Western Oregon lumber industry photograph album [graphic], circa 1900-1917.

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Western Oregon lumber industry photograph album [graphic], circa 1900-1917.

Photograph album depicting various aspects of the lumber industry in western Oregon, circa 1900-1917. Subjects include the Pacific Export Lumber Company in Portland, Or.; the Alsea River Lumber Company; loggers; log flumes; logging railroads; and views of Toldeo, Or. Photographers include Benjamin A. Gifford, Arthur M. Prentiss, and Oregon Commercial Studio, all of Portland, Or., as well as the Cress-Dale Photo Company of Seattle, Wash.

0.05 cubic feet (24 photographs in 1 volume).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6963338

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Gifford, Benjamin A.

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Benjamin A. Gifford (1859-1936) was born in DuPage County, Illinois. After briefly attending Kansas Normal College, Benjamin worked for two years as an apprentice in a Ft. Scott, Kansas, photo gallery. He finished his apprenticeship in Sedalia, Missouri, under William LaTour, and then returned to Fort Scott to become a partner in a photo studio. Benjamin married Myrtle Peck in 1884; he and his wife moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1888 and by 1891 had started a photo studio across the street from t...

Oregon Commercial Studio

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Cress-Dale Photo Company (Seattle, Wash.),

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Pacific Export Lumber Company (Portland, Or.)

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Alsea River Lumber Company

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Prentiss, Arthur M.,

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