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Residences and bunkhouses, camp no. 2, Simpson Logging Company, ca. 1927
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| Title | Residences and bunkhouses, camp no. 2, Simpson Logging Company, ca. 1927 |
| Photographer | Kinsey, Clark |
| Date | n.d. |
| Notes | Caption on image: Camp No. 2, Simpson Logging Co., Shelton, Wn.
PH Coll 516.3930 |
| 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.]
Camp no. 2 was located on Scotts Prairie, southwest of Matlock, and was in existence from 1925 to 1930, when it and camp no. 1 were merged into camp no. 3. Earlier settlers had cleaned out the stumps. Simpson selected cleared farmlands for several of its camps.
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Dwellings--Washington (State)
Lumber camps--Washington (State)
Labor housing--Washington (State)
Fences--Washington (State)
Simpson Logging Company--Facilities--Washington (State)
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Logging--Washington (State)--Mason County
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Mason County |
| Digital Collection | Clark Kinsey Photographs
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| Order Number | CKK0759 |
| 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 3930
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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. |
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