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Six men use peavies to drive a log in the rapidly moving river. The descriptions on the back of the photograph read 'muscles straining, half-a-dozen Potlatch drives "lean into it" as they manhandle a log back into the mainstream. Unexpected cold snaps can cause the river to drop as much as two feet in a single day, resulting in thousands of beached logs such as this," and "driving logs could be cold hard work at times. Water temperatures were often near 37 degrees and men sometimes worked in it up to their shoulder.'
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Title:
Driving a log by hand
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1955
Description:
Six men use peavies to drive a log in the rapidly moving river. The descriptions on the back of the photograph read 'muscles straining, half-a-dozen Potlatch drives "lean into it" as they manhandle a log back into the mainstream. Unexpected cold snaps can cause the river to drop as much as two feet in a single day, resulting in thousands of beached logs such as this," and "driving logs could be cold hard work at times. Water temperatures were often near 37 degrees and men sometimes worked in it up to their shoulder.'
Subjects:
creeks (bodies of water) logs (wood) peavies
Location:
United States;Idaho;Valley County;Big Creek
Latitude:
46.405833
Longitude:
-116.187126
Source:
Potlatch Corporation Historical Archives, 1900-2007, MG 457, University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives
Source Identifier:
457_203_44_003
Type:
image;stillimage
Format:
image/jpeg
Language:
eng

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"Driving a log by hand", Potlatch Lumber Company Photograph Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/plcphotos/items/plcphotos382.html
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