harbor County (Wash.)
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Tree felling--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 | CKK0508 |
| 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 2713
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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. |
