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Logging crew, camp no. 3, Simpson Logging Company, 1930
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| Title | Logging crew, camp no. 3, Simpson Logging Company, 1930 |
| Photographer | Kinsey, Clark |
| Date | 1930 |
| Notes | Caption on image: Camp 3, Simpson Log Co. C. Kinsey Photo No. 11
PH Coll 516.4006 |
| 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.]
Hanging on the "straw line" is Max Schmidt, Sr., known as "Dutch." At left is Frank Mako. Tom Kelly, left against the tree, was one of Simpson's best known and loudest workers for 50 years. Third from right stands foreman Herman Otto Puhn, a native of Grays Harbor County, who became general manager of Simpson's Shelton operations and a Northwest logging industry leader. Second from right stands Guy De Rosier, member of a pioneer Mason County family.
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Logs
Simpson Logging Company--People--Washington (State)
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Loggers--Washington (State)--Mason County
Spartrees--Washington (State)--Mason County
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 | CKK0776 |
| 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 4006
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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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