Davis raft of high grade spruce logs nearly completed; loggers work on logs beneath tall hoist; water and rowboat in foreground; mountains behind Photographer's number 432069
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Photograph of four men holding tree cutting tools and one with a stadia rod for use in surveying. Caption for this photograph states: Known as the 'Grizzly Gang'. This quartet of old timers cut practically all the poles used...
Logging in the vicinity of Pigot Bay, Prince William Sound. Logger is using a Caterpillar bulldozer with an attached lifting arm to move logs into place to form a log raft. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 4 1/2".
Logging in vicinity of Pigot Bay. Three men standing on shore, surveying a raft of logs floating in the bay. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 4 1/2".
On verso: Edward Barnes arrived in Wrangell around 1864 or 1865; Barnes Bros started logging in vicinity of Wrangell with ox teams around 1897 (J. M. Wyckoff, "Lumbering in Alaska," August 1923 Pathfinder)
Spruce logs, harvested from West Coast of Prince of Wales Island, float in rafts; a man measures one of the logs; houses line shore in background Photographer's number 189811
Title from photographic record Full notes: "Hollis operation of the Ketchikan Pulp Company on Prince of Wales Island in the Maybeso Drainage. Felling a large Sitka spruce. Note the springboard which is used to give the faller a place to work...
Title from photographic record Full notes: "High climber on his way up a large Sitka spruce to be 'topped' for use as a spar pole in high lead logging. Hollis operation of the Ketchikan Pulp Company in the Maybeso Drainage of Prince of Wales...
Logging crew standing by tree stumps in forest, with saws, wedges, and sledge hammers. Situk Harry, Samson Harry, Dick Harry, Tom Cox, Olaf Abrams, Peter L., Jimmie Jackson, Alex, Dick Nelson, Charlie Gudson, Bill Milton
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...