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Peeling plywood from old growth fir using lathe, unidentified plywood mill, Washington, ca. 1925
Peeling plywood from old growth fir using lathe, unidentified plywood mill, Washington, ca. 1925
TitlePeeling plywood from old growth fir using lathe, unidentified plywood mill, Washington, ca. 1925
PhotographerUnknown
Dateca. 1925
NotesOn verso of image: Early plywood lathes used in the 20s peeled giant knot-free old growth timber for fir plywood. Photo shows huge size of ""peeler blocks"" available to industry at that time. Modern equipment has made possible utilization of much smaller logs for fir plywood.
Subjects (LCTGM)Plywood industry--Washington (State)
Lathes--Washington (State)
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)
Digital CollectionIndustries and Occupations Photographs
Order NumberIND0345
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RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionIndustries and Occupations Collection
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2000.
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