Sawmill Collection (page 2)

Small private lumber mill still operating in region... Boundary County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Small private lumber mill still operating in region where large mills have cut out. Boundary County, Idaho

Small privately owned mill in the woods, recently discontinued, Mission Creek, Idaho, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Small privately owned mill in the woods, recently discontinued. All the large mills in this area have cut out. Mission Creek, Boundary County, Idaho

Small privately owned mill in the woods... Mission Creek, Boundary County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Small privately owned mill in the woods, recently discontinued. All the large mills in this area have cut out. Mission Creek, Boundary County, Idaho

Many of those dependent on the mill have turned back to... Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939
Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho. Many of those dependent on the mill have turned back to small stump farming and many have been forced on relief

Possibly: Many of those dependent on the mill have turned... Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho. Many of those dependent on the mill have turned to small stump farming and many have been forced on relief

Abandoned storage shed of the Humbird Lumber Company, Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho. Abandoned storage shed of the Humbird Lumber Company

Wife and baby of president of Ola self-help sawmill co-op... Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife and baby of president of Ola self-help sawmill co-op in doorway of their home. Gem County, Idaho

A new house, lumber from Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A new house. Lumber from Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Farm has sixty acres in tillable land, 100 acres in pasture. Gem County, Idaho

Home of Claude Kanady, president of the Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of Claude Kanady, president of the Ola self-help sawmill co-op. First part of this house was built a year ago. Now he is adding to it lumber from the sawmill. Gem County, Idaho

Young Idaho farmer plowing... Ola self-help sawmill co-op... Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young Idaho farmer plowing in the fall of the year while the other members of the Ola self-help sawmill co-op are working in the sawmill. The tractor does work for five member families

Abandoned storage shed of the Humbird Lumber Co... Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho. Abandoned storage shed of the Humbird Lumber Company

Pond monkey carrying cable from mill shed to pond, Keno, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pond monkey carrying cable from mill shed to pond. Keno, Klamath County, Oregon

The new Gilchrist mill, open a week, lumber mill, Gilchrist, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The new Gilchrist mill, open a week. Lumber mill. Gilchrist, Oregon

Small private lumber mill still operating in region where large... Boundary County, Idaho, 1939
Small private lumber mill still operating in region where large mills have cut out. Boundary County, Idaho

Many of those dependent on the mill have turned... Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho. Many of those dependent on the mill have turned back to small stump farming and many have been forced on relief

Log rafts on the Williamette River between Salem and Independence, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Log rafts on the Williamette River between Salem and Independence, Oregon

Possibly: Log rafts on the Williamette River between Salem and Independence, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Log rafts on the Williamette River between Salem and Independence, Oregon]

At Pelican Bay Lumber mill logs enter the mill by... near Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon
At Pelican Bay Lumber mill logs enter the mill by way of log chute. Near Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon

At Pelican Bay Lumber mill logs enter... near Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
At Pelican Bay Lumber mill logs enter the mill by way of log chute. Near Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon

Possibly: Pelican Bay Lumber Company, near Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Oregon, Klamath County, near Klamath Falls. Pelican Bay Lumber Company. Logs hauled to the mill by flat car, then dumped into the mill pond. Note markings on logs

Pelican Bay Lumber Company, near Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pelican Bay Lumber Company. The burner is characteristic of the Northwest landscape as grain elevator is to the Plains. There are many types of variations. It is an essential part of the sawmill

At Pelican Bay Lumber Company mill, showing... near Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939
At Pelican Bay Lumber Company mill, showing chute which conveys logs from pond to the saw. Near Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon

Pond monkey guides... Pelican Bay Lumber Company mill, Klamath Falls, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pond monkey guides course of logs from the mill pond to the chute. Pelican Bay Lumber Company mill. Klamath Falls, Oregon

Possibly: At Pelican Bay Lumber Company mill, near Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: At Pelican Bay Lumber Company mill, showing chute which conveys logs from pond to the saw. Near Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon]

Log chute at Pelican Bay Lumber Company mill, Near Klamath Falls, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Log chute at Pelican Bay Lumber Company mill. Near Klamath Falls, Oregon

Logs at sawmill on Marys River near Corvallis, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Logs at sawmill on Marys River near Corvallis, Oregon

Small sawmill on the Marys River near Corvallis, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Small sawmill on the Marys River near Corvallis, Oregon

Possibly: Small sawmill on the Marys River near Corvallis, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Small sawmill on the Marys River near Corvallis, Oregon]

Possibly: The church closed when the mill... Malone, Grays Harbor County, Western Washington, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: The church closed when the mill closed, but the houses are again occupied in the abandoned mill village. Washington, Grays Harbor County, Malone

Tenino, Thurston County, Western Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Washington, western, Thurston County, Tenino, Washington. Note that the door to the lumber office company is padlocked

Sign outside entrance of largest lumber mill in the world, Longview, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Washington, Longview. Sign outside entrance of largest lumber mill in the world

On the Longview homesteads (FSA) initiated in 1934, Cowlitz County, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Washington, Cowlitz County, Longview. On the Longview homesteads (Farm Security Administration) initiated in 1934. A project of sixty units where practically all are employed in one large lumber mill

Dismantling the Mumby Lumber Mill after thirty five years op... Malone, western Washington, 1939
Dismantling the Mumby Lumber Mill after thirty five years operation. Malone, western Washington

Company houses of closed mill... Malone, Grays Harbor County, Western Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Western Washington, Grays Harbor County, Malone, Washington. Company houses of closed mill, now mainly occupied by Works Projects Administration (WPA) workers

Entering main street from the north, Tenino, Thurston County, Western Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Western Washington, Thurston County, Tenino. Entering main street from the north. Office " cut out" lumber company

Possibly: Five Idaho farmers, members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op... Gem County, Idaho, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: Five Idaho farmers, members of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, in the woods standing against a load of logs ready to go down to their mill about three miles away

Road up the valley toward Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Road up the valley toward Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho " The Thunder Mountain gold rush went over this road

Carlock farmstead, Ola self-hHelp sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Carlock farmstead, Ola self-hHelp sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho. Shows new fence, new barn under construction, new house.White house seen across pasture in trees is the old family house

Young farmer, member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, plowing... Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young farmer, member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, plowing while others work in sawmill. Gem County Idaho

Newly-plowed fields on land... member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Newly-plowed fields on land belonging to member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho

A new house for descendant of old Idaho family... Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A new house for descendant of old Idaho family, now a member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho. Lumber was supplied by the mill

Small portable sawmill, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Small portable sawmill, very typical of the sawmills which are cutting small pine and hardwood growth of the area. Note mill and boiler, sawdust pile

Abandoned sawmill in nearly deserted town, Tamarack, Adams County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned sawmill in nearly deserted town. Tamarack, Adams County, Idaho

Home of one member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of one member of Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho. " She likes to sit in the door and watch the geese."

Charlie Carlock, aged thirty-six, the spokesman for the group... Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Charlie Carlock, aged thirty-six, the spokesman for the group who form the co-operative. He is a descendant of the early Squaw Creek Valley settlers. Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho

One of thirty-six members of Ola self-help sawmill cooperation, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of thirty-six members of Ola self-help sawmill cooperation. Gem County, Idaho

Possibly: One of the thirty-six members, Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: One of the thirty-six members. Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho. ]

Close-up of the sawmill, Ola self-help sawmill co-op, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Close-up of the sawmill. Ola self-help sawmill co-op. Gem County, Idaho

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"Sawmill: A Glimpse into the History of Woodworking" Step back in time to c1850, where James Marshall, a determined prospector, stands proudly in front of Sutter's Mill. This iconic image captures the essence of an era when sawmills played a vital role in shaping communities. Transporting us further into history, we witness a sawmill powered by a traction engine. The hand-colored photo brings to life the Victorian period and showcases the ingenuity behind this innovative machinery. The combination of power and precision is truly remarkable. Speaking of traction engines at sawmills, another captivating scene unfolds before our eyes. We marvel at the sight of these powerful machines working tirelessly to transform timber into usable materials. It serves as a testament to human progress and industrialization during that era. Traveling across borders, we encounter Kirchner Leipzig's spectacular band saw from Germany. Its intricate design and craftsmanship demonstrate how technology evolved over time to meet growing demands for efficiency and productivity. Fast-forwarding several decades, we find ourselves witnessing timber planing at a sawmill in 1953. Skilled workers meticulously smooth out rough surfaces with precision tools, showcasing their expertise while ensuring quality products for construction or furniture making. The artistry continues as craftsmen masterfully create tenon joints at another sawmill in 1953. Their attention to detail ensures sturdy connections between wooden pieces—a true testament to their dedication towards producing reliable structures. Venturing inside No 1 Shop at Sawmill in 1954 reveals bustling activity as workers diligently carry out their tasks amidst stacks of lumber waiting for transformation into various finished goods. This glimpse offers insight into the inner workings of these industrious establishments. Shifting gears geographically, we find ourselves on California's Redwood Highway near Scotia—home to Pacific Lumber Company—an emblematic location synonymous with vast forests and thriving wood industries that shaped America's growth throughout history.