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MEC&MC Monorail Hoist with Lumber Handling

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company monorail hoist with lumber handling unit on a monorail track with an operator in the cab at Long Bell Lumb...
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MEC&MC Cant Handling Crane

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company cant handing crane at Long Bell Lumber Co. with an operator in the cab. This was reportedly one of sixteen...
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MEC&MC Lumber Crane

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company lumber crane at the Long Bell Lumber Company. The cab is stamped "Milwaukee Electric Crane & Mfg. Co., 5 T...
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Loading Pole Supports on Truck

Date: 01 13 1936
Description: Three men loading pole supports into the back of an International truck owned by the Puget Sound Power and Light Company. In the foreground are railroad tr...
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A Log Raft on the Columbia River

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Description: View of a log raft secured to a dock or barge on the right. Men are standing on the raft chaining the logs together in one compact load. A man is walking n...
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Kalb Glibbert Lumber Co.

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Description: View toward the lumber mill. The mill complex is on the far shoreline, with two smokestacks. The building on the left side has a track the extends from th...
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Siler Lumber Co.

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Description: Elevated view across water toward the lumber mill. On the left is a boat, moving away from the loading dock. Smoke and steam emanate from various building ...
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The Assorting Table

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Description: View of lumber transported from the mill and across the assorting table, where it is then moved and sorted into different groups. Men stand on the lumber o...
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Copper Smelter

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Description: Northport Mining and Smelting Company was incorporated in June 1898, becoming Northport Smelting and Refining Company in July 1901. The plant complex is s...
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Lower Falls

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Description: View of the Lower Falls on the Spokane River. A building on the left has a sign that reads: "Washington Water Power Company."
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KR-11 Truck with Semi-Trailer

Date: 1944
Description: International KR-11 truck operated by Harms-Randolph Freight Lines at a fleet loading station. Original caption reads: "One of three KR-11 International tr...
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E.F. Waggoner McCormick Agency Building

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of dealership building of E.F. Waggoner, general agent for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Text on the side of the building reads: ...
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James Henry Packing Company C-30 Truck

Date: 06 08 1936
Description: Men load meat from a loading dock onto an International C-30 truck owned by the James Henry Packing Company.
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Washington Cooperative Association C-40 Truck

Date: 03 25 1936
Description: Men load bags from a loading dock onto the back of an International C-40 truck equipped with a trailer.

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