Unidentified lumber yard

Title

Unidentified lumber yard

Description

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.

[back] [pencil] C. 1910. H'boro?

Identifier

WCMpic_013496

Subject

Sawmills

Sawmill workers

Economic History

Scientific History

Spatial Coverage

Hillsboro, Oregon

Language

English

Date Created

circa 1910s

Date

1910/1919

Medium

gelatin silver prints

Rights

Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Five Oaks Museum at Research@FiveOaksMuseum.org.

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Type

Still Image

Source

Washington County Museum