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1. PO.074.1005 - Route of Snoqualmie Pass Wagon Road on old Seattle and Walla Walla Trail and on Wagon Road toll road. East side of Lake Keechelus by Yvonne Prater. Small clearing through tall evergreen trees on sidehill. Moss, branches and brush cover ground. Large moss covered rocks in area and between trees. Spot of sunshine beyond trees. Two trees on right with cluster of smaller trees just off center marks right side of old wagon road. Tree in center with split lower truck would be in center of wagon road.

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2. PO.074.1040 - Snoqualmie Falls Railroad Depot

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3. PO.075.0444 - Early Issaquah. Bellview Hotel. Left Bellview Hotel with railroad tracks in front of hotel. Stumps burn near center. Squak and Tiger Mountains in background. Several buildings on right. View facing south.

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4. PO.075.0453 - Train of logs over Raging River. c. 1904 Engine 49 on trestle. Man stands beside engine another in doorway of cab. Eight carloads of logs and caboose. First three cars have man standing on logs. Trestle was above Raging River between Fall City and Preston. See article about train of Seattle & International Railroad in Mrs Leonard Reinig's scrapbook. Tells story of wreck on trestle.

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5. PO.075.0488 - Ready to use saw on opposite side of 17ft across undercut Cedar. Large cedar tree undercut across front of tree. Upper edge of undercut has scalloped edges cut to folds in tree. Man wearing dark suit and hat with beard lies in center of undercut. Man standing on springboard on left leans against tree and hand and arm rest on handle of ax stuck in lower edge of undercut. Man stands on springboard at right toward back of tree on side chopping tree cut with ax. Man bare branches on lower part of tree toward far right with moss on some. Standing upright against right front of large tree is long crosscut saw and oil bottle hanging from lower edge of cut. Many chips on ground at base of tree in front and smaller tree is cut down with stump left at far right in front. Ferns and twigs on ground around base of tree. Nine large springboard holes around lower base of front of tree below cut. Two above cut.

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6. PO.075.0490 - The Big Cedar. 1925. The Seattle Times Grove about 1925. $1800 raised to save it $500 given by Times. 200 ft high 18.4 ft diameter, 3 ft above ground. Age approximately 2300 years. Most of the group had blown down in 1937. 4 left in 1937. Large tree with five people standing in front of tree. Tree is so large that they look exceptionally small. There are other trees in background and grass is tall in front of tree.

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7. PO.075.0508 - Giant Cedar, Washington. Small broken branches in foreground. Large Cedar an other trees in background. Issaquah, Wash March 6, 1911 Issaquah 3/5- Dear Sister, I hope you are feeing better then when we last heard from you thought you would be home before this hope you will be soon. I know everything will be out of whack with out Mama wish I could come see you but the nurse sayed Eon and Inez couldn't go in so I dont supose anyone else could. We are enjoying a nice rainy day but everyone is well and I hop you may be soon with us. Gooodby with love Sister Mattie. Mrs. Manda Bush 1723 Belmont Ave Seattle, Wash C/O Swedish Hospital

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8. PO.075.1100 - Apple tree planted by Jeremiah Borst in his orchard at Meadowbrook.

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9. PO.076.0022 - Borst Lake, Snoqualmie, Washington with man in dugout canoe, before Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Co Mill. Man in dugout canoe. He sits on one end with paddle. Front square point of canoe is out of water. Mount Si in background. Small lake surrounded by trees and bushes on all sides.

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10. PO.076.0031 - Sunset Highway travel by Auto through trees. Man standing next to automobile. Straw hat balanced between 2 large trees on left side of road. Tall trees on each side. Man wears dark trousers with suspenders and white shirt.

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11. PO.076.0052 - Old Sunset Highway through timber. Dirt road with crooked tracks down center of road. Wagon with logs and no team along roadside on right. Logs on ground to left of wagon, man bending over between trees. Tall trees on both sides of road. Handwritten on back of original " Highway- Some of these pictures give an idea of the length of the trees, although the biggest of our timber is not seen on this visit."

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12. PO.079.0009 - Up-to-date logging in 1897, Columbia River, Wash. Large logging camp. Forest in background. Buildings for housing workers on slope. Several teams of oxen and donkey engine in foreground. Several teams and wagons loaded with supplies. Barn with fenced area with several oxen in corral.

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13. PO.079.0012 - Leona Murray McClellan on stump near postal telegraph company cabin, winter station, now called High Valley. We will never see trees this size again. Leona on large tree stump. Sea wears white dress and sits on stump.

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14. PO.086.0002 - Falling a Fir Tree on Stillaguamish River- 11 ft in diameter. Compliments of Wis (Lewis) and Crane. Do you want some views of Washington Forrest Scenes? If you do, remember that we have the best- having had five years' experience making such pictures in all parts of Puget Sound Country. From our large collection of negatives we have selected twelve of the best, which represent the largest trees, the highest trees, biggest logs, etc.; also the manner in which the trees are felled, sawed up, hauled out of the woods, and loaded on the cars. Among this collection is a beautiful picture of the Snoqualmie Falls; also, one of Mt. Rainier. All of them are the same size as this one and can be had at the following prices: One, for 50 cents, to any address. Special prices on dozen or larger quantities. Prepaid. Address: Kinsey & Kinsey, Official Artists S and I Ry. Snoqualmie, WASH. Big fir tree showing first cut on Stillaguamish River. Note how high the first cut was made in early days. One man lies down in cut, two men lean against either side of tree on springboards. Saw leans against front of tree upright. Ax stuck in tree with hat on handle. Saw blade oil bottle hangs on tree on left side. Left to right: Billy Wattano, Harry Sanders, George Miller.

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15. PO.086.0003 - Giant cedar up Middle Fork River of the Snoqualmie. 200 ft high, 58 ft circumference. Four miles out of North Bend Section 8, Township 23, Range 9E. Circumference 100 ft at ground. Largest Cedar Tree in Washington. Blew down about 1935.

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16. PO.086.0004 - Skid road among Washington Cedars and Fir Timber on Stillaguamish River. Logging skid road through tall cedar trees each side of road. Dense forest either side of road. Man walking down skid road toward far end. Large log in foreground at right of road. Timber debris on right.

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17. PO.087.0003 - Snoqualmie Valley above the clouds from Uncle Si's Mt. Tops of trees in clouds. Looking over valley from Mount Si.

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18. PO.091.0229 - Christmas Tree. Postcard to Hermia Thomson Opstad. Dear Children: This is a picture of Lewis, Kathleen and Byron's Christmas tree. The dolly in the top of the tree was for Kathleen and the "nigger" was for Byron. As soon as he saw the tree he screamed out "I want my nigger." With love, from Auntie Lou. Masters John and Andrew Thomson Miss Hermia Thomson Large Christmas tree in middle of a large room. Decorated with many packages around base of tree. Other package and dolls in branches. Large rug on floor with floral border. Walls and ceiling wallpapered.

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19. PO.093.0001 - Holding down a Homestead in Washington. Sedro-Woolley, WA. 1897. The picture is of a one room cabin, built in a clearing in the forest. It is unpainted lumber, and shake shingles. The chimney is made of wood. There is a ladder leaning against a stump. There is a man, sitting on a stump, playing violin. "The Homesteaders". Shake cabin on new homestead. If eloquence, whimsey, documentation, & technical excellence have ever been combined in one photograph, perhaps the homestead fiddler qualifies. Dated 1897 from the nearly obliterated penciling on the emulsion; "D. R. Kinsey, photog, Sedro-Woolley, WN. No. 1032". From pages 96-97; Vol I "The Family Album & other early work" Book by Dave Bohn & Rodelfo Petchek, Scrimshaw Press, 1975, San Francisco.

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20. PO.093.0003 - Foot log, 100 ft long over a stream acting as bridge. The picture is of a long log over a stream. The log is used as a foot bridge across the water. The water can be seen in the foreground and the trees in the background. There are four ladies at the right of the water. They are dressed in long dresses, and all are wearing hats.

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