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| Title | Large log bound for Chicago World's Fair, Seattle, 1893 |
| Photographer | Boyd & Braas |
| Date | 1893 |
| Caption | In 1893, the city of Chicago welcomed nearly 21.4 million visitors to the World's Columbian Exposition, a world's fair held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the landing of Columbus. To promote its wood products industry to the fairgoers, the state of Washington displayed an immense log.
In this 1893 photo, taken on Seattle's Railroad Avenue, a group of men gathers to look at the state of Washington's exhibition log before the train hauls it to the Chicago world's fair. |
| Notes | Signs in image: [...] Wilton Hardware Co. 815, Farm Machinery. Flour, Feed Grain. James Cosh & Anglo-Swiss [Condensed Milk]. Dalpay Roy & Co.
Caption on image: For the state of Washington's World's Fair building, Chicago. 125 ft long, 6 ft 2 in. diameter largest end, 45 in. [diameter] small [end], 19 ft 3 in. circumference large end. Boyd & Braas Photo Seattle.
Typed on verso: Large log for Chicago's World's Fair - State of Wash. Bldg.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Logs--Washington (State)--Seattle; Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Warehouses--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | SHS2798 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Historical Society Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: gelatin, b&w; 8 1/2 x 11 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 23 |
