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June 15, 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PH Collection No.: | 709 |
| Creator: | Simpson Logging Company, creator |
| Title: | A Day With a Forest Industry Photograph Album |
| Date Span: | June 15, 1953 |
| Quantity: | 1 album containing 20 photographs (1 box) : black and white ; 4.5 x 6.5 |
| Location: | K0196 |
| Languages: | Collection materials are in English. |
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| AIA attendees viewing woodfiber processing machinery, June 15, 1953. Special Collections, UW Libraries, UW26561z |
| Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
The Simpson Logging Company was incorporated in 1895 by Sol Simpson with the backing of a group of investors. The Simpson Logging Company soon became one of the major businesses of Mason and Grays Harbor counties. By 1898, the company was operating eight logging camps, 80 miles of railroad, and had a daily production capacity of half a million board feet.
Sol Simpson, and Simpson Logging Company, were the first to use horsepower in logging, as well as mechanical "horsepower" at the logging site in the form of a "Walking Dudley" -- a donkey engine and large wheel on a moveable car used for mechanizing production. Sol Simpson was also one of the first to take the long-term view of the timber industry. Unlike other operators, he held on to his cutover land to harvest it again. He died in 1906 and after his death, his son-in-law, Mark Reed, and another businessman bought out the other shareholders of Simpson Logging Company.
The Simpson Logging Company, now the Simpson Investment Company, remains the oldest continuously operated forest products company in the Pacific Northwest and continues to be managed by the descendents of its original founder. During the 85th American Insitute of Architects (AIA) Annual Convention, held in Seattle, Washington, from June 15-19th, 1953, AIA attendees visited the Simpson Logging Company facility in Mason County.
The album contains photographs documenting a 1953 visit to the Simpson Logging Company in Mason County made by people attending the American Institute of Architects Annual Meeting. The photographs document a tour of the Simpson Woodfiber plant, demonstrations of logging machinery, tree topping and felling, and a picnic. It includes a photograph of Hap Johnson, the world's champion tree topper, demonstrating his work.
The collection is open to the public.
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
The required credit line for use of images from Special Collections is: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [plus the negative number].
The negative number is provided with the image and is a letter + number combination such as UW13452; Hegg 1234; or NA1275. A typical credit line would be, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, UW13452.
Album originally sent to Ray Alderson by T.F. Gleed, President, Simpson Logging Company, as a memento of the trip. Letter from T.F. Gleed to Ray Alderson is in the collection's case file.
Source: Wessel and Lieberman Booksellers, Seattle, Washington, September 2002.
Processed by Sayaka Ito; processing completed in October 2005.
