William J. Smith photographs 1900-1911

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William J. Smith photographs 1900-1911

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv86878

William J. Smith (dates unknown) grew up in Detroit, Oregon, at the turn of the century, and went into the family timber business. The Smith & Smith Mill processed timber in the Macky Place area. The collection consists of 69 photographs documenting the mill, the original town of Detroit, and landscape, and include several shots of the transportation of a donkey engine across a river and up a steep slope in 1911.

0.5 linear feet, 3 containers

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University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6380041

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Smith, William J. (William John), 1929-

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Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/William J. Smith">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/William J. Smith</a>. From the guide to the William J. Smith Diary, 1937, (Special Collections Research Center) Little is known about William J. Smith. He was a member of a family that ran the Smith & Smith Mill in the early days of Detroit, ...