Black and white image of a four story grist mill on a river. It is impossible to tell if the mill is functional or damaged. Museum records suggest this could be a mill in the Yamhill County, but such mills would have been common sites around Washington County in the days before there were many roads to transport crops around the area. This photo was part of the Herbert McMullen bequest. McMullen was a local photographer who, in addition to taking his own photographs, collected images that depicted daily life in the area.
Black and white image of a bags of feed being filled at a mill. Dust fills the air as several men supervise the machines filling bags of feed. This photo was part of the Herbert McMullen bequest. McMullen was a local photographer who, in addition to taking his own photographs, collected images that depicted daily life in the area.
Black and white image looking across a small body of water at a sawmill. Though the location is unknown, this image is from the Herbert McMullen bequest. McMullen was a local photographer who also collected photographs and images from around the area.
Black and white image of a partially destroyed sawmill. Railroad tracks run to one side of the mill. The image is from the Herbert McMullen bequest. McMullen was a local photographer who also collected photographs and images from around the area.
Sepia-toned image of several men standing in the yard in front of a long, wooden building. Stumps and lumber are scattered about the yard, and trees fill the background. The smaller building is open-sided, and some machinery and pallets can be seen in the interior. The larger building has half-sides. There were several sawmills located in the Scholls area in the early 1900s, though museum records do not identify this mill, specifically. Two of the men in the picture, the second from the left and fourth from the left, are identified as Verne Briggs and A. E. Briggs.
Black and white image of a large lumber mill and associated buildings. Begun in the 1940s, this mill, belonging to the Stimson Lumber Company, was one of the first in the United States to focus on making 'hardboard,' a compressed wood product. In this way, Stimson was able to make use of much of the partially burned and cracked green lumber left over after the Tillamook Burn.
Black and white image of a large lumber yard, showing a covered saw area with mostly open sides. A horse team is just visible in the lower center of the image, and a rail car with cut logs sits just to the right of the center image. Power lines lead to poles near the building, and smoke can be seen coming out of the four smokestacks visible on the roof of a building in the rear of the image. Several men in the lower left of the image handle what appear to be large planks. Though tentatively identified as in Hillsboro, the specific location of this mill is unknown. There were a number of sawmills in Washington County, which remained heavily forested and largely rural away from the valley plain. This image is part of the Herbert McMullen bequest. McMullen was a local photographer who also collected photographs and negatives other photographers had taken around the area.
Black and white image of six men standing with a steam donkey. One man holds a large cross-cut saw ready to cut the log in front of him. The cables by which the 'donkey' pulled or 'skidded' the logs from the forest to the railroad for transportation can be seen stretching out from the large drum underneath the corrugated roof behind the two men in the lower center of the image. Most likely the logs were then loaded on a railroad car for transport to the mill or other location. Though the specific location of this group is unknown, this would have been a familiar sight in the forests of Washington County and the Coast Range during the early 1900s. The image is from the Herbert McMullen bequest. McMullen was a local photographer who also collected photographs and images from around the area.
Black and white image of a group of firefighters hauling hose to fight a fire at the Carnation Lumber Mill in Forest Grove, Oregon in August of 1952. The fire began in the sawdust bin, and the lumber mill itself was saved, though a great deal of equipment was destroyed.
Black and white image of two firefighters fighting a fire Carnation Lumber Mill in Forest Grove, Oregon in August of 1952. The building is largely consumed, but flames can still be seen running along the building's framing. The fire began in the sawdust bin, and the lumber mill itself was saved, though a great deal of equipment was destroyed.
Sepia-toned image of a half a dozen men standing just beneath the roof of an open work area. Two brick making machines are there, with carts stacked with bricks ready to go into the kilns for drying in front of each. The man visible in the rafters on the image left is probably loading the clay into the brick press from the upper floor.
Sepia-toned image of a two story mill with a number of adults and children standing about in front of it and in the windows. The man with the hat in the doorway is J. C. Smock, leading citizen of Sherwood, and the small children lined along the front of the mill are his children. The grist mill ground corn and wheat into flour for local farmers and families.
Black and white image of a couple standing next to a car, with two men sitting in the front of the car. The road is dirt, though a fence borders one side, and appears to run through a wooded area. This location is near the intersection of Laidlaw and Kaizer Roads and the newly renamed Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation District's Hansen Ridge Park. According to museum records, the man driving is Henry Hamel, while the couple standing beside the car are Gus and Freda Erickson, Hamel's relatives. The REO Motor Car Company was one of the first to mass-produce automobiles in the United States, though it discontinued its automobile manufacturing to focus on trucks after 1936. They are most famous for their precursor to today's pickup trucks, the REO Speed Wagon light delivery truck.
Sepia-toned image of a mill in a clearing. Milled studs are piled behind the building, while logs to be milled lay on the ground in front of it. The building's roof appears to be just planks laid across a framework. About a dozen men stand about in front of the building, some sitting on large logs.
Black and white image mounted on heavy mat of the interior of a large building, filled with bundled plants, sawhorses for sorting and stacking the plants, and men to do the sorting and stacking. At the time of its construction, this was the largest building of its kind in the nation.
Black and white image of three men standing in front of a square building with a large door open behind them. The gas pump in the left foreground of the image features a visible cylinder, enabling the purchaser to see just how much gas they were buying. The globe on the top advertises the name of the gasoline company, as does the logo on the side of the pump and the large 'Standard Products' logo painted on the building. 'Firestone' tires are also advertised by a sign to the right of the building. This photo was taken before 1930, before the garage was added to. Dave Ediger stands in the middle of the photo, between two Standard Oil representatives.
Black and white image of a large building, with a factory in the background. Near one building a horse has been unharnessed from its wagon and set to graze just off the road. A boardwalk runs along the other side of the road, and a haze of dust obscures the horizon.
Black and white image of a three-story, double-gabled building, with a porch and an awning. A power pole sits to the left of the building, and there are two entrances, but no other indications as to what might be the purpose of the structure.
Sepia-toned image of a donkey engine hauling logs down to a water way. A cable and pulley is visible in the upper center of the image, and machinery and houses in the background.
Sepia-toned image of a sawmill, with a large log being squared off on one side, and several smaller logs to the other. Three men watch, while another one runs the machine that controls the log.
Image mounted on matting of a number of people standing around a brickyard. All look at the camera. In the middle of the image a horse-drawn pugmill set just behind a large hold in the ground mixes clay for bricks; a man in overalls stands next to it. To the left of the image a man wearing a derby, overalls and a suit jacket holds a horse by its bridle, while the horse harnessed to the pugmill looks at them. Next to the mill, two men in overalls stand with empty wheelbarrows, two boys, also wearing overalls and holding shovels stand between them. Arrayed behind them are five men, also in overalls; in front of these men are two small wagons loaded with bricks in molds. A bald man holding a baby upright on his shoulder stands behind them, and to their right a woman in a light-colored blouse with full sleeves tucked into a long skirt stands with her hands behind her back. She wears a hat and there is a dog standing in front of her. Rows of drying bricks cover the yard behind the people. In the back of the yard is a 'scove' or 'clamp' kiln set beneath a makeshift simple plank roof. Steam rises from the top of the kiln. Behind the kiln, a large stack of wood stretches across the picture, and pine trees are just visible in the background, along with a number of bare trees in an empty lot to the left of the image. A bicycle leans up against the woodpile. A large trench runs through the foreground of the image, and a plank inclines down into it.
Black and white image of a three story mill with a barn. Sacks of product are visible in the open door of the barn behind the loading dock. Train tracks run in front of the mill, and the street is muddy. Six men stand in a row in front of the mill itself. Two men on either end of the line wear suits and hats, as does a man in the middle of the line; one man wears a vest and another overalls. One man appears to be wearing a work outfit with a train conductor's type hat, while the last man wears overalls. A power pole is just visible to the far right edge of the image. White lettering spells out 'Climax Mill' on the front of the main building.
