Collection Timeline

1865 to 1999

1865
According to the description on the back of the photograph, this is the 'first house built in Potlatch area.'

1896
horse-drawn cart

1900
Twelve oxen hitched to pull a log out of the forest. On either side of the two teams closest to the head are downed logs. Men stand just behind the oxen team as well as on top of the log.
A group of people stand on logs next to railcars filled with logs as a steam engine is moving toward them in the background. Mr. L. Weyerhauser stands in the second line behind the woman with the white hat. Mr. Peter Musser stands fourth from the right, net to the woman.
A long train full of logs travels in Idaho.
Several teams of horses move earth in a building project. On the photograph is a sign that reads 'this was earthmoving in the early 1900's before first practical crawler was building by the Holt Manufacturing company.'
The beginnings of Deary, Idaho. The mountain in the background is Potato Hill.
Men stand in an early logging camp kitchen. On the left is the stove, in the middle a island table, and to the right is another cooking area. Overhead is a lamplight.

1902
The man on the porch may be William Deary.
Looking at Kamiah, Idaho. A wooden sidewalk is running down through the middle of the picture towards the buildings.
The building on the left of the photograph is the 'Hotel Kamiah'. Photograph looking at 'downtown' Kamiah.

1905
Truck belonging to Potlatch Station No. 1.
Aerial view of the mill with the proposed location of a runway drawn in ink.
Two men sit on a shortened wagon hitched to a team of horses. The description on the back of the photograph says this is Fred and Jay (?) Campbell.
Men of the Potlatch company sit on a load of lumber board. The caption for the photograph reads 'first car selects now ready on track 2. All a B-O-A-R-D?' Behind the men is the Potlatch sawmill in Potlatch, Idaho. From left to right: R.M. Weyerhaeuser, Cliff Musser, William Deary, A.W. Laird, Mr. Wilkinson, A.H. Irving and Mark Seymour.
These men are the train crew that handled the first log train out of J.P.
Description from the back of the photograph reads 'This is the present Potlatch Sears Co. store (Grocery dept) in the early days. Along west wall Manning Fansler, in white sleeves behind counter. Charles McDonald in the white hat and Against the counter (moustache) is perhaps Mgr. McDonald.'
Looking at residence hill. Over temporary bunk houses and office of Mr. C. N. Lerekiusou(?) who built the mill. Description taken from back of photograph.
Men work to excavate the ground for the power plant at the Potlatch Mill. This photo is taken, looking west over the construction site.
This is the first school house [in Potlatch] and was located on the ground where the old gym stands. The school was moved in town to the present High School building.
Four men stand in front of a log cabin. According to what is written on the photograph this is 'pioneer's cabin' and future 'mill site'. Written on the back of the photograph says 'man in straw hat looks like Mr. C. N Lirekenson who built the mill ('Bud' Lirekinson's grandfather).'
Construction underway for the machine and blacksmith shop.
The view of the residence hill in Potlatch, Idaho. In the lower right hand corner, two horses pull a wagon with three men.
The home furnishings section of the store in Potlatch, Idaho. In the photograph are bed frames, mattresses, and stoves.
Description on back of photograph: 'Between two log ponds on south side of Potlatch.'
Men work on excavating the ground for one of the log ponds at the Potlatch mill.
The first 'Main' street in Potlatch, Idaho. The description on the back of the photograph reads 'Temporary store and boarding houses near mill pond and just south of the barn and sawmill.'
Men are laying the foundation for the first house in Potlatch.
The first log train out of Jaype, Idaho. On the right hand side of the photograph are log decks waiting to be transported.
This is the crew that handled the first log train out of Jaype, Idaho. The engine is #77.
A man stands on a barked log using a long pole to push logs out of the way. The plant's smokestacks stand in the background. The description on the back of the photograph reads 'Sorting logs in the pond.'

1906
General manager of the Potlatch Lumber Company.
Charles Roger sits on horseback in the lumber yard at the mill in Coeur D'Alene. Behind him is the mill as well as stacks of lumber.
Looking at Potlatch with a view of the mill in the background.
According to the description on the back of the photograph, this is the 'permanent co. boarding house.' In front of the house are two men standing on a wagon load driving a four hitch.
Looking towards the train station and residence hill in Potlatch, Idaho. In the center of the picture is a long wooden sidewalk.
According to the description written on the back of the photograph 'Potlatch was built on the "Peterson place" the farm house on the left being the Peterson home.' A man rides his horse down a dirt road while in front of him a car drives the same road. Written on the photograph is 'Potlatch, Idaho. Looking E. April 20-06.'
The construction of the mill in Potlatch. The main building is finished, while outbuildings are still being worked on. Several stumps are still in the ground in front of the building.
A postcard to Mr. A. W. Morgan in Winona Minnesota. The postcard is showing Potlatch in its early days with three men standing on a wooden bridge looking towards where the mill was being constructed. Written on it, '3/24/06 Our beginning. Watch Potlatch grow. We tope to take good care of your boy. Best regard to family Allison W. Laird.'
The construction of the reservoir at mill in Potlatch, Idaho.

1907
The lumber yard at the mill in Palouse, Washington.

1910
Several men looking at debris around a shay engine.
The horse teams of Camp 14.
Two men look at the camera through a strand of white pine trees.
Log sleighs being pulled by a early caterpillar which is then driven by a man on a sled.
The mill at Headquarters, Idaho. A wooden walkway leads up to railroad tracks in the center of the photograph.
Two men work in the offices of a mill. The description on the back of the photograph says 'left to right A.A. McDonald and Stan Mgn (?).'
Company men stand on flatcars. Behind them stand unlogged forests. The three sitting on the log are listed from left to right as Mr. Laird, Mrs. Donovan, and Mrs. Knapp.
Stanley Smith sits on his horse while behind him, Mr. and Mrs. Smith sit on the railing (Mr. Smith was the first postmaster). Next to Mrs. Smith is James Fiandmen. They are on the porch of a company house in Potlatch, Idaho.
Fred Fredrickson poses with his wife and child on a porch of a house in Potlatch, Idaho.
Dorothy and Lauren Bovill stand with A.W. Laird in the forest next to a very tall tree.
Group of men take a break from loading lumber to pose for a photograph. They are still using horse-drawn railcars to move lumber.
Men pose for a photograph in front a of a barn of George Palmer and the horse hospital in Bovill, Idaho.
Joack McCleklan rides a four-wheeled vehicle along the train tracks.
A man sits on top of a felled tree while another sides beside it.
Old Camp 8 near Bovill, Idaho is shown. Railroad tracks run roughly through the center of the photograph while stacked to them is a log deck. The log pond can just barely be seen in the background.
An early logging camp. In the background are large temps for the lumberjacks. Several men are holding teams of horses.
A group of mill workers pose next to stacks of board lumber.
The town plaza of Potlatch, Idaho. In the foreground of the photograph are wooden sidewalks. The house in the background may be a hotel. The building opposite that, may be a store of some kind.
Looking towards the train station in Potlatch, Idaho. In front of the train station are train cars and a steam engine. In the distance is the residence hill of Potlatch.
The loading platform at the Potlatch mill. Note that the area is covered by the roof.
Logs are packed into the log pond at the Potlatch mill. Next to the pond are the train tracks used to carry logs to the pond. In the distance is the mill itself.
Men pose for a picture inside the mill at Potlatch.
A man drives a railcar in the Potlatch mill lumber yard while another man rides on the front. Behind them are stacks of lumber.
Men pose for a photograph with the cars that make up the rail system in the Potlatch lumber yard. Behind them are stacks of board lumber. One man sits on his horse on the left side of the photograph.
Men load lumber into railcars at the Potlatch mill. Several men are driving cards full of planks to loading stations, while others are already there and loading the planks. Stamped in the lower right corner is the photographer 'John D. Cress, 'Forest Fotografer' 7330 7th Cor. Union, Seattle, Wash.'
The exterior of the Potlatch General store. Note the electrical poles and lights on both corners.
The railroad depot at Potlatch, Idaho.
Men stand with the horse teams of the Potlatch Lumber company. The description on the back of the photograph reads 'Potlatch Horse barn - Potlatch ranch. From skidding oxen and horses. Horses Pot barn Park sleigh haul.'
Five men stand with long train of flatcars full of lumber at the Potlatch mill which stands behind them.
A portrait of Charles A. Weyerhaeuser, President of the Potlatch Lumber company. Scanned from the book 'Potlatch Lumber Company: Manufacturers of Fine Lumber.' The back cover says 'Photographed and published by F. D. Straffin, 336 Riverside Ave. Spokane Wash. Printed by Inland Printing Co. Spokane, Wash.'
William Deary sits in the office in Potlatch. Scanned from the book 'Potlatch Lumber Company: Manufacturers of Fine Lumber.' The back cover says 'Photographed and published by F. D. Straffin, 336 Riverside Ave. Spokane Wash. Printed by Inland Printing Co. Spokane, Wash.'
Men work in the main office of Potlatch lumber company. Scanned from the book 'Potlatch Lumber Company: Manufacturers of Fine Lumber'. The back cover says 'Photographed and published by F. D. Straffin, 336 Riverside Ave. Spokane Wash. Printed by Inland Printing Co. Spokane, Wash.'
The children of Potlatch schools pose for a photograph in front of the schoolhouse. Scanned from the book 'Potlatch Lumber Company: Manufacturers of Fine Lumber'. The back cover says 'Photographed and published by F. D. Straffin, 336 Riverside Ave. Spokane Wash. Printed by Inland Printing Co. Spokane, Wash.'
The dry goods and clothing department in the Potlatch Merchntile Company store. Scanned from the book 'Potlatch Lumber Company: Manufacturers of Fine Lumber'. The back cover says 'Photographed and published by F. D. Straffin, 336 Riverside Ave. Spokane Wash. Printed by Inland Printing Co. Spokane, Wash'.
One of many splash dams in the forest used to help bring logs downstream before the railroad came in.
A partial view of a Hall-Interstate mine. Several log decks can be seen to the right hand side of the photograph.
The Iron Mountain lookout station. A man stands with a woman holds a young child at the door. A goat stands on the steps to the cabin.
The town of Headquarters, Idaho.
Men pose for a picture in front of buildings at an early logging in Latah county, Idaho. The area in front of the men is cleared of trees while the area behind the buildings is thick with trees.
Men stand with teams of horses in a pit. At the rim of the pit in back is an early model of a steamroller.
A view of the Elk River mill in 1910. The description on the back of the photograph reads "Elk River, Idaho 1910. The first all electric mill"
Downed trees and smoke-filled air mark the destruction of a forest fire. The description on the back reads "On the Coeur d'Alene National Forest, near Wallace, Idaho, following the hurricane and fire of August 20, 1910. Hard wood to be planted here." Stamped with "If this photo is reproduced credit be given as follows: 'Photo by K.D. Swan, courtesy U. S. Forest Service."
The aftermath of a forest fire.
Stumps are intermingled with burned trees while smoke rolls over the ground. Probably fire of 1910 in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest.
A man walks through downed trees. The description on the back reads "Effects of hurricane and fire in a heavy stand of white pine on the Little North Fork of the St. Joe River." Also on the back of the photograph is 'If this photo is reproduced credit must be given as follows: 'Photo by K. D. Swan, Courtesy U. S. Forest Service'.'
A water tank trunk fills up with water to help fight forest fires. Behind the truck is charred landscape showing where the fire has already been.
Smoke spreads in the background behind two burned trees.
Some trees in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest escaped the fire while others like those in foreground are singed
Smoke curls upward from the ground of burned areas in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest.
Several large tree trunks are scorched after the fire of 1910 in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest.
A burnt log lays on charred ground while smoke surrounds the trees in the background.
Fire consumes a down branch while smoke rises from the burnt ground
A wooden fire lookout. In the background is a pickup and another automobile.

1911
Quality logs (top cut) Scale 16,170' cut from the largest know white pine tree by Potlatch Lumber Company, Potlatch, Idaho.
The largest white pine tree ever found grew in the woods of Potlatch Forests. Inc. It was 207' tall, had an average diameter at the stump of 6'9', was 425 years old and scaled 28,900 board feet.
Quality logs (top cut) Scale 16,170' cut from the largest know white pine tree by Potlatch Lumber Company, Potlatch, Idaho.
A truck load of white pine lumber sawn from the White Pine King.
The town of Elk River, Idaho as seen from one of the surrounding hills. The mountain in the background of the photograph is Shattuck Butte.
Lumber jacks and members of the management of Potlatch lumber company stand on and around the White Pine King.
Two men work to saw the White Pine King while another supervises.
The logs from the White Pine King are loaded on the flat cars to transport to Potlatch, Idaho.
Two men saw at the base of the White Pine King to fell it.

1912
A postcard showing the exterior of the Union Church in Potlatch Idaho. The building was constructed in 1912 by the Potlatch company and was used as both a church (representing as many as 22 different Protestant denominations) and community center. The auditorium seated 700. The average Sunday school attendance was 225. The structure burned down in 1951.
A postcard showing the main auditorium of the Union Church in Potlatch, Idaho. The building was constructed in 1912 by the Potlatch company and was used as both a church (representing as many as 22 different Protestant denominations) and community center. The auditorium pictured here seated 700. The average Sunday school attendance was 225. The structure burned down in 1951.
A.W. Laird and Mark Seymour stand next to 'white pine lumber sawn from the White Pine King' in Potlatch, Idaho.
The largest white pine tree owned by Potlatch Lumber Company. Standing near the best of the tree are A.W. Larid and T. P. Jones.
These three logs are cut from one tree, believed to be the largest known white pine. These three logs yielded 16,170 feet of cut lumber.
One of the logs from the White Pine King. When scaled, this log came out to 29,800 feet.
A man stands next to a truck load of white pine lumber sawn from the White Pine King.
The White Pine King: Length 207 feet; average diameter of butt 6 feet 9 inches. Age of tree 425 years. Scaled 28,900 feet.
Viewing the Elk River mill about 1912. In the center of the photograph is where the logs would enter the mill. Also in view is the log ponds and the railroad tracks where the logs would be unloaded.

1913
Engine in process of being dismantled.
Men and horses clearing brush from land. They appear to be making a road.
The women have brought lunch to the men and are posing for a picture similar to the previous one.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. Lot 2, Sec. 2-41-5W J.P. Vollmer land assessed at $_____ per acre.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. Chris Colle land assessed at $70.00 per acre. improvements on lot 17 $50.11.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. Lot 2, Sec. 2-41-5W J.P. Vollmer land assessed at $50.00 per acre.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. Lot 3 or NW1/4 SW1/4 7-41-4W; Land assessed at $15.00 per acre (erroneously described on roll as the SW1/4 NW1/4).
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. NE SW 3-37-5W; John Lorang land assessed at $52.50 per acre, improvements assessed at $1200.00
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. SW NE 27-38-5W; A.O. Grove land assessed at $48.75 per acre improvements $600.00
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. Lot 3 or NW1/4SW1/4 31-42-4W; at right of picture D.D. Harroun land addressed at $40.00 per acre. NE1/4SE1/4 36-42-5W; at left of picture Potlatch Lumber Co. land assessed at $20.00 per acre.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. S1/2 NE1/4 12-41-5W; in foreground J.W. Rummage land assessed at $15.00 per acre. N1/2 NE1/4 12-41-5W; in middle distance Potlatch Lumber Co. land assessed at $_____ per acre.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. NE NE 12-41-5W; Potlatch Lumber Co. land assessed at $100.00 per acre.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. SE1/4 NW1/4 29-42-4W Albert Schultz land assessed at $35.00 per acre.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. NE1/4 NE1/4 16-41-4W; G.W. Wilton land assessed at $40.00 per acre.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. N1/2 NE1/4 9-41-4W less town site; L.L. Young land assessed at $45 and $50 per acre, improvements assessed at $1500.00. Shown on roll on wrong land.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. In NW1/4 15-39-5W; Charles Westein land assessed at $65.00 per acre, improvements $500.00
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. SW NE 15-39-5W; J.E. Anderson Less 3 acres (for road?), 22 acres at $65.00, 15 acres at $10.00, improvements $600.00.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. E1/2 1-38-6W; Frank Slater land assessed at $58.75 per acre, improvements $2200.00.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. NE1/4 24-39-6W; Peter Johnson land assessed at $70 to $73 an acre, improvements assessed at nothing.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. Lots 1 & 2 Sec. 1-41-5W; Potlatch Lumber Co. Lot 1 assessed at $20.00 per acre. Lot 2 assessed at $40.00 per acre.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. No identification provided of land parcel.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. SE1/4 NE1/4 4-41-5W; J.I. Anderson land assessed at $50.00, improvements at $1200.00 per acre.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. W1/2NW1/4 26-42-5W; On the right David Notman land assessed at $50.00 per acre. E1/2 NE1/4 27-42-5W; on the left Mike Freeze land assessed at $50.00 per acre.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. S1/2 SE1/4 36-42-5W; Potlatch Lumber Company Land assessed at $20.00 per acre.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. SE 1/4 NE1/4 12-41-5W; (no owner listed) Land assessed at $15.00 per acre.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. NW SW 18-39-5W B.T. Byrnes' land assessed at $68 to $88 per acre. Improvements assessed at $1700.00.
Hearing before the Board of Equalization, Moscow, July 28, 1913. 24 views of land with legal description and assessment of each parcel. NW SW 18-39-5W B.T. Byrnes land assessed at $68 to $88 per acre. Improvements assessed at $1700.00.
Looking at the residence hill in Potlatch, Idaho. In foreground are a church and school. Just beyond the church is what was then Main street (what is now 6th street).
Planing mill and sheds [looking] from the southeast. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Jeffrey Electric Storage Battery Locomotive and seven tram cars lumber on south track, with dry kilns at back. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Alley No. 8 in lumber yard from south end. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Entire plant of the Elk river operations from hospital, showing from hotel to saw mill. The building on the left-hand side of the picture is the hotel. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Part of a "three plate panoramic view of the plant at Elk River from hill." View of the planked lumber yards. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Part of a "three plate panoramic view of the plant at Elk River from hill. [This plate shows] at north west, showing all of yard, manufacturing plant, railroad." Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Close view of center of lumber yard, with planing mill, dry kilns, and saw mill in background. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Part of a "three plate panoramic view of the plant at Elk River from hill. [This plate shows] railroad station, office, hotel, and hospital." Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Close view of center of lumber yard, with planing mill, dry kilns, and saw mill in background. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Interior of saw mill from log end, showing three Diamond Iron Works band mills. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Interior of saw mill from back end, showing entire interior. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Interior of sorting shed from outer end. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Line of Berlin machines in the planing mill, from north, showing Westinghouse motor at first machine. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Interior of planing mill from south end, showing from resaw to end of building, and cars on loading dock at right. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Two Westinghouse-Parsons steam turbines and Dynamos and switch board. 625 K. W. 603 AMP; and 1000 KW, 963 AMP. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Electric Donkey No. 2, sky line 3,000 feet, pulling cedar poles at finish of set, also showing portable transformer on car. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Electric logging operations, from hillside, showing landing of poles and loading of logs on cards, with Donkey No. 2, transformer car and camp cars. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Four men stand in front to show "Height to limbs of White Pine tree 23'6" in circumference, located on SW NW Sec. 9 T39 N, R 2E, Clearwater Co., Idaho." Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Four men stand in front of a large White Pine that was 23'6" in circumference.
Broad view of white pine timber in N. W. 1/4 N. W. 1/4 Sec. 9/39/2. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Another view of the same clump [of white pine] to show height to limbs. This group of White Pine is located in N. W. 1/4 N. W. 1/4 Sec. 9/39/2. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Two men stand near "Four very large white pines close together, SE NE 8/39/2." Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Three men stand in amongst "Another clump of white pine and cedar in the same location [at SE NE 8/39/2]." Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Broad view of same clump [at SE NE 8/39/2], showing more trees, but first long only. Four men stand in amongst the trees. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Image shows the end of the skyline in bringing the logs to a rail line to send them to the mills.
Several locomotive cards sit while six men stand in front of them. There is a sign on one of the train cars that partially reads 'Spokane Wash September 24-27 1913'.
Interior of the saw mill of the Potlatch Lumber Co. at Potlatch, Idaho, from the log end, showing log decks full of logs, four Diamond Iron Works band mills and carriages. (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Five plate panoramic view of the plant over the lumber yard from north. (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder). Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Another view from further back, with railing around cut off saws.' (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Detail of interior of the saw mill from Center, showing four band mills, but only small part of gang.' (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
The two International Endless Chain Draw Saws, motor driven. (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Interior of saw mill from stairway in N. W. corner, with a very wide angle to show the entire equipment.' (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Interior of saw mill from same position, narrower angle showing details of edgers and bands larger but not including trimmers.' (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Interior of the long sorting shed, 544 feet from outside.' (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Alley No. 12 in lumber yard from east. (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Same view as one plate, not showing quite all west end of yard. (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Stack with four bottom supports carried to three cross strips, and north side of Alley No. 20 in lumber yard from east. (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Plate 2 of a five plate set of a panoramic view of the plant over the lumber yard from the north. (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Jeffrey Electric Storage Battery locomotives on main track in yard.' (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Eleven stacks 12' in. No. 3 White Pine, south side Alley 6. (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Plant from east hill north of Catholic church.' (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Plant from 5th and Pine sts., showing depot. (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
The big stump and the saw mill.' (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Planing mill power house, planer, sheds and loading track from roof of blacksmith shop.' (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
The saw mill complete, with the town [Potlatch] back.' (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Closer view of sorting shed and saw mill, also stack of planing mill. (Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder) Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
White Pine and Cedar timber on center of sec. 34, T 42 N, R 1W. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
About two leg cuts in height on White Pine tree 22 feet in circumference at stump, located on SE SE sec 34/42N/1W. (this tree is slightly larger than the King")." Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Trunks of two monster White Pine trees, first one 19'6; second 22" in circumference at the stump." Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Another view to show height of trunks of these trees to limbs. "Trunks of two monster White Pine trees, first one 19'6"; second 22" in circumference at the stump." Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Broadway view of thick clump of White Pine timber located on SE NE Sec. 34/42N/1W, Latah, Co. Idaho. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
White Pine and Cedar timber on NW NE Sec 33/42/1. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Another view of same clump to show height to limbs. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Thick clump of White Pine on hillside in the same location [as 452]. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4
White Pine and Cedar timber on SE SE Sec. 33/42/1. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Cut timber logs surround poles that are holding up a cable system. The description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder say: "Curve in Cable tram road 1 1/4 miles above Camp 13, showing station [sic] where returning trolleys are shifted." Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Loading end of the cable tramway, where the logs are attached to the cable. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
View from above loading skidway at noontime. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Looking down first curve to lunch shack, showing considerable standing timber. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Looking up from turn below lunch shack. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
The Cable splice rig, and logs on the ground from right of way. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
View across the big canyon where line is highest and longest, about 2,500 feet from upper end. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
View across the big canyon where line is highest and longest, about 2,500 feet from upper end. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
At the first curve looking up, also showing first station. Also included in this photo is a man standing behind two draft horses in harness. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Logs as they come to the lower landing. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Saw Mill, Dry Kilns, Planing Mill and lumber yard from southeast. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
T. P. Jones and crew at lower landing with one chain released. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.
Another view from same position, with wide angle, showing all of the town and plant. Description taken from American Lumberman papers found within the folder. Photograph taken between September 28 and October 4.

1914
Atlas G1483.L3O6 1914

1915
Logs on the way to the mill at Potlatch.
Logs on the way to the mill at Potlatch.
Railway car of logs on the way to the Potlatch Mill.
Logs loaded on a railway flat car in Potlatch.
Four men posed on the engine of a logging train.
Two of the shay locomotives which were scrapped
Two of the shay locomotives which were scrapped
Shown at the Northwest Livestock Association show at Lewiston, Dec. 1915. These steers won every 1st and 2nd prize and the steer Beaufactor,third from right, was made grand champion over all breeds and ages of the show. Two-thirds of these steers were bred on the university farm at Moscow.
Six month old shire filly foal bred on the University farm at Moscow.
Camp D showing the bunkhouses that were elevated railcar type houses. Behind the bunkhouses the land is cleared of many trees and looks like it has been burned in a forest fire.
A driver's view from a horse-drawn sleigh of logs. In front of him is another sleigh of logs.
A driver stands atop a load of logs being pulled on a sleigh by two horses across a bridge in winter.
Two men load cut and stripped lumber onto early model trucks.
A log flume on Haystack Mountain in the Coeur D'Alene National Forest. Next to the flume stands telephone poles and lines.
Two men work with a team of horses to haul two logs up a small incline.
The large engine that drove many machines in the saw mill. A man stands next to it for size comparison.
John, Noeher (?), Ms. Bloom, and Mary See Rockwell sit on a flatcar covered in snow.
A man stands next to records for the company. The description for the photograph says 'Office of old house (?) - Pat Mere.
Two women stand on the porch of a log cabin, while two men and two children pose with their car.
Log cabin bunkhouses are seen at a lumber camp near Harvard, Idaho.
The logging operation of Camp 4. in the lower left corner are the bunkhouses. In the center of the photograph, a fully loaded flatcar waits to be transported, while ahead of it, more logs are loaded onto a flatcar by a crane. Towards the right of the photograph, trees that have been felled can be seen.
A panoramic view of Potlatch, Idaho. The train depot can be seen behind the barn towards the right side of the photograph.
The Potlatch Hotel, which no longer exists. There are two men standing on side of the hotel. Two things to note in this picture. One, notice on the left side of the building, how far the wooden sidewalk comes out into the street. Second, the electric pole and the many wires leading from it.
A group of Potlatch men stand and sit on top of logs, next to one of the log pods at the Potlatch mill. The sign attached to one of the logs reads 'Potlatch LBR Co. 1,110,000.
A postcard depicting a vehicle used in lumber yards. Behind it are stacks of board lumber.
A log train moves by log decks waiting to be transported. Attached to the back of the photograph are two writings to clear up the location of the photograph 'General agreement this is not Headquarters. Jaypee seems to be one though because of the initials on the picture, but Revling siding receives the majority opinion.' Then a sticky note says 'This is revling. View is east looking up Beaver Creek. Where the train sits is now the gravel road.'
A group of loggers stand around large logs that have been harvested and placed on a flatcar.
Two men stand in front of a crane loading a log onto a flat car.
A man inspects two logs of white pine.
A postcard showing a man wearing a bowler hat sitting on a fence. On the back, it is written 'Fakealoo Brown. Assistant super.'
The description on the back of the photograph reads 'J. S. LePard on his horse (Babe).' Resident of numans add. To Onaway 1905-1925.
The description on the back of the photograph sais 'from logging Camp 5 (Bovill)' and the photograph is stamped on the front with July 1965. However, the clothes of the men in the photograph are older than that.

1916
Two men hold a crosscut saw, one stands to the left, and one man stands on top of a felled tree. The description the back says 'Edward Rutledge Timber Co. Logging crew'

1917
The tower was completed in the fall of 1916. The lower part is used for living quarters, the upper for fire detection.
Unidentified- possible of the Potlatch, Idaho area.
Unidentified- possible of the Potlatch, Idaho area.
Unidentified- possible of the Potlatch, Idaho area.
The tower was completed in the fall of 1916. The lower part is used for living quarters, the upper for fire detection.
Unidentified- possible of the Potlatch, Idaho area.
Washington Idaho and Montana Railway Co. Locomotive #1.
The Potlatch Home Guard poses for a picture near Potlatch, Idaho.

1918
Viewing box inscribed with the names of those who watched the eclipse.
Multiple exposure showing phases of the eclipse
Cows and pigs in a barnyard. Sheep are grazing on the hillside.
Idaho Office. Interior view.
Employees in an office.
Interior view. Note old Burroughs adding machine; also spittoons by each desk.
Employees at their desks.
Typists at work.
Employees at their desks.
Interior of Sales Department looking south. Note spittoons by each desk.
Sales Dept. staff at work.
Sales Dept. looking north.
Men at their desk in the Sales Dept. Note the old Dictaphones.
Interior of room at the top of the stairs.
Interior stairway. Land Department door at rear, Auditing Department at right of photo.
Interior of small office.
H.L.M. Gleave, Townsite Supervisor at his desk.
Interior of small office.
Interior of Land Department Office.
Interior of A. W. Laird's office.
Interior of W.D. Hummistons's office
Employees busy in Land Dept. Office
W.D. Hummistons's office looking east.

1920
A Studebaker passenger car with custom built chassis, used to haul passengers and mail between Palouse and Bovill, 1920?
Logs on a W.I.M. flat car at the Potlatch Lumber Company Log Pond.
Logs on a W.I.M. flat car at the Potlatch Lumber Company Log Pond.
View of several CP box cars and a Pres-to-logs box car.
Typical lag yard and sawmill
An old-timer hand sawing lumber in Alaska
two men standing in a large vegetable garden.
Large vegetable garden.
View of large vegetable garden with agricultural buildings in the background.
Man standing in a field of oats on the J.E. Garton property (SE. SW.29-42-4W) two miles from Potlatch. 35 acres of land valued at $25.00 and 5 acres at $10.00
Steam bailer in operation on J.P. Vollmer property 1 mile west of Potlatch (Lot 2-2-41-5W).
Crew harvesting oats on I.E. Wolheter farm near Potlatch. Six horses are behind one binder while four horses pull the other
This harvest of Timothy hay on the J.P. Vollmer farm yielded 2 1/2 tons to the acre.
Poultry are raised with big profit on Potlatch logged off land.
Dairying on logged off land in the Potlatch District is making money for its farmers.
Log decks are piled in a meadow. In the distance is Camp 2.
Three men stand atop the front end of a big-wheeled wagon hitch with two harnessed draft horses in front.
A steam donkey works on Frei Ridge, North Northeast of Bovill, Idaho.
The finished Potlatch mill.
A flatcar on a train dumps dirt and rocks over the side.
A little girl, standing on covered piece of furniture, holds a plant of some sort. She is wearing a white dress with cut-outs at the bottom. She has a large white bow in her hair. Written on the back of the photograph it says 'Bloom daughter' with a question mark.
A train loaded with logs, leaves a logging camp near Bovill, Idaho. On the left side of the photographs are leftover logs from the cutting process. The description on the back reads 'In small envelope, Bovill, logging camps; Potlatch Logging Camps.'
Snow covered log-formed bunk houses make up part of camp 1. Behind the bunkhouses are un-harvested trees.
A group of loggers (and a dog) stand in front of building in an unknown logging camp near Bovill, Idaho. Behind the men and buildings are un-harvested trees, while in the lower right hand section of the photograph are harvested logs.
A solid rubber tire on a wooden wheel for a A-frame Loader.

1921
View of gymnasium the two large granite boulders are a memorial to William Deary. The building on the right is the hotel.
An early caterpillar pulls six sleighs full of logs through the snow.
A panoramic view of the mill at Potlatch, Idaho. Written on the back of the photograph 'Engine House, Mill and shed, Main Dry shed on left-Plaver, Center right, Mill far right.' Written on the edge of the photograph is 1914, while written on the picture is 1921.
A panoramic view of main street in Potlatch, Idaho. According to the description on the back of the photograph 'Left boarder house hotel. Right office and store'. Written on the photograph is lover right hand corner is the date of 1921 but on the back, the date of 1913 is written.
The placing of two granite boulders for the memorial to William Deary. These is on the lawn next to the Athletic club. The boulders came from Elk Butte near Elk River, Idaho.
Both granite boulders are finally in place for the William Deary memorial. These is on the lawn next to the Athletic club. The boulders came from Elk Butte near Elk River, Idaho.
Granite boulders from Elk Butte, near Elk River, Idaho, placed on the lawn of the Potlatch Gymnasium and club house in memory of William Deary, formerly general manager of Potlatch Lumber Company' [Description taken from back of photograph]. The white house in the background still stands and is now the Potlatch City Hall.
A photograph of a strand of Western White Pine that is eighty years old.
Four men sit on the front porch of a building in Headquarters, Idaho.
The cookhouse at Boehl's cabin.
A truck used to fight forest fires. Pictured on the left side of the truck is a hose as well as an axe. The description on the back of the photograph says "1921 misc. white truck, Bovill."
The back of a fire engine showing the water holding tank, hoses on the side, and axe.
A set of tools for fighting forest fires. Included are shovels, axes of two sizes, saws, pick axes, and a sledge hammer. The description on the back reads "TPA tool cache A. B. Curtis photo file"

1922
Controlled burn on farm land
Animal Husbandry students judging steers.
Animal Husbandry students judging steers.
Horses pulling a young boy on a plow.
The men of the Elk River, Idaho fire department stand in front of a fire hydrant, posing with hoses.
A. W. Laird stands in front of the Potlatch mill office in Potlatch, Idaho.
Ezra Warner stands on railroad ties next to snow pack near Elk River, Idaho.

1923
Stand of sixteen year old larch north of Dover, Idaho
40-45 year old reproduction of white pine 1 1/2 miles north of Clarkia, Idaho
Second growth tamarack, 40 years old, in Kaniksu National Forest Bonner County, Idaho.
Thirty year old western white pine western larch western yellow pine and white fir.
Yellow pine growth about 100 years old in the lower yellow pine zone, Kaniksu National Forest, Idaho.
Disposal of slash after logging is one of the most vexing problems before Idaho lumbermen. Scene is near St. Joe, Idaho
Idaho white pine type before fall slash fire, near St. Maries, Idaho. A broadcast slash fire is almost always disastrous from a timber growing standpoint.
After a slash fire, all of the young timber is killed.
White pine fir type before the broadcast burn
Before and after a slash burn.
After the slash fire practically all of the young growth is killed.
Yellow pine area in California before a slash burn.
Same area after slash burning.
Yellow pine area in California after a slash burn.
Preparing logging debris for disposal on State Forest Land. By careful burning, cedar, hemlock, and white pine trees around eight and ten inches in diameter are saved and given an opportunity to develop into merchantable size thirty or forty years hence.
A crane hoists a log over the side of a ledge. The description on the back of the photograph reads "early yarding"
On the other hand, a cutting across the line where the slash has been burned broadcast. It is easy to see that the broadcast burn does not make the area safe from future fires. Open the baking sun and drying winds, the weeks and trash dry out early in the season, twigs from fire killed white fir trees begin to fall and mat the ground and snags are always ready to spread sparks in every direction. Long before there is any danger in the green timber, devastating fires may run thru these cut-over areas.
By careful brush disposal such as this the advance growth is saved for future cutting, white pine seeds are given a chance to germinate and a reasonable degree of shade is maintained which is quite a factor in reducing the probability of future fires.
White pine seedlings starting at edge of spot where brush pile has been burned. Brush piles cover 25% or less of the area. White pine seeds stored in the duff on the reaming 75% have an opportunity to germinate and restock the area.
Logs being hauled out of the woods by a team of horses.
The results of a summer fire on cut-over land on the Idaho-Montana line.
Brush piles ready for burning on State timber sale land.
Brush piles ready for burning on timber sale on the Priest Lake State Forest.
After careful piling and burning
View of an area showing remains of fine white pine forest after slash and brush fires have run over it following logging.
Private effort at proper slash disposal is not altogether lacking. Picture shows how debris has been piled and burned around camps.
Brush piled ready for burning at foot of Meline, Elk Basin.
Piling and burning of slash on private land.
An empty flatcar is winched onto an open siding on the incline near Clarkia, Idaho on Merry Creek. On the other track are a full flatcar waiting to be lowered down the incline.
Brush piles lie on a partially logged hill. The description on the back says 'Fox Cr. Cooperative area on state land. Brush Piles.'
Description from the photograph reads '18 year old white pine reproduction on Corral Hill. 5500 feet. 8-27-23. Nez Perce N.F.'
A threshing machine blows chaff back onto a pile while a horse hitched to a wagon waits. A man stands atop the load on the wagon while another is surrounded by sandbags.

1924
East end remanufacturing shed.
Inclined railroad in a logging area.
Interior of remanufacturing plant.
Dry sheds looking northeast: old loading dock and planning mill at extreme left.
Dry sheds, from northwest corner; new loading dock in foreground: taken from present loading dock.
East end dry sheds 4 and 5.
East end dry sheds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 with remanufacturing plant in center.
Five dry sheds and remanufacturing plant, looking southwest.
Erecting dry shed 6.
Erecting dry shed 6.
A man stands on the porch while another stands below him on the ground at a log cabin in the woods. Written on the back of the photograph is 'reprinted from old Beat Curtis photo. Copy negative made August 1958.
The bunkhouses of Camp 23 on a ridge. Description on the back says 'Cp 23 in 1924 (no RR didn't get to Hdqtrs until 1927 must be 1934).'
A dog and a man walk through the snow in Camp B. Written on the back is the dog's name of Spot and the man is named Bill Pook, Dove Shirkler.
Two men work to make brush piles for a brush disposal. According to the back of the photograph this picture was taken by K.D. Swan for the Skookum Cr. Sale.

1925
Weyerhaeuser, Charles A.
Boxes of strawberries on display.
Two men hoeing the cabbage patch. Corn is growing on the right and possibly potatoes on the left.
Potlatch Lumber Company W.I. & M Railroad Shop Crew, Circa 1925.
The bunkhouses of camp P are seen. Also several of the large stumps of trees that use to stand there. In the center of the photograph is part of the wooden walkway used for getting around camp in muddy times.
Several log decks are stacked near the railroad tracks awaiting transport to a mill. Already on the tracks are several cars full of logs.
A two horse team hauls a log of logs on a snowing road. The driver sits atop the logs. The description on the back reads 'Camp 11 H.L.Co. [Humbird Lumber Company] load road and load logs.'
Two logs run down a very steep flume. The description on the photograph reads 'those two logs you see in the chute near the curve are not nailed there. They're traveling so fast that they raise smoke in going around the bend. This operation is unusual in that the logs are chute-trailed to the top of the slope and then shot down this dry trough into the flume proper.'
The log flume near camp L. The description on the back says 'CP L - entering spacing dam mid-way to river.'
Sam Frei and his family on wash day.
An early logging camp near Harvard, Idaho. Shown are the bunkhouses. They are made of wood logs for a more permanent structure.
A boy stands watching a fireman shooting water out of a fire house near the post office in Potlatch, Idaho. Another man sits in the driver's seat of the fire truck.
A man operates a pres-to-log machine in Lewiston, Idaho.
According to the writing on the back of the photograph, these are Japanese commissioners that have come to a mill to see the wood products being produced. Most of them are sitting on the flat railcars. In the middle of the group of Japanese commissioners are two women. Two men stand in the engine to the left-hand side of the photograph.
Switch from Main N.P. (Northern Pacific) line to Camps 4 & 5 spurs.
A train wreck along the Palouse river mainline between Potlatch and Palouse (information taken from back of photograph). Men stand near one of the cars that is over halfway down the embankment while the car behind them tips precariously.
Engine #21 (a steam powered engine) takes a trainload of logs from Bovill to Potlatch following the Palouse River (information taken from the back of the photograph). This train is part of the Washington, Idaho & Montana Railway. The Photographer is Kramer A. Adams who's stamp of location of San Francisco, California is also on the photograph.
A man works on the railroad ties that hold the railroad track together.
A view of the log runners next to railroad tracks. These runners were how logs were loaded on to the railroad train before cranes came onto the logging scene.
Highway N.P. Grade C. T. Co (Clearwater Timber Co), spur into Camps 4 & 5. The bridge that can be seen through the trees in the background is over a creek (most likely Corbett Creek).
A speeder car is derailed off the tracks. A man kneels to one side of the tracks, while two other men try to reload the car.
Two men stand among a strand of 200+ year old Western Red Cedar.
A man stands on a dirt road looking at the trees on one side of the road.
A man sits, leaning against a tree. Several tall trees surround him.
A new building is built near the Deadwood Reservoir.
A man stands on part of the roof of the lookout station on Rice Peak.
Pictured are Niccholls Home economics building (on the left) and the University of Idaho Administrative building.
The University of Idaho administrative building.
Pictured are the University of Idaho administrative building and the circular drive. Also in the background is the life sciences building.
The Niccholls Home economics building is pictured from the direction of the University of Idaho Administrative building.
A truck loaded with lumber boards is parked in Lewiston. The sign on top reads 'Weyerhaeuser 4 square Lumber with individuality.'
A worker stands on a handcar in the Rutledge Mill lumber yard. Behind him are pallets of lumber and in the distance is the mill.
Lumber is stored at the Rutledge Mill. In the lower left of the photograph, the tracks for transporting the lumber can be seen.
A young bear climbs on a piece of logging equipment while a man sits on it.
A man steers a flatcar full of lumber while another flatcar on his left waits. In the background are buildings of the Rutledge Mill in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. ON the back of the photograph it says 'Rutledge Mill'
The lumber yard at the Rutledge Mill in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Also pictured in the photograph is the train system used to move lumber from place to place
Two men sit on carts pulling trailers full of finished lumber boards. Two more men stand in the background. To the right of all the men are different holding areas full of lumber.
A man works on a piece of woodworking machinery. Written on the back of the photograph is "Edward Rutledge Timber Co. - Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Machinery in remanufacturing building looking towards the planing mill."
The steamboat owned by the Edward Rutledge Timber Company. On the first deck men stand waiting as two men haul up a wheelbarrow. Five women and a young child stand on the second deck watching.
A view of the Rutledge Mill lumber Mill. Two locomotive systems pull flatcars full of lumber. In the distance, Lake Coeur d'Alene can been seen. Stamped on the back is the stamp of the photographer, John Bickel with is Tacoma, Washington address.
Looking from Coeur d'Alene Lake at Rutledge Mill. Written on the back of the photograph is "Edward Rutledge Timber Co. - Coeur d'Alene, Idaho."
Camp D - Upper Basin near Cameron Creek. In the foreground, train tracks can be seen while in the background, smoke from a forest fire can be seen.

1926
Portrait of Thomas B. Murphy, M.D.
Headquarters, Idaho. Written on the bottom of the photograph: 'Headquarters from N. P.Orade 8-27-26 No. 50. Written on the back of the photograph: Before C.T. Co took it over. Also stamped on the back is the photographer: J. F. Anderson, Photo. Phones - Studio 1750 Res 1448W 412 Main St.. Lewiston, Idaho.'
In the foreground, a sign reads C.T.P.A Headquarters (Clearwater Timber Protective Association). In the background, a man leans against a post of a log building. On the envelope holding the picture: Copy negative of the original (first) Clearwater Timber Protective Assn. Headquarters dated 8-26-26. This building still stands on this site at the Potlatch town of Headquarters. The building was used by Potlatch after the CPTPA moved to it's present site on "White's Meadow" for a transient's bunkhouse, then as a grocery store and most recently (as of 1987) as a saw shop.
Viewing camp 4. To the left of the road are the bunkhouses for the lumberjacks, while further down the road is administrative buildings and the cookhouse.
The back of the Camp 2 bunkhouses. Also in the picture two horses used for moving the logs.
Two loggers stand in front of their bunkhouse in camp 3. In the next building over, three men, possibly cooks, stand in front of another bunkhouse. The description on the back says 'About 1 mile east of Hollywood [Idaho] Cook on left is Fred Thomas. Cook in center is Marco. Car is 1927 Chev.'
Logs are stacked to build a log flume down a mountain.
A view of the Upper Basin near Elk River. Shown are new paths of donkey skidding and new railroad paths.
A log flume runs through the forest. To its right is a partial wooden walkway.
An early log flume is show splitting off into two different directions in the forest.
A view of Clearwater Timber Company camp number 6. On the right-hand side of the photograph are the bunk houses. A man sits on an tractor near the last bunkhouse. Other buildings are also visible.
The log flume near camp 8. Discarded logs pile off to the side of the flume. Stamped on the back of the photograph is 'J.F. Anderson, Photo Phones 111-1445J. 814 Main St. Lewiston Idaho.'
A locomotive crane loads logs onto a flatcar for transport. Description from the envelope 'Elk Basin 1925-1926 loading Gdan Poles with steam loader (No. 2).
The N-P (Northern Pacific) grade near Headquarters, Idaho.
Men work on the railroad bridge going over a logging run.
A railroad crane moves a piece of machinery over the tracks at the Lewiston mill.
The description for this photograph says 'taken at one of the annual 4L picnics at Coeur d'Alene about 1925-1928' From left to right are Walter Rosenberg, Winton Lumber Co; Huntington Taylor, E. Rutledge Timber Co; Jack McGoldrick, McGoldrick Lumber Co; Seg Hofslund, Blackwell Lumber Co.
The aftermath of slash and burning logging. The description on the back says 'area logged 1925, broadcast burned spring 1926 too dry at time. Very heavy slash and dense pole stand left. About 09 per cent destruction.'
Two men stand on railroad tracks while in back of them is the effects of slash and burn logging. On the back of the photograph it reads 'burned spring 1926. 15 per cent of trees fire killed. Cost 75 c per M to pile and burn.'
Men stand on a train flatcar as a crane moves a large wheel off. There is another wheel on the flatcar waiting to be moved. In front of one of the men watching the wheel reads a sign 'The Filer & Stowell Co . Machinery. Milwaukee, Wis.'
Site of the Lewiston Paper mill. Written on the photograph it says the photo is taken from the south bank, so it is looking north across the Clearwater river. Stamped on the back of the photograph is J.F. Anderson, Photo. Phone 1445-J.
Tractors pulling trailers remove dirt from the south end dyke at the Lewiston Mill.
Looking down the hill on to the Lewiston plant. The Clearwater river can been seen behind the mill. The description written on the photo says 'CT CO's Plant, Lewiston Plant 10/27/1926 No. 150.'
Construction of the buildings at the Clearwater plant. On the left side, the framing has just begun for one building while on the right hand side, the building is almost complete. Piles of lumber sit in the middle of the picture. Written on the picture is '7/26/1926 No. 82.'
Looking down at the mill from Lewiston Hill. The road that is visible is the Old Spiral Highway. Written on the photograph 'CT CO Mill from Hill Highway 11/26/26 No. 159.'
A crane loads lumber on to flatcars for transport. Three men guide the lumber on to the car while two more stand in the cab of the crane. Two men stand between the train and the lumber. Written on the photograph is '4/2/1926 No. 85.'
A section of large pipe is under construction at the Lewiston Mill. On the back of the photograph, it is stamped with 'J.F. Anderson, photo Phones 1110-1445J 314 Main St. Lewiston.'
Men use a crane to hoist machinery up on to the second floor on of one of the buildings of the Lewiston Mill. In front of the train are rail cars where three men stand. Written on the crane is 'American Locomotive Crane.' Written on the photograph is '8/16/1926 No. 96'.
A crane sits surrounded by piles of lumber. The writing on the side of the crane reads 'Clearwater Timber Co. Loco crane No.1.' Written on the photograph is '4/24/26 No. 14.'
A crane with a metal bucket pulls dirt and debris in order to do construction. Two down trees lie in front of the crane. Written on the photograph is 'No. 26 - T.' Stamped on the back of the photograph is 'J.F. Anderson, photo Phones 1110-1445J 314 Main St. Lewiston, Idaho.'
In the foreground, a crane works to bring up dirt. In the middle of the photograph a train is moving past the Lewiston Mill which sits in the background. Written on the photograph is '9/27/1926 No. 129.'
Locomotive cranes are used in the construction of the Lewiston Dam. The description on the back of the photograph says "Clearwater Timber Co. Construction." Written on the photograph is 'Dam 9/16/26 No. 13.'
Three cranes work on cement foundations of the Lewiston Mill. Written on the photograph is 'CT CO Plant 11/2/1926 No. 156.'
Men stop construction to pose for a picture standing on the framing of the fuel house. Written on the picture is 'Fuel House 11/2/1926 No. 154.'
Large circular structure is almost completed at the Lewiston Mill. It's dome has it's framing but is not yet completed. Written on the photograph is 'CT CO 11/22/1926.'
Men standing watching the construction of the Lewiston Mill power plant. Written at the bottom of the photograph is 'Power Plant 11/26/1926 No. 158.'
A crane works to help build the roof supports. A man sits atop the roof support near the crane while another stands on a different part of the framing. Several men work below. Written on the picture is 'Stacker Building and Mon-Rail 10/18/1926 No. 146.'
The almost complete fuel house.
A crane lifts lumber beams at the construction of the monorail. Written on the photograph is 'Mon-Rail 10/18/1926 No. 143'
The partially completed burner stands in front of the almost completed mill. Railroad tracks run across the bottom of the photograph. Written on the photograph is 'Mill and burner 10/12/1926 No. 140'
A crane lifts dirt of a pool of water. In the background, men work on the power plant. Written on the photograph is 'Power Plant site with Dike 10/19/1926 No. 146'
A crane lifts a steel beam on the construction of the fuel house. Two men stand atop a wooden scaffold. Written on the picture is 'Fuel house. 10/9/1926 No. 137'
a crane works on the tailrace near the power plant. Written on the photograph is 'Tail Race power plant site 10/19/1926, No. 142'
A crane dumps gravel into a railcar. Behind the crane is the framing for one of the drying sheds. Written on the photograph is 'Drest Dry shed, 10/9/1926, No. 135'
Two men ride a log raft. Written on the photograph is '5/29/1926 No. 36'
Construction of one of the buildings at the Lewiston Mill. In the center of the photograph, two men work on a cement form. In the background are two cranes. Written on the photograph is '5/22/1926 No. 27x'
Two cranes lift loads of lumber to help build one of the buildings at the Lewiston Mill. A man works in the foreground on one of the foundation frames. Written on the photograph is '5/25/1926 No. 34'
Looking down a water channel towards a crane. Written on the photograph is '5/21/1926 No. 23'
A locomotive crane dumps gravel and dirt onto boards. A man in a suit walks toward the pile of dirt and gravel while other men look on. The wording on the locomotive crane reads 'American Locomotive Crane.' Written on the photograph is '5/7/1926 No. 16'
A pile driver attached to a crane is shown while the men using the equipment pose for the picture. Behind them is a row of logs. Written on the photograph is '4/6/1926 No. 14'
A locomotive crane picks up a piece of lumber. One man stands on the flatcar while another next to it. Three men stand either on the crane or next to it. Written on the photograph is '5/22/1926 No. 30'
Men work on a barge. In the middle of the barge is a large container. Written on the photograph is '5/22/1926 No. 33'
Men work on the framing for the reservoir. Written on the photograph is 'Reservoir 9/25/1926 No. 127'
A pile driver pushes a piling into the ground. One man stands on crane holding the pile driver while another man stands in the background. Written on the photograph is 'The first piling. 2/15/1926 No. 9'
In the foreground, horse-drawn wagon wheels away from a crane dumping into another wagon in the background. Also in the background, stand horses, men, and horses hitched to wagons. Written on the photograph is '3/15/1926 No. 10'
Dump trucks dump rock and dirt to build up the dike at the Lewiston Mill. Written on the photograph is 'Dike 9/27/1926 No. 128'
Men work on the framing for buildings at the Lewiston Mill. On the left-hand side of the photograph is completed mill. Written on the photograph is 'Trans-return 9/17/1926 No. 120'
Looking down from the hill behind the mill. In view are the mill, saw mill, the log ponds, and Lake Coeur d'Alene. On the photograph in the bottom left-hand corner is 'John D. Cress 'Forest Fotografer' 1330 7th, Cor. Union, Seattle Wash. The description on the back reads 'Two section panorama of the plant from hill. Saw mill.'
A man works with a plank of wood at the Rutledge Mill. The description on the back of the photograph says 'trimmer man who regards lumber for checks, etc. using an undercut jump saw.' On the photograph is the name of the photographer: 'John D. Cress, 'Forest Fotografer' 1330 7th Cor. Union, Seattle Wash'
A man feeds a board of wood through a piece of mill machinery. Written on the back of the photograph 'Two McDonough and one Mershon Band Resaws in the Remanufacturing Building
View from the hill behind the mill showing the location of the remanufacturing building, planer building, and grading shed. Also in view are Tubbs Hill and Lake Coeur d'Alene. Written on the back is 'Same view as #2775 from further up the hill (light poor).'
three of the Rutledge Mill lumber yard engines. Two in the foreground while one in the background. Six men control these three trains. Behind them are stacks of planks of lumber. Written on the back of the photograph: 'One of the three long alleys (No. 5) from center north, with three of the gasoline yard engines.'
Two men ride a trolley to transfer wood from the sawmill to the lumber yard. Written on the back of the photograph: 'Trolley transfer with four cars of lumber leaving the mill sorter for the lumber yard.' On the photograph is the name of the photographer: 'John D. Cress, 'Forest Fotografer' 1330 7th Cor. Union, Seattle Wash'
Two men work on sawmill machinery while one watches. Written on the back of the photograph: 'Martin air dogs on the left hand band mill in saw mill. On the photograph is the name of the photographer: 'John D. Cress, 'Forest Fotografer' 1330 7th Cor. Union, Seattle Wash'
A crane works to help build one of the buildings at the Lewiston Mill. To the right of the crane is a half constructed building. In the background, the rough-dry sheds stand half completed as well. Written on the photograph is 'Stacker - Drest Dry shed, 9/24/1926, No. 124'
Two men work with planks of lumber. Written on the back of the photograph: 'Looking across chains and cross belts to edger.' On the photograph is the name of the photographer: 'John D. Cress, 'Forest Fotografer' 1330 7th Cor. Union, Seattle Wash'
A man sends planks through a piece of machinery. Written on back of the photograph: 'Looking across transfer belts to the edger.' On the photograph is the name of the photographer: 'John D. Cress, 'Forest Fotografer' 1330 7th Cor. Union, Seattle Wash'
A locomotive crane lifts a bundle of lumber on to a flatcar while piles of lumber are pictured. Piles of gravel are on the left hand side of the picture. Written on the picture is 'Dry kilns 9/17/1926 No. 118'
Three men ride a tractor pulling a trailer full of logs for a parade. Written on the back of the photograph is "Hard Rubber-tired truck in a local parade about 1926."
Men use tractors to construct the dike at the Lewiston Mill. On the left-hand of the photograph is the completed mill. In front of the side of the mill are piles of lumber under roofs. Written on the photograph is 'Mill and Dike 9/21/1926 No. 100'
A crane helps lift part of the framing for a building at the Lewiston Mill. Three men help in moving it, while several others watch. Written on the photograph is 'Stacker 9/2/1926 No. 112'
A crane is use to help construct a building at the Lewiston Mill. In the foreground of the photograph lie planks of lumber as well as railroad tracks. Written on the photograph is 'Stacker 8/21/1926 No. 101'
Two cranes work to lift up framing for one of the buildings at the Lewiston Mill. Written on the photograph is 'Stacker 9/2/1926 No. 113'
Machines and cranes work to construct the dam. At the bottom of the picture, a crane dumps rock and dirt into the back of a dump truck. Written on the photograph is 'Dam 8/22/1926 No. 104'
Men work on the foundation for one of the buildings at the Lewiston Mill. On the left side of the photograph are cement blocks. In the background is the mill. Written on the photograph is 'Trans-Shed 8/14/1926 No. 98'
Two cranes, one a locomotive crane, work on buildings at the Lewiston Mill. Surrounding them are piles of lumber. Written on the photograph is 'Stacker 8/4/1926 No. 89'
Several cranes work to build what looks to be the Lewiston Dam. Written on the photograph is '7/20/1926 No. 81'
A crane dumps material into a dump area. In front of the crane is a pond-filled pit. Written on the photograph is 'Power Plant site 7/23/1926 No. 77'
A crane lifts six pieces of lumber to help in building a building at the Lewiston Mill. A man helps move the set of lumber on the crane. A man stands at the top of the building on the scaffolding. Written on the photograph is '7/16/1926 No. 77'
Scaffolding runs the side of one of the buildings under construction. Running from the bottom of the photograph to the right of the photograph are a set of railroad tracks. Written on the photograph is '7/13/1926 No. 73'
A man stands atop the framing for the stacker building while another building is being constructed in the background. Written on photograph is 'Stacker 7/14/1926 No. 74'
A crane lifts piece of machinery while three men stand underneath it. On the side of the crane, the writing reads 'Clearwater Timber Co. Loco. Crane No. 2.' Written on the photograph at the bottom of the crane is 'No. 61'.
Men work to build the stacker building. The crane on the left hand side of the photograph is about pick up a load of lumber while the crane on the right hand side of the photograph is a locomotive crane and working with a man to attach lumber. Behind the cranes stands the framing for the building. Written on the photograph is 'Stacker Building 7/4/1926 No. 72'
Men work to construct the burner at the Lewiston Mill. Piles of dirt and gravel sit at the left hand side of the photograph and men work on a piece of machine while men spread the material underneath them. Written on the photograph is 'Burner 6/5/1926 No. 45'

1927
Cashier at Potlatch State Bank from 1927. Manager of Idaho First National Bank in Potlatch in 1940.
Three men sit on the porch of the store building in Headquarters, ID. The description on the back of the photograph says that the log building in the background area is now occupied by Headquarters Dry Store.
A woman leans in the doorway of a bunkhouse in Camp 6. In front of her is an elevated wooden platform as well as railroad tracks.
These men are that which helped built the first mill at Lewiston. Written on the photograph is 'Teo Matkes and his able assistants, who built the Clearwater timber co plant at Lewiston, IDA in 1926-27.'
Engine #22 from the Intermountain Railroad Company pulls flatcars full of logs near Camp 2 in the Nez Perce National Forest. Written on the photograph: 'Intermountain Ry Co. Eng No 22. Payette, ID 1927 (circa) Camp 2. Clear Fl, Pioneersville, ID.'
A crane removes a cement block from the back of a dump truck while another dump truck empties its load. Written on the photograph is 'CT CO Plant, Lewiston 4/30/1927 No. 263.' On the back is written 'Federal trucks '22 or '24.'
A log comes into the mill. Written on the photograph is 'First Log, 9/8/1927.'
A driver looks out the window of the engine car of a monorail. The piece of equipment in front of him holds a stack of planks being moved to a different location within the mill grounds. Written on the photograph is 'Mon rail, No. 315'.
A model (unknown builder) shows the Lewiston mill.
Looking down from Lewiston Hill at the Mill on the right hand side of the photograph. On the left hand side of the photograph is Lewiston Dam and behind it the Clearwater river. Written on the photograph: Lewiston Hill, Mill, and Dam No. 291.
Looking towards the mill over the log pond. This photograph was taking from the Clearwater river side of the mill. In the background towards the right hand side of the picture is the town of Lewiston, Idaho. Written on the photograph is 'CT CO Plant Lewiston Idaho No. 315.'
Construction of the Lewiston Dam on the Clearwater river. Written on the photograph is Dam - 7/20/1927 - No. 304.
Construction of the rough-dry shed at the Lewiston Mill. Two cranes are being used while three men work on the roof. Four men stand on the ground in the middle of the picture working. Written on the picture is 3-8 Rough dry shed, No. 211 1927.
Construction of unloading docks in what would be the log pond. Men work on laying the structures that would eventually carry railcars full of logs to dump into the log pond. At the end of the line sits a crane-like device. In the foreground of the picture sit two railroad tracks. Written on the photograph is 'Unloading docks, CT CO Lewiston, 3/16/1927 No. 218.'
Construction of the Rough-dry shed at the Lewiston mill. A crane is assisting with building the roof on the frame constructed building. Piles of lumber sit around the building as well. Written on the photograph is 'Rough dry shed, 3/31/1927, No. 225.'
Construction of the fuel house and power plant (description taken from back of the photograph). A worker stands next to a railroad tracks in front of a sign that says 'no Smoking'. Written on the photograph is 'Fuel house and power plant, 3/14/1927 No. 224.'
A man pushes a wheeled cart over a wooden bridge. In the background, a crane is helping with another area of construction. Written on the photograph is 'Tail Race, 3/30/1927 No. 237.'
A view inside the rough-dry shed. A Crane is working pulling lumber to the top for the roof. A man stands beside the crane. Written on the photograph is 'Rough dry shed, 3/28/1927, No. 235.'
View of the plant facing Lewiston. The plant can be seen in the background. In the foreground is the Lewiston Dam under construction as well as rows of trees. Written on the photograph is 'Lewiston Power and Light Company. Dam and CT CO Plant. 2/24/1927 No. 206.'
Looking at the Lewiston mill from the start of the log pond. Written on the photograph is 'CT CO Plant Lewiston showing new N. P. erode-dike and highway[sic]. 3/30/1927 No. 240.'
View of the bridge across the part of the Clearwater river that runs near the plant. On the right hand side are two frame constructed buildings. On the left hand side are partially constructed buildings. Written on the photograph is 'Tail Race, 5/18/1927, No. 275.'
Viewing the rough-dry lumber buildings still under construction. In the center of the photograph is the rail line that goes across the Clearwater river. Written on the photograph is 'Rough dry shed, 5/18/1927, No. 277.'
Construction of the rough-dry shed in progress. One crane in the background works on the building lifting roofing materials, while another in the foreground lifts lumber for the other building. Written on the photograph is 'Rough dry shed, 3/18/1927, No. 221.'
Water spills through the Lewiston dam. In the background, a small portion of the mill is visible. Written on the photograph is 'Dam, Lewiston. 4/28/1927 No. 256.'
The Clearwater river rushes through a partially completed Lewiston Dam. Written on the photograph is 'Dam, Lewiston. 4/28/1927 No. 255.'
Two buildings at the Lewiston Mill are under construction. In front of the buildings are piles of construction materials. Written on the photograph is 'Lewiston fuel house and power plant. 4/20/1927 No. 153.'
Looking at where the logs enter the mill. Two smokestacks stand behind the entrance. On the right hand side of the picture, the log pond can be seen. Written on the photograph is 'CT CO Plant. 5/27/1927 No. 245.'
Looking from a distance away, the Lewiston Mill. Log structures stand through the center of the photograph. The description on the back of the photograph reads 'Lewiston Plant in winter'. Written on the photograph is '1/25/1927 No. 188.'
A man drives a load of planks. Attached to the photograph is a description that reads 'first truck of finished lumber. Sept. 15, 1927.'
Men work on the dyke north of the power plant. Logs are visible in the center to back of the photograph. Written on the photograph is 'Hole in dyke N. of power plant.'
Three cranes sit on railroad tracks waiting to be used for construction. In the background is one of the mill buildings under construction. Written on the photograph 'CT CO Plant 7/16/1927 No. 289.'
A piece of mill machinery. Stamped on the machinery, the words read 'Filer and Stowell Co. Machinery.'
A worker operates a piece of machinery in one of the mills. The description on the back says 'Operating the Pres-To-Log machine. Potlatch Forests, Inc.' Also on the back of the photograph is the stamp for the photographer which reads 'Photographs from A. J Baker 3033 N. E. Sandy BLVD, Portland Oregon.'
Rows of machines fill a room at the Lewiston mill. Written on the photograph says 'CT CO Filing room, No. 307.'
A crane works to unload logs from flatcars into the log pond at the Lewiston Mill. Men stand waiting to help guide the logs into the pond. Written on the photograph is 'Temp unloading docks, 7/20/1927 No. 301.'
A crane works to unload logs from flatcars into the log pond at the Lewiston Mill. Photograph taken from a further distance showing more of the logs in the log pond as well as the mill in the background. Written on the photograph is 'CT CO, 7/20/1927 No. 301.'
Two different cranes work at the Lewiston Mill to help with construction. The crane in the background has 'Clearwater Timber Co' on it's side while the crane in the foreground has 'American Locomotive Crane' written on it. Written on the photograph as well is '7/16/1927 No. 299.'
A locomotive crane works to help construct the rough-dry shed at the Lewiston Mill. On the right hand side of the photo a man stands atop the framing. Written on the photograph is 'Rough dry shed, 2/24/1927, No. 208.'
Construction at the Lewiston Mill. On the right hand side is a crane with 'American locomotive Crane' written on the side. Written on the photograph is 'Mon-Rail 4/30/1927 No. 266.'
Two locomotive cranes work to help complete construction on the rough-dry shed at the Lewiston Mill. The one in front is lifting bundles of lumber. Both have written on them 'American Locomotive Crane'. Written on the photograph is 'Rough dry shed, 3/18/1927, No. 218.'
Piles of lumber are stacked waiting to be used for construction. Several cranes work in the background. Also in the background are two half-completed buildings. Written on the photograph is 'CT CO Plant 4/14/1927 No. 203.'
A crane helps in the construction of the loading shed (description taken from writing on the photograph which says 'Loading shed 4/20/1927 No. 204.'
A man works in-between two buildings on another part of the Lewiston Mill that is under construction. Written on the photograph is 'CT CO Plant No. 249.'
A locomotive crane works to help construct the rough-dry shed at the Lewiston Mill. Two men stand on the flatcar holding the lumber. Written on the photograph is 'Rough dry shed, 3/11/1927, No. 214.'
A locomotive crane helps in the construction of the rough-dry shed at the Lewiston Mill. Men work at the top of the frame on the left hand side of the photograph. Written on the photograph is 'Rough dry shed, 3/18/1927, No. 222.'
Men work on the construction of the power plant at he Lewiston Mill. Written on the photograph is 'Power Plant, 3/15/1927 No. 217.'
Two locomotive cranes work to help construct the rough-dry shed at the Lewiston Mill. Written on the photograph is '3/11/1927 No. 215.'
A view of one of the buildings under construction at the Lewiston Mill.
A piece of machinery inside the Lewiston Mill.
A crane is use to help construct the power plant at the Lewiston Mill. Written on the photograph is 'Power Plant. 5/27/1927 No. 263.'
A crane is used to help lift steel parts in helping with construction of the Lewiston Mil. Written on the photograph is 'No. 282.'
A crane lifts a concrete from the back of a dump truck. Written on the photograph is 'CT CO's Plant - 4/30/1927 No. 263.'
A view of the construction of the Lewiston Dam. In the background is the Lewiston Mill. Written on the photograph is 'Dam 4/30/1927 No. 264.'
A locomotive crane dumps a bucket full of rocks. The side of the crane reads 'Clearwater Timber Co. Loco. Crane No. 3.'
Looking at the rough-dry sheds that still under construction at the Lewiston Mill. Written on the photograph is 'Rough Dry Sheds 6/21/1927 No. 295.'
Two stacks stand behind one of the buildings under construction at the Lewiston Mill.
A crane lifts a roof truss in the construction of the monorail at the Lewiston Mill. Men stand on either side of the framing to help with construction. Men also stand watching on the ground. Written on the photograph is 'Mon-Rail 5/13/1927 No. 267.'
Two cranes work to build the tailrace for the Lewiston Mill. On the left hand side, are two unfinished buildings. Written on the photograph is 'Tail Race, 5/30/1927, No. 288.'
According to the description written on the photograph ('Log loaders, CT CO Plant 3/28/1927 No. 236'), these are log ladders machines.
According to the description on the back of the photograph, looking at the machinery of the planing mill.
A view of the log pond from Forebay. A boat moves across the water in the middle of the of the photograph. Written on the photograph is 'Fore Bay 5/18/1927 No. 272.'
A crane assists in the construction of one of the buildings at the Lewiston Mill. Written on the photograph is 'Stacker and Sorter 1/25/1927 No. 182.'
Piles of material lie in front of buildings being constructed. According to the description written on the back of the photograph, these are the dry kilns ('Dry Kilns 2/11/1927 No. X').
One of the buildings at the Lewiston Mill under construction. Written on the photograph is 'Saw Mill Full House 5/21/1927 No. 198.'
A crane is used on the construction in a part of the Lewiston Mill. Written on the photograph is 'Dry sheds, Tail Race, Power Plant 2/10/1927, No. 199.'
A crane lifts a metal structure of a flatcar to aid in construction of the Lewiston Mill. Four men stand on the ground while another stands on the flatcar.
The early stages of the construction of the power plant at the Lewiston Mill. In the background are piles of rock and several locomotive cranes. Written on the photograph is 'CT CO Power Plant 1/28/1927 No. 221.'
A locomotive crane assisting in building the Rough-Dry shed at the Lewiston Mill. Three men stand at the bottom of the frame, while one man sits halfway up and two stand atop the frame. Written on the photograph is 'Rough Dry shed, 2/24/1927, No. 207.'
Part of the construction area for the Lewiston Mill. Written on the photograph is 'FiN Beam CT CO Plant Lewiston 2/14/1927.'
Piles of rock lay about while two cranes work on constructing the dry sheds. Written on the picture is 'Dry sheds, 2/10/1927, No. 196.'
A crane assists with the construction of the buildings at the Lewiston Mill. A Man stands atop the frame.
A crane lifts a piece of building material. Two men stand watching. Written on the photograph is 'Winston Brothers Project, 1/8/1927 No. 178.'
A locomotive crane lifts a piece of framing. Two men sit atop the framing as several men watch below.
A crane assists in the construction of the plaining mill. Piles of lumber lie behind the crane coming towards the camera. Written on the photograph is 'CT CO Planing mill 1/26/1927 No. 184.'
Construction of the sawmill fuel house. Men work on the back and right hand side of the building. Written on the building 'Saw Mill Fuel House 1/25/1927 No. 186.'
Snow covers the ground surrounding the Lewiston Mill. Where the log pond will eventually be has yet to be filled in. Written on the photograph is 'CT CO Plant 1/25/1927 No. 181.'
Snow lies on the ground around the partially completed grading shed. At the bottom of the photograph are incomplete railroad tracks. Written on the photograph is 'Grading Shed 1/21/1927 No. 187.'
A crane works to unload logs from flatcars. The description written on the photograph says "at the unloading dock." Written on the side of the crane is "Clearwater Timber Co. Loco. Crane No. 3."

1928
View of lumber yard in winter.
A view of the converted railcars that made up camp C in the Upper Basin. Running alongside the bunkhouses is a wooden walkway.
Mr. John Weyerhoeuser, Jack Grwin, and A.W.L (Andrew W. Laird) and a fourth man pose for a picture in Potlatch, Idaho.
Chet Younger sits in the Elk River warehouse. Behind him is a stove used to heat the room.
Year strand of Western White Pine and a few Douglas fir, Western, fir, and L.P. Pine, north aspect near Pony Gulch, Beaver Creek, Coeur d'Alene National Forest.
Looking towards the mill over the log pond, the logs are covered with snow. Written on the photograph is #90A 1/7/28. The description on the back of the photograph says 'Lewiston Plant and River.' Embossed on the photograph is 'Burns Photo CO., Lewiston, IDA.'
View of the Lewiston Mill from one side of the log pond. In the background is where the logs enter the mill. In the foreground on the right side is a crane-like device to over a railroad track. Written on the photograph (but very faint) is 'CT CO's Plant - 4/30/1928 - No. 265.'
The Lewiston log pond covered in snow and ice. Pilings stick out of the water towards the back of the photo. Written on the photograph 'Fore Bay from South end of Dam, Jan. 8, 1928 - No 32.'
Ice butts up against the bank of the Clearwater river just east of the log pond at the Lewiston Mill. Writing on the photograph says 'East of Fore Bay, January 9, 1928 No. 33.'
Ice floats in the log pond. Wood structures are visible in the center and right hand side of the picture. Written on the photograph 'January 12, 1928 No. 42.'
Inside view of the Dry Kiln and Charging room (description taken from back of photograph). Words on one of the machinery read "manufactured by H. J. Burns Company Spokane WN". Written on the photograph is 'Dry Kiln, Charging room, No. 318.'
Logs being held back before rolling on to a rolling conveyor belt towards a saw. Written on the photograph is 'No. 312.'
Logs being held back before rolling on to a rolling conveyor belt towards a saw. Written on the photograph is 'No. 313.'

1929
The north fork of the Clearwater river is jammed full of logs, it is impossible to see the river.
A ponderosa pine stands in a section to be logged and then slash burned.
A log tow for Rutledge Mills passes across Lake Coeur d'Alene.
Two men sit on the front of one bulldozer while another is shown from the side. Description on the back of the photography reads "1929 Cp. B"

1930
Close-up of Cyclone Seed Sower.
G.B. Ringold operating the seeder.
Looking across the railroad tracks towards the site of Headquarters, ID. Three stacks of lumber sit on stilts. Written on the back of the photograph is 'Headquarters 1930s'.
A small town in a valley. A bridge over a creek can be seen as well as a lot of parked cars.
Loggers stand in front of log cabin bunkhouses at a logging camp near Bovill, Idaho.
The back of the bunkhouses for camp 1. As with being in front of them, an elevated runs behind the bunkhouses to make keeping out of the mud easier.
Two men use a two-person saw to cut down a large tree, while another man faces the camera.
Walt Fields uses a hatchet to mark a tree.
Portrait of Robert 'Bob' T. Bowling, who, according to the description on the back of the photograph, invented the Pres-To-Logs machine.
Four man stand in a log cabin serving as the camp cookhouse. On both tables are the dishes used to feed the men of the camp.
A man stands next to a machine that is making pres-to-logs in the early days.
Men stand on a mostly completed bridge. Below them is a creek. On the other side, the road goes up into the forest.
One of the cabins on the Elk Creek R.S. In front of the cabin lies a dog.
This little orphan was adopted by a cook in a logging camp near Headquarters, Idaho. It didn't take long for this fellow to grow strong enough to join the large herds of his relatives that abound in this logged over country.
A man stands on the steps to his bunk house with a broom in one hand and a dust pan in the other. All down the row, steps can be seen into each bunkhouse.
A photograph of many of the tools a lumberjack may use while working in the forest. At the top is a two-person saw; leaning against the backdrop is a sleeping pack, a shovel, and two types of axes. Also in the kit is some sort of sprayer.
A man stands near a tree in preparation for cutting it town. The snow surrounding the tree well is at the height of his shoulders. His snowshoes stand stuck into the snow behind him.
Land near Camp 8 and Bovill, Idaho is cleared of trees, leaving the stumps. Caption on the picture reads 'Stump land near Camp Eight Bovill Idaho.'
A group of white pine stand in the back while the ground in front is littered with stumps and downed trees. The description on the back says this was logged in the spring of 1930 but not burned.
A man driving a caterpillar type tractor is pulling a covered sled vehicle with workers seated inside.
A young man sits on a log, holding a bucket and is using sometime of brush to mark a log below him. Another logger stands on the log behind him.
An early rail crane loader. Note attached to photograph says it is from the Oliver Machinery Co.
Lightning bolts light up the sky with trees in the background. Written on the envelope 'brush disposing and burn - lightning-airplane.'
Brush, felled trees, and un-used trees are shown before a controlled burn is set.
A man stands on a pile of brush left by county road builders.
Brush and felled trees after burning.
Men run to get into pickup trucks already filled with men.
A barn with a silo next to it are shown.
Two horses graze near a farm house. In the distance is another farm building.
A farm yard with a new barn on the left-hand side of the photograph while the old barn is on the right-hand side.
A field full of hay piles are ready to be picked up and baled. Next to the field of hay piles is an un-harvested field.
A man stands in a wheat field. Behind him is a large tree in the field as well.
A dirt road runs between two fields. Also shown are electrical poles towards the right-hand side of the picture.
A field with a row crop. In the distance are electric poles.
Looking down from a hillside, farm land is seen.
A plane used for patrolling and spotting forest fires. Tail fin number is N1159A. Description on the back of the photograph reads "Aerial patrol plane. Note loudspeakers under wing. AB Curtis photo file."
A man stands underneath a Piper plane holding a speaker.
A man stands in front of a fire patrol plane. Behind him and plane, two trees bare the mark of recent forest fires. The tail number on the plane is NC 30494.
A fire engine truck. On the door to the cab, are the initials "C.T.P.A (Clearwater Timber Protective Association) No. 167 and Keep Idaho Green" On the top of the truck is the hoses. Laying in front of the truck is a dog.

1931
Raspberry bushes and melon plants.
Squash growing on a vine
Rows of onions
Apple tree
Apple tree
Rows of peas and beans
farms
farms
cabbages
farms and buildings in the background
farms
farms
farms
farms
Two flats of beans
Box of freshly picked peas.
men picking beans
Water creates splash as a log comes down the flume at Camp H. The description on the back of the photograph says '40% grade on Camp H flume Clearwater Timber Co.'
Men stand next to large logs watching a crane. Snow covers everything around the site.
A man stands holding two buckets near a water source. Written on the back of the photograph is 'At the mouth of Beaver Cr. - on the North Fork of Clearwater - 1931.'

1932
Butch' Nolting and Nick Nollar sit with dogs Snowball and Bob in front of their bunkhouse in Camp 12.
A man stands in between bunkhouses covered in snow at camp 12, near Deary, Idaho.
J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr. who was president and general manager from 1931 to 1933.

1933
Postcard of Potlatch flooding. On the right side of the picture are railroad tracks, while in the background is a barn and grain silo.
A man drives a team of horses through flood waters in Potlatch, Idaho.

1934
A bridge spans the 'h' riffle of the Benton creek.

1935
Engine #73 sits on snow-covered railroad tracks in Headquarters, ID.
A log jam about five miles from the mouth of Elk Creek.
A man walks on the elevated walkway between the bunkhouse to avoid the mud. The description attached to the photograph 'mud is one of the least enjoyable factors in logging camp life. Note how bunk houses are built high off the ground, with wooden walkways between.'
A clothesline stretched from a bunkhouse to an outhouse holds the laundry for loggers in a logging camp near Headquarters, Idaho.
View of Camp 34 at Mason Meadow. The bunkhouses can be seen surrounding the administrative buildings.
A man pushes logs away from the side at Sourdough Dam. To the left of the man stands a cabin
A crane hoists a log over the side of a ledge. The description on the back of the photograph reads 'early yarding.'
A load of logs tied to a flatcar are slowly winched down the mountain on railroad tracks.
A small log flume runs through a forest. On the left side, unlogged trees stand while on the right, a logged area.
Two men are almost all the way through a felled tree by cutting with a two person hand saw.
Close-up of an early wannigan made entirely out of wood without any metal fastenings. The large sweep was used for steerage for this craft made from cedar logs bound together with pieces of wild cherry vine. Later wannigans were built on rubber pontoons and outboard motors were used for steerage (not propulsion). In the photograph, men work on one of the sweeps.
One man sits on the long sweep while another man stands on the logs of an early wanigan. Notice it is entirely made of logs tied together.
Men work in a snow storm to load logs onto flatcars for transport.
Camp 14 in the St. Joe National Forest, Idaho. In this camp are both more permeant type structures (foreground) and converted railroad cars (background).
A worker operates a pres-to-log machine in Lewiston, Idaho.
The '"Heisler" No. 72' engine sits waiting while logs are loaded on to its cars. Toward the right-hand side of the photograph, the tracks which logs are rolled down towards the train can be seen. Also on the right hand side of the photograph is a crane loading logs onto flatcars.
The railroad buildings in Headquarters, Idaho. A pickup truck is parked in front of the one of the buildings.
A shay engine pushing loads of logs. Railroad men stand on the right hand side of the photograph.
Looking at Sisters Creek from the St. Joe River.
A caterpillar works to move dirt and debris away to make room for a road entrance into a park. The creek in the picture is Potlatch creek.
Looking north toward highway bridge over Elk Creek Falls. Power house is left of the falls behind shoulder.
Men and women holding instruments stand in front of the Liberty Theater in Lewiston Idaho. On the marquee above them it reads '4 her he rides' and 'The Danger Trail.'

1936
The Potlatch Navy, a multipurpose craft used as an icebreaker, pile driver, skyline rig and sea-going donkey engine on the pond on a railway flatcar.
The Potlatch Navy, a multipurpose craft used as an icebreaker, pile driver, skyline rig and sea-going donkey engine on the pond, preparing to off-load the barge.
The Potlatch Navy, a multipurpose craft used as an icebreaker, pile driver, skyline rig and sea-going donkey engine on the pond launching the barge in the pond.
The multipurpose craft being transported on a railway flatcar.
View of lumber stacked in yard.
View of lumber stacked in yard.
View of lumber yard. Note railway tracks running between stacked lumber.
Men hoisting logs at the pond.
Stanton Ready, State Forester of Idaho, explains the tussock moth spraying equipment installed on the Tri-motor Ford of the Johnson Flying Service to Ed Ring, Assistant State Forester, Thomas Corssley, Special Assistant, and Henry Jones Fire Warden of the Kendrick Forest Protective District.
Timothy hay on Robert Mowlds property near Princeton. The land is valued at $40.00 an acre.
Timothy meadow on Robert Mowlds property, one mile from Potlatch. The land is valued at $40.00 an acre.

1937
View of the upper log pond
Community tree outside of P. A. A. C.
View of granite shaft before the unveiling.
Two of A.W. Laird's grandchildren, Mary Ann and Allison Laird Decker prepare to unveil the monument.
The granite shaft which stands as a memorial to Allison W. Laird for whom the park was named.
Rev. W.A. Hitchcock addressing the crowd.
A.W. Laird's daughter (Mrs. A.D. Decker) with her husband and two children, Mary Ann and Allison Laird and an unidentified woman (possibly Mrs. A.W. Laird) standing by the monument.
Part of the crowd attending the dedication.
The park is located 12 miles east of Potlatch and was formerly known as "Grizzly Camp."
The park is located 12 miles east of Potlatch and was formerly known as "Grizzly Camp."
Two views of Laird Park.
Two views of Laird Park.
Group playing a net game.
A man drives a caterpillar pulling a group of logs down the hillside while another man rides atop the logs.
A man and dog stand atop a log deck stacked at Camp L. Behind him are the bunkhouses for the camp. According to the description written on the envelope, these logs were ready to head down the flume.
A logger stands and watches as a crane moves log to a truck nearly full of logs. Description on the back reads 'Linn (?) half-tank (?) truck.'
The Decker family stands at the plaque at the dedication of Laird park. They are 'Arlie D. Decker, Mrs. (Charlottee Laird) Decker, Mary Ann Decker, and Allison Laird Decker.'
H. L. Peterson speaks at the dedication of Laird Park. The description on the back of the photograph reads "Dedication of Laird Park. August 21, 1937. H. L. Peterson speaking."
The monument unveiled at Laird Park. Written on the back of the photograph is 'Monument unveiled Laird Park Aug. 21 1937'
A young boy stands to the right of the monument while two girls stand behind it. Another boy stands to the left read to pull the fabric cover off the monument. The back of the photograph reads 'Dedication of Laird Park August 21, 1937

1938
Views of the dismantling of a shay engine.
Views of the dismantling of a shay engine.
Views of the dismantling of a shay engine.
Views of the dismantling of a shay engine.
Views of the dismantling of a shay engine.
Views of the dismantling of a shay engine.
Views of the dismantling of a shay engine.
Unidentified man standing in front of dry shed #6 which is under construction.
lumber stacked on a Ross fork lift truck.
View of road through park.
Auditorium construction underway.
Auditorium construction underway.
Auditorium construction underway.
Auditorium construction underway.
Auditorium construction underway.
Auditorium construction underway.
Auditorium construction underway.
Auditorium construction underway.
Details of auditorium roof construction.
Details of auditorium roof construction.
Details of auditorium roof construction.
Details of auditorium roof construction.
Details of auditorium roof construction.
View of burner with Osgood Log Loader in foreground taken in June.
All Members of the family work for the Potlatch Company.
The Lewis mill near Bovill on the East Fork of the Potlatch river. Cars are parked along the dirt road as a man on the right hand side of the photograph walks along the wooden sidewalk.
Left to right: unknown, Bighom, A. Hughes, C. Crane, B. Hobbs, B. Shook, and G. Hughes stand on the wooden walkway in front of a bunkhouse.
The picture is titled 'A Nice residual strand for the future' and the description written on the photograph says 'logged off in 1937, photo'd in 1938. The watershed has a good cover. Soil erosion prevented.'
At big stump. A man stands behind/on the stump of the White Pine King.

1939
Man standing beside a large pile of snow
Lumber yard in winter.
View of snow covered lumber yard.
Logs piled beside the railway line.
Lumber piled outside of a shed.
View of snow covered yard.
View of snow covered lumber yard.
View of snow covered lumber yard.
Children and teacher on steps of the school
First grade students.
Local street after being plowed.
Third and fourth grade students in the school cafeteria.
School Cafeteria serving line.
School Cafeteria serving line.
Graduating Class
Girls' Basketball Team with coach.
Local street after being plowed.
Lumber stacked on a fork lift truck.
Lumber stacked in yard
Looking across the river into the park.
Winner of the planning mill crew mustache competition.
Roof of a building in winter.
The men in the boat use oars and long poles to pull logs into the Clearwater River while two men on shore use long poles to help. The description on the back of the photograph reads 'bateau crew at work on North Fork 1939.'
The bateau crew moves logs that have become stuck on the shoreline back into the middle of the river.
Cars sit in front of bunkhouses. These bunkhouses unlike other camps were made to be more of fixtures rather than the moveable types of bunkhouses in other camps.

1940
Osgood Loader at the mill.
Crane lifting logs out of the pond.
Interior of new classroom.
Potlatch men use oars to propel a boat through the Clearwater river in a log drive. Attached to this photograph is a paragraph that reads 'backbreaking stamina was the order of the day for these Potlatch oarsmen several decades ago, when all they had to fight the turbulent Clearwater river with was a heavy wooden bateau and eight sturdy arms. in 1949, the bateau was modified to take a small outboard motor; today's modern boats first appeared on the log drive in 1959'.
Men work to clear a log game on Bedrock creek, Idaho.
Men use long poles to clear logs that have become stuck in eddies. The description on the back of the photograph reads "men on log drive working in bateaux to clear logs from back eddies."
A caterpillar tractor uses cables to pull logs out of a jam. Attached to the photo, a card reads '"Caterpillar" Twenty-Two Tractor with Hyster winch pulling logs out of jam formed above railroad bridge abutment - Clearwater river.'
Men use peavies to break up a log jam. The description on the back of the photograph reads 'log jam has begun to unsnarl. Men on logs at front are in the most dangerous location--one misstep could send them amid the battering tree lengths. Beginning to unfurl, the log pileup yields its foremost tree lengths into the hungry current. Catty footwork and quick agility saves a peavy pole man from being caught by the rolling water slick logs.'
Men wearing life vests use peavies to push logs out of a jam near the shore.
A view of camp 11 near Bingo Creek, Idaho. Bunkhouses line the area near the railroad.
A caterpillar pushes dirt and snow out of the way to make the way for a road for camp 42.
Head sawyers with 'springwood' near Camp 14' (description taken from back of photograph). One man stands behind the tree pulling a saw, while the other stands on a piece of wood inserted into the hillside.
A man drives his two-horse team hitched to a log to skid it down the hillside.
A view of camp 35. The focus of the photograph are the bunkhouses which are raised above the ground. Also shown in the photograph are the raised walkways that lead between the bunkhouses.
The lumber yard at the Potlatch mill is flooded.
A piece of equipment stands outside the plant in Lewiston, Idaho. This piece is for the processing of making Pres-to-Logs.
A worker watches a Pres-to-log machine. Stamped on the front of the photograph is 'Juleen Evert WN'. On the back is 'Juleen Studio 2930 Rockerfeller Main 428 Everett Washington.'
Engine #74 pulls a log train past a 1939-1940 Plymouth Coupe (information taken from back of photograph).
Cars from the Milwaukee Railroad litter the St. Joe river and embankment. Men work in the open cars to insure the safety of the lumber boards in the cars.
The Post Office of Headquarters, Idaho is pictured. In front of the Post Office is a car.
A man loads a log onto a truck while another watches. A third man looks at logs still needed to be loaded.
John Johnson demonstrates the use of a tool. According to the description, Mr. Johnson is a blacksmith at the Rutledge Mill.
E. C. Rettig - the ubiquitous and informative 'Eddie' of this narrative - is 32 years old, chief forester, land agent and log agent for the Clearwater company. He was watching a jammer loading a big white pine logs when the 'Seav' made this portrait of him.
A Potlatch camp in winter. Bunkhouses can bee scene as well as the cars and trucks of the workers.
Two men work on cutting log into planks while a third waits by a caterpillar.
Men work to finish paper products and tie them into bundles for transport.
Hundreds of rolls of paper sit awaiting production at the Lewiston mill.
Men and women work to process different types of paper products at the mill in Lewiston, ID.
Pallets of paper products are stored in a warehouse at the mill in Lewiston.
Men and women stand around at the 1940 Lumber Congress, watching a crane lower logs onto the field. Behind the group on the left stands a Northern Pacific railroad car.
A man studies a Presto Log demonstration.
Men gather around a piano and are singing while two men play.
Two men use a two person saw to cut down a tree. Written on the photograph '1940s R. cox photo' and 'Old Growth White Pine.'
Two men use a two person to section a tree that has been logged. On top of the tree sits a sledgehammer.
A skyline trolley carries a log from one place to another.
The man closes to the camera uses an electric saw to cut a log into pieces for transport. Two other men are working further down the log. In the background is a bulldozer.
Two men watch a tree fall in the forest. One of the men is holding a chain saw.
A man stands on a pole attaching a weather station to it. Written on the back of the photograph is 'weather station at Musselshell Ranger Station, Clearwater National Forest.'
Lumber boards are transported on a flatcar. The description on the back of the photograph reads '2x4 A.F consigned to Fuller Goodwin pewaukee wis.'
Three men work on a piece of machinery at the McMamm Mill on Harrish Ridge.
The description on the back of the photograph reads 'Mullan Tree in 4th of July Canyon between Wallace and Coeur d'Alene.'
One of the towns that formed due to the logging industry.
Burned trees litter the ground after a controlled burn on a specific area. Untouched forest stands in the background.
A man stands touching a curved tree surrounded by straight growing trees. On the back of the photo is a stamp saying that the photographer is K.D. Swan.
A man stands in front of the office of probably a lumber camp. The sign above him reads 'Office brush disposal'. In front of him is a bulletin board with several notices and pieces of paper.
Men and women receive certificates at the Keep Idaho Green meeting. Several men and women are holding a placard that reads 'Western Pine Tree Farm'. Behind the group of people is a sign for Palouse Valley Tree Farm and a list of names.
A man receives his certificate for planting trees. To his left stands two officials. They all stand underneath a sign that reads 'Kamiah Grange Tree Farms' as well as names of others who participated in the program. The description the back of the photograph reads 'Western Pine Tree Farm dedication'
Ten men receive their 'Another Certified Western Pine Tree Farm' placards and certificates as they stand under a sign that reads Kamiah, Kooskia Sites Tree Farms'. From left to right: Daniel Harding, Harry Faris, Arlie Foss, Robert Jacobs, Chris Landmark, Axel Klundt for Klundt Brothers, Ed Strehlow, Lowell Maynard, E.C. Rettig for Potlatch Forests, Inc. and Tim Waidef for Twin Feather Mills.
Men and women sit for a Western Pine Tree Farm Meeting (description taken from back of photograph). To the left of the speaker platform a sign reads "Kamiah Grange Tree Farms."
A tractor pulls a float for a parade. The theme of the float is a dam. On the side of the trailer is a sign that reads ' We Dam It' Inland Power & Light Co, Winston Brothers, Co and Fegles Construction Co' Stamped on the back of the photograph is 'J.F. Anderson, Photo, Phone 1445-J'
A water truck. Written on the side of the tank is "Keep Idaho Green" and on the side of the cab are the initials "P.T.P.A" (Potlatch Timber Protection Agency) and "C.T.P.A." (Clearwater Protective Association)
Men work to fill the water trucks used to fight forest fires from a stream. The description on the back says "Filling TPA [Timber Preservation Association] tankers. AB Curtis photo file."
A fire engine truck. On cab it says 'CTPA 2' [Clearwater Timber Protective Association]. On the truck it says 'Idaho State Forestry'
The fire watch tower on Elk Butte in the winter.
Logs are piled next to flatcars waiting to be loaded. Written on the back of the photograph is 'Loading Logs at Peck from Sec. 30-38 N R I E - C. H. Pippinger.'

1941
Earl Compton with his father Edward T., one of the many father-son teams working for the company.
A man stands in the forest looking at downed trees and brush. On the back, the description reads 'summer, Aug. 1941, Sec 31, T38, N6E.'
A crane loads logs until flatcars for transport. The description on the back of the photograph reads "Aug. 1941 Elk River - loading peeled pulp. Shipped to Lake State." Stamped on the back of the photograph is "U. S. Forest Service Photo by Swan"

1942
General view as overhaul was started. Note the drop sign to warn that the wheel inching dog is out of place and it is dangerous to start the engine.
Lee Gale on Corliss engine shaft. Note size of spokes and bolts in flywheel compared to a six foot man. He stands on a shaft 22' in diameter.
Art Flieger by the Corliss engine crank pin disc.
During the sawmill overhaul the power plant crew repaired the turbine.
Secretary and clerk in an office.
Girls' Basketball Team with coach.
Presbyterian Church, Potlatch, Idaho
Several girls wading in the river.
J.D. and Walter Piper, another of the father-son teams at Potlatch.
The wreckage of train that tipped off the tracks near camp 14.
Two men inspect the wreckage of a train tipping off the tracks near camp 14.
The repair shops at the Bovill mill.
Image of some of the repair buildings at Headquarters, ID.

1943
Memorial built by Potlatch Lumber Company to honor company and community servicemen.
A man uses a caterpillar to skid logs down a steep hillside while another man watches.
A lumberjack sits near the wanigan repairing his boots. Written on the back of the photograph is 'log drive 15.'
Ms. Adair holds a hammer reading to ring a bell in camp. 'Dolly Adair, attractive flunkey at Camp 27 on Breakfast Creek. Although women flunkeys were used in logging camps during World War I, none were employed at camps in the Clearwater forests until the summer of 1942. (Logging of consequence did not begin in the Clearwater until 1926). Many and dire were the predications of what would happen when the girls went to work in the camps, but aside from a sizeable number of school teacher lumberjack marriages and a noticeable sprucing up by all the men in the camps, nothing much happened. The girl flunkeys have worked efficiently and well. A tendency to move about and to not stay in any one camp for more than a few months sometimes weeks, is evident among them. The beckoning finger of other jobs provides a well nigh [sic] irrestible lure with a resulting high turnover of flunkey labor, but, nevertheless they have performed a fine war job.' Description taken from back of photograph.
A new growth of trees stands near the Potlatch mill. A sign behind them talks about why new growth is important. Stamped on the photo is 'K.S. Brown photo Kenwood 1921 6838 - 32nd N.E. Seattle Washington.' and 'Photo from Western Pine Association Yeon Building, Portland 4 Oregon.'
Looking down the street in Headquarters, Idaho on the night of January 27, 1943. The snow was between six and seven feet deep and there was a sharp bite to the air that was in no way imaginary (Description taken from board that photo is attached to).
Shovelling snow from the roof of a train shed. The Job of shovelling snow from the roofs of Headquarters buildings was almost endless, with fresh snow falling every night. Only the chore of digging out railroad switches, frogs, and crossing was worse and had to be done oftener' (Description taken from the board that the photograph is on).
Saw pardners Lang and Jones trike out toward the next tree that is to be felled. The snow was over ten feet deep at this spot on a ridge between Washington and Breakfast creeks at Camp 27, January 27, 1943. Lang is in the center left of picture, Jones at right center almost hidden by the branches of a tree. (Description taken from board the photo is on).
The saw gang of Jones and Lang begin digging snow away from around the base of a big Idaho White Pine that is to be felled. If the snow ere not dug away there would be a forest of ten-foot high stumps the next summer. Note the expression on Jones face, it indicates his opinion of snow and winter logging. Picture Taken P.F.I. camp 27 1/27/1943'
Still digging! From ten to twenty minutes is required to dig the saw pit around each tree that is felled. Winter snows mean an extra piece of equipment for each member of a saw gang, a snow shovel, which is none too well loved.
Sawyer Jones in attempting to enlarge the saw pit strikes an old snag wit his shovel. The snow was so deep that the snag was completely hidden from view until the pit had been partially dug. Depth over ten feet.
The saw pit is nearly dug. Note that sawyer Plennie Jones who is over six feet tall has a back wall of snow higher than his head.
Down after another shovel full of snow.
Sawyer Lee Lang pauses a moment before resuming work with this snow shovel.
The saw pit dug, sawyer Lee Lang lays his shovel to one side and reaches out over the top of the pit for the crosscut felling saw. Lang is six feet two but the top of the pit wall is well over his head.
Hard at work sawing. Handles are generally removed from the saw so that the blade can push out into the snow at either end of the saw stroke, thereby necessitating a smaller saw pit and less snow shoveling.'
Looking across the saw pit at the level of the snow neither man is visible. This is dangerous business because in winter it is necessary for skidding and loading crews to work close to the saws. Should a crew move up behind the sawyers and not hear their cry of 'Timber' in time to clear out of the way it means some smashed equipment and quite likely a serious accident to one or more men.'
Volume VII Number 4 of The Family Tree with article about winter logging at Headquarters. Periodical about logging, specifically focusing on the winter of 1942-1943 in Headquarters, Idaho. Also included in this issue are service letters, Wood news, plant news, as well as brief news snippets.
Looking down into the saw pit at an angle the hats of sawyers Jones and Lang can be seen as they busily pull a crosscut back and forth.'
Down in the pit it's either kneel, or do just a jackknife bend to get the saw as close to the bottom of the pit as possible. Otherwise more snow must be dug out so that nothing higher than a fourteen inch stump will be left.'
Winter sawing in a saw pit is also dangerous to the sawyers who must get away from the pit quickly to avoid possibility of injury when the tree topples over. The falling tree may twist a little to one side or the other as it falls, or hit another tree and roll sharply to one side, and the butt of the tree may swing in either direction with sufficient force to kill a man if it hits him. For quick escape from the pit saw gangs generally notch steps in the side of the pit. in the picture below sawyers Lang and Jones are shown still in the pit after the tree topples over. it fell a bit quicker than was expected with the result that the men were unable to escape from the pit. the snow on Jones coat was caused by his attempt to hastily scramble out of the pit. He didn't make it, in fact was sprawled half-out and half-in the pit when the tree came to rest. Lang is bent over brushing snow from his clothing in the bottom of the pit. Fortunately for the men this particular tree fell straight away and the butt did not jump to either side.'
Taking the measurement of a felled Idaho White Pine.
Big swing boom loaders work not far back of the saw gangs, snake the logs out to the nearest road and deck them up for the loading crew and trucks that follow.'
Logs decked, the big General loader moves on down the road to the next setting.' The back of the loader has 'Potlatch Forests Inc.' on it.
The loader carefully picks up a log from off a roadside deck and places it atop the truck that will haul them to the landing some few mills distant.'
The top loader, the man who directs the loading of the trucks, has a particularly hazardous job and must be alert if he is to avoid injury. A log skidded from near the road and swung up onto the load may strike a snap and cause it to fall across the load, possibly striking the top loader, or the tons may slip, or returning empty for another log to be flipped backwards against his person with a knockout punch.'
The bulldozer operator has his problems too. If he does a good job of road plowing one day, he can come back the next day and do the job all over again because of a certainty it will have snowed two or three feet during the night. All too soon there is no place to push the snow... the snow banks on either side of the road become like rock and extend back into the trees. He guides his steel faced helpmate in a sort of all-out lunge at the accumulation of snow and holds it hard against the piles until it snorts down a chocking whisper, but somehow managers to keep the roads open.
Swinging the log aboard a flat car. It was snowing hard when this picture was taken, and during the afternoon and evening there was an additional two feet of snowfall.'
Log train at Headquarters, Idaho, ready to leave for the Lewiston Mill, some 120 miles away, January 29, 1943. It had stopped snowing (temporarily) and a big rotary plow had finally completed plowing out the railroad between Headquarters and Orofino after a several days plug-up because of too much snow. P.F.I. Railroad crews were not so fortunate and the wing plows used to push snow from the tracks leading from Headquarters to camps 27, 29, 14, 51 and 52 were unable to keep the snow off the rails. Camp 14 was finally closed early n February. Snow between the rails rolled up ball-like to derail locomotives, forcing one delay after another, and many are the stories related by lumberjacks of log flats that failed to take a curve because of packed snow between the rails and simply continued out into the timber instead of down the railroad right-of-way.'
Slipping a chocker around a log at P.F.I. Camp 29 on Washington creek in late January 1943. Greatest snowfall was at this camp, but the crew stayed hard at work at got out a lot of logs. Average depth of snow was close to eleven feet.'
Water tank near old P.F.I Camp 6 -- open area to either side of the railroad permitted the plows to push snow off the tracks with less trouble than elsewhere.'
The camp 14 speeder coming up grade from 14 towards Headquarters, Idaho. The snow walls on either side of the track were almost as hard as rock except for a thin outside covering of fresh snow. Width of the plowed trough was only that of a log flat and men walking the track must needs climb the banks in quick fashion when a trainload of logs came past.'
Unloading logs into the hotpond at the Lewiston mill. This section of the big 300-odd acre pond at Lewiston was kept open throughout the winter by discharging into it the exhaust hot water from a big steam turbine in the mill's power plant.'
'In the pond proper there were six or seven inches of ice. Log trains were arriving none too promptly from the woods because of deep snow and it was necessary for two shift operation to break loose some of the logs in the large pond. Accordingly an ice breaking barge was rigged up with a steam donkey mounted amidships. Lines were anchored on opposite piers and by means of a winch, driven by the donkey, the barge was pulled back and forth over the logs and ice. the old barge was plenty heavy with its steel plated bottom and upward beveled ends to do the ice breaking job. in fact it kept getting heavier as the water from the pond seeped through cracks in its sides and finally one night disappeared from view under the waters of the pond. Next morning only the smokestack of the donkey engine was visible. However, the ice breaker was speedily salvaged and returned to service.'
Woods Auditor Clarence Haeg and clerk Clayton Reed in front of the Camp 14 speeder on its last trip from 14 to Headquarters prior to closing the camp because of too much snow.'
Logs are piled and covered with snow while flatcars full of logs are waiting to be transported to the mill. Typewritten on the back of the photograph is "Feb 16, 1943, Cp 27. Landing for Cp 27 and is about plugged."

1944
The Todd family house in Headquarters, ID is surrounded by snow covered trees. A creek can be seen in the lower part of the photograph.

1945
Edwin Chambers with Harland Owens. Both home after 3 1/2 years in Japanese prison camps. The are survivors of Bataan and Corregidor.
Operator of fork lift truck stacking lumber in yard.
Memorial built by Potlatch Lumber Company to honor company and community servicemen.
Both soldiers with their fathers.
Two men (Kayes and Loeb) uses teams of horses to pull logs into the river while Golden stands watching off to the right hand side.
A large log jam has stopped the flow of the river. Stamped on the back of the photograph is 'Scamahorn Studio Phone RI. 8722, Kuhn Bldg. Spokane, Wash.'
Men work to unjam logs using peavies.
Potlatch drivers use peavies to break up a log jam near the show.
Description from the photograph reads "New Camp 60, W. Side Washington Creek. Old CP 60 on E side - lodge Creek or could be old CP60 was car camps (see photo) and this camp prefabs replaced cars." The bunkhouses shown are more permanent than the railroad cars that were previously used.
The bunkhouses numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, and the wash house of Camp 44. A man stands in the isle with a broom. The snow is piled up fairly high in-between the buildings.
The converted railcars into bunkhouses of Camp 55.
A man works on a tree attached to sky cables near camp 55.
A man drives a sky car carrying a log in Camp 55.
A close-up view of a sky carriage as it sits on the ground before being hoisted onto the sky cables.
An Osgood loader crane moves up a road. In front it stand a group men, looking over the side of the road at logs.
Trucks used to carry lumber are lined up reading to leave the Bovill, Idaho yard.
A man ties a group of dynamite together in order to break up the frozen river with logs. Two other men stand watching behind him also holding bundles of dynamite.
The teachers of the school in Headquarters, Idaho stand in front of the school. They are 'Joy Boll, Helen Nyberg, and Gladys Clarke.'
Men sit on shore near the wangian. A pot sits over a fire in the foreground.
Bill Shook (per back of the photograph) uses a caterpillar to pull logs down the logging road.
Three men stand to the side of a railroad track. Behind them are railroad bunkhouses.
Jack Anderson stands next to the cast register at the Camp 44 store. He was the camp clerk. Behind him are stores of goods that lumberjacks might need.
The lumber yard at the mill in Potlatch, Idaho. Two tractors work to move lumber places.
An aerial photograph of the mill in Potlatch, Idaho.
A stack of Pres-to-logs stand outside Villa's complete food market.
Inside the pres-to-logs manufacturing plant in Lewiston, Idaho.
A machine feeds logs into a Pres-to-Log machine at the plant in Lewiston, Idaho.
The Pres-to-Logs warehouse in Lewiston, Idaho. At the back of the photograph, a forklift is lifting a pallet of Pres-to-Logs.
A shirtless man works on packing a train car with Pres-to-Logs.
A pyramid of Pres-to-Logs made by the plant in Lewiston, Idaho plant.
A railcar used to transport Pres-to-Logs is also used to advertise them. This car, one side says where the logs are made, while the other gives reason why a person should buy them.
A family group enjoys a picnic lunch at the Fohl picnic area on state highway 11 between Pierce and Weippe. It also says on the back of the photograph that 'plans are to move this PFI facility to a new location because of heavy public use and lack of room to expand at the present site.'
A man stands next to a tree on his Western Pine tree farm.
Interior of Douglas plane showing arrangement of tanks. Improper adjustment of equipment on first flight nearly filled the cabin with spray.
A herd of cows graze in Bear Valley.
An event for loggers, men stand behind bars, ready to pour drinks. Signs above them read both Bourbon and Scotch here, while between two of the bars are units that have the Coca-Cola name on them. It appears to be at the Lewis Clark Hotel. Listed on the back are the names of the men: JJ O'Connell, C. O. Grave, Lloyd Slongle, Bus Lyells, Leo Bodine, Bob Woods, Steve Summers, unknown, and Ray Hoffman.
A portrait of A. J. Magnuson.
A group of foreman for Potlatch pose for a photo. They are as listed, according to the roster included with the photograph, 'front row left to right' : H. Thompson (Buiguette Plant), C. Harris (Pond), H. L. white (?), A. Jensen (Calender), L. Williams, W. A. Fredenberg, T. Sherry, G. S. Porfee (?), J. H. Ferish (?), K. Ross, W. Yoelum (?), C. Cunningard, A. McLeod.
A man uses a sledgehammer to hammer into the inside tracks of a caterpillar.
A railroad crane loads a log onto a trailer for transport. A man stands atop of the logs already on the trailer.
A caterpillar pulls two logs down a hillside. In the background, you can see the bare land left by logging and skidding the logs down the hill.
A man, wearing snowshoes, uses a chain saw to cut at the base of a tree.
A man uses a chain saw to cut a log after it was felled.
A man drives a caterpillar pulling six logs down the mountain. In the front of the picture is brush and debris leftover from logging.
A large crane loads a large bundle of logs on to the back of a trailer while a man watches. Behind them, are more logs waiting to be loaded for transport. Same photo can be found in Box 203 Folder 42 with the following description: 'The description on the back of the photograph reads 'The monster (also named Big Bertha): Old coulee Dam Irrigation Project Drag Bucket. Converted to log unloading and decking machine at log drive landing on N. fk. Clearwater just above Little NF. Hangled entire truck load of logs.'
A man stands on Stites Bridge while the river rushes below.
Two men stand on a bridge watching as several other men clear trees and brush from a hillside.
Aerial photograph of Idaho forest.

1946
Exterior of office building.
Logs loaded on a truck and transported to the pond.
Logs loaded on a truck and transported to the pond.
Logs loaded on a truck and transported to the pond.
Logs loaded on a truck and transported to the pond.
Logs loaded on a truck and transported to the pond.

1947
The description on the back reads 'banquet at Lewis Clark Hotel for Clearwater employees retired March 31, 1947.' It then lists the employees: C. J. Cummerford, C. J. Carter, S. E. Andrew, Jim Bartholow, O. H. Leuschel, M. L. Sund, H. L. Torsen, D. S. Troy, Fred Frost, Roy Huffman, Jacob Gonser, Ed Olsen, and John Aram.

1948
Fully loaded logging truck. Height 12 1/2 feet: 5200 feet on load.
Part of the crowd of 1100 waiting to be served.
A.P. Colvin with two plates of hotdogs.
Employees and their families enjoying a picnic lunch.
A P.F.I. employee checking the coffee supply.
Part of the Littemore family reunion at the picnic.
Children at the lemonade stand.
Employees at a picnic table.
Employees at a picnic table.
Horseshoe contest judges.
View of picnic tables at Palouse Town Park.
The picnic was held at Palouse Town Park.
Children enjoying the slide and swings at Palouse Town Park.
Employees at the coffee stand.
Children at the swimming pool.
Horseshoe pitching contest.
Fred Chamberlain scales logs at Camp 29 on Washington Creek, Idaho.
Flood waters cover a street in Potlatch, Idaho. In the background of the picture, a silo can be seen. The description on the back of the photograph says '1948 flood - in town'
Water rushes US 95 bridge east of Lewiston. The description on the back says "1948 flood view of water at bridges."
An aerial photograph taken of the flooding in 1948. "John Moxson, Emerson Flying Service" is written on the back of the photograph.
Part of the road is washed out from the 1948.
A man hangs on to a cable as he looks over the edge of damaged railroad tracks.
The flooding of the Clearwater surround the mill in Lewiston. The mill can be seen in the background
The Lewiston mill is flooded by the Clearwater River.
The road that was damaged in the floodwaters. A river can bee seen on the left of the photograph.
The road that was damaged from floodwaters. On the left side of the photograph is a sign that reads "state of Idaho." A river can been seen on the right of the photograph.
A bridge lies on the ground after being washed out from flood waters.
A flooded street during the 1948 flood. In the background a car can be seen driving through the waters.
A woman sits with her legs up over the side of a chair while a man sits on a barrel in the middle of the floodwaters.
A man stands next to a boat floating in the main street flooded. In the upper part of photograph a sign for Coca-Cola is seen.
A man sits on top of a piece of mill machinery during the 1948 flood. In front of him are three sets of finished lumber
Men clear debris from railroad tracks after the 1948 flood.
Debris from floodwaters coming from the hills.
A man walks away from a house damaged by the flood. Rocks are piled to the left of the house while in the foreground of the picture debris is pictured.
A railroad bridge is damaged and the tracks droop towards the water after the 1948 flood.
Two men sit in a row boat as floodwaters cover the street. Behind them is a sign for a car garage and auto parts.
A car and a truck sit the flood waters. A hose with another truck are in the background.
A man drives a piece of lumber machinery to move stacks of lumber while the river floods behind him
Water rises up one of the Potlatch Mill buildings.
Two men work on clearing a road washed out in the 1948 flood. A pickup truck sits as water runs in front of it.
A car sits on a washed out road near the Potlatch Mill.
A truck carries a load of logs across a bridge while the water is rising beneath it.
Looking down at Potlatch and the flooding that happened in 1948.
Two men stand with one foot on their truck on a road. Another car is in the background.
A man stands in front of stacks of lumber while the river behind him floods. In the background are two pieces of mill machinery.
The buildings of Camp Y. On the first two tiers are buildings. Three men work on the second tier. Below the two tiers are several trucks and a car. Written on the back of the photograph is "Camp Y - Sept. 1948 (B.A.)."

1949
Entrance to plant showing 1949 landscaping.
Four boys wearing P.F.I. tee shirts
Rolling pin throwing contest (for wives only).
Exterior of Pres-to-log plant.
Two employees bicycling away from plant entrance.
Snow in the lumber yard.
Lawn ornaments at the Potlatch Plant.
Lawn built at Potlatch Plant, season of 1949.
Reserve fuel pile, taken in June.
Flagpole at Palouse Town Park.
John Gano, Albert Moody and Walt Mallory preparing hot dogs for the crowd.
Chow line.
Chow line.
Ice cream line.
Spectators at the pool.
Children enjoying the swimming pool.
Views of the pie eating contest.
Views of the pie eating contest.
Children enjoying the swimming pool.
Views of the pie eating contest.
Views of the pie eating contest.
Views of the pie eating contest.
Girls foot race.
Boys foot race.
Rolling pin throwing contest (for wives only).
Cattle grazing in a lightly stocked pastures. Description taken from back of photograph.
An aerial photograph of the Clearwater Paper Mill and log pond. Clearwater dam is in the upper left hand side of the photograph. On the back of the photograph, a stamp says "Please credit when used the Washington Water Power CO. Spokane, Washington." It lists John Keith as the photographer.
Aerial photograph of the Meadow Creek forest fire. Columns of smoke rise from the tops of the trees. Written on the back of the photograph is 1949 Meadow Cr. Fire A.B. Curtis photo life

1950
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Man in a home workshop containing various types of carpentry tools.
The burner at Potlatch just before the dismantling began in March.
The burner at Potlatch just before the dismantling began in March.
The burner at Potlatch just before the dismantling began in March.
Dismantling the burner in March.
Dismantling the burner in March.
Dismantling the burner in March.
The description on the back of the photograph reads: 'Approx. 45 million board feet of logs are 'driven' to Lewiston, Idaho each year in one of the few remaining major log drives in the U.S. This deck of logs at Benton Creek on the North Fork of the Clearwater River in Idaho is only one of several stored on the banks by PFI each summer and winter in preparation for the drive into he spring.' In front of the log deck sits a crane ready to move logs into the creek. In the background of the picture is a bridge the crosses the creek.
Men use peavies to unjam a large jam. The back of the photograph reads:'a Potlatch rearing crew seeks the key log that will permit this center jam to 'haul' and, hopefully, unravel itself. For obvious reasons, only experienced drivers are permitted to work center jams, while beginners are restricted to jams along the river banks.'
Snow covered logs form a jam on the Clearwater River.
A worker jumps from log to log carrying a peavy.
A logger removes his boot and pours out the water from a day's work.
a man uses a gas-powered chainsaw to cut down a tree. Written below the picture: 'Gasoline powered chain saws make short work of felling a tree. Trees are now skidded full length to the landing before being cut to log lengths., for a safer, faster, more efficient operation.'
A man driving a sky trolley carries two logs.
A tree falls down after being cut.
A crane lifts a log off a truck to be loaded into a railcar to take it to a mill.
The lumber mill at St. Maries, Idaho. The river running through the center of the photograph is the St. Joe River.
The mill at Kooskia, Idaho. Next to the Clearwater river sits the log pod.
The mill on Lake Coeur D'Alene. At the bottom of the photograph, there are logs waiting to go into the mill to be processed.
A man shows a group of men and women different products from the mill during Orofino Lumberjack Days.
A man shows children types of tree diseases during Orofino Lumberjack Days.
A man operates a pres-to-log machine in Lewiston, Idaho. The photographer is 'P.O. Valentine. Commercial photographer 155 Arthur str., Hillside, N.J. Tel. elizabeth 2-3582.'
According the description on the back of the photograph, there are 11 logs which totaled 11 million feet of board of lumber. The flatcars sit on a siding near Potlatch, Idaho.
A man stands on a log in an Idaho creek fishing.
A couple overlooks lake Pend Oreille on Blacktail in Northern Idaho.
Looking up the Clearwater river.
A man stands next to a log to show scale of said log. Taken in the Lewiston, Idaho yard.
A man uses a tool to measure a log to scale it.
Billings Point lookout tower - well known vantage spot overlooking the Clearwater tree farm of Potlatch Forests, Inc. This is an important eye for the Clearwater Timber Protective Association, first such organization formed in the U.S. and since copied elsewhere about the world. The association, a cooperative effort of forest owners to protect their lands against fire, was formed in 1906... has one of the best, if not the best, fire record in the U.S.
A bridge crosses the middle fork of the Clearwater river.
A sign in Latah county announces a 4-H tree farm which was sponsored by the Potlatch Corporation.
Tank trucks were borrowed from the Air Corps to transport spray mixture from Moscow, Idaho to the various landing fields. The units were set up to form a service island on either side of which planes were given quick refueling and refilling of spray tanks.
A man stands next to a plan having it's spraying tanks filled. Another plan can be scene in the background.
Two men stand in front of the White Pine King stump.
Boards of lumber sit waiting to be either purchased or transported.
A young moose walks in a meadow.
A Rocky Mountain goat stands on a rock on a steep rock wall.
Two sheep graze in the forest.
A hillside full of sheep grazing.
Men sit around an L shaped table at the Lewis Clark Hotel. The men are unidentified.
A variety of sheep graze near Adams Camp in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest.
Art Henderson looks at something off the distance.
A steamroller used in road construction near camp 36.
A truck lays on its side in the river surrounded by ice. The description on the back of the photograph reads 'Vehicle Accident. Camp 44 fishhook?'
Men sit around a table decorated with wood products. The man in the lower right hand corner is sitting in front of a name tag that reads E. R. Danneman but otherwise the men are unidentified.
Sheep that have been shorn are being driven to market.
Four men work on a log next to the railroad tracks. The man closes to the camera holds a logging hook and an ax. On the other end of the log, a man sits in the driving chair of a caterpillar piece of equipment.
The roofs of camp bunkhouses are very visible due to piled snow.
A group of men pose for a picture outside building.
Elk in a meadow.
The description on the back of the photograph reads 'plowing out rail line to camp 35, one of camps that used by Potlatch mill.'
Logs are scene jammed at in low water. The description on envelope says 'Jam. Logs being up at low at below rollway. Payette N.F.'
Ray Bjormstad, Clyde Durdy, and George Alexander stand in front of two trucks bearing signs for the Potlatch Company.
A tugboat pulls in a group of logs from Lake Coeur d'Alene towards the mill.
The main office building for the Rutledge mill in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
The Rutledge mill in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
A man works on a piece of part of a building using a construction template. Two other men stand in behind him.
Lumber waits for transport at the Maynard Mill in Glenwood, ID.
On the left, a man grabs a hook to attach it to a log, while in the middle, a man walks on logs already on the truck. On the right, a man operates the crane.
Looking over the log deck and log pond to the mill in Kamiah, Idaho.
Logs are in the Clearwater river on their way to the Lewiston Mill.
A crane stacks a log on a pile for transport.
A log tumbles from a truck as it drives down the road.
Looking over the log pond and log entrance into a mill.
A crane loads a log on to a truck as a man stands on top of the upper arm of the bed of the track.
A truck carries a load of logs down a mountain road.
Men stand behind a model of Potlatch logging area.
Construction of two of the buildings of the Clearwater Mill. The date written on the photograph is 4/12/1950.
Men work on the roof of one of the buildings under construction at the Clearwater Mill while on the on the right hand side is also under construction. The date written on the photograph is 4/12/1950.
Several of the Clearwater mill's buildings under construction. In the foreground, stacks of lumber sit next to train tracks. The date written on the photograph is 4/12/1950.
Construction of one of the mill buildings. A crane is at the center of the photograph with two men standing underneath it. The date written on the photograph is 4/12/1950.
Men work putting up framing lumber with rebar between in the center of the photograph. Behind them, framing is already completed for another building. The date written on the photograph is 4/12/1950.
Men work on constructing one of the buildings at the Clearwater Mill. On the right hand side of the photograph sits the cab for one of the cranes. The date written on the photograph is 4/12/1950.
Several of the Clearwater mill's buildings under construction. In the foreground wooden flooring has been laid for one building while in the background framing is happening for another. A crane is assisting with the construction. The date written on the photograph is 4/12/1950.
A workman measures the circumference of a log inside the mill. Description on the back of the photograph reads 'Scaling log as it enters mill from pond.'
A man works with planks at a gang saw.
A log is sprayed with high pressured water as it enters the sawmill.
A mill worker stands on the edge of a log in the log pond, rolling the log. Description on the back says 'mill worker riding log.'
Logs fill up a log pond. Closest to land, stacks of lumber sit. In the background the pond is surrounded to tall trees.
Part of the one of the Potlatch mills (not Lewiston). On the left hand side, a structure appears to be smoldering due to fire. On the right sit mill buildings . In the background on the left side of the picture is the lumber yards.
View of the log pond on the side of the mill.
The four buildings of the laminating department at the Clearwater Paper Mill. Cars and a motorcycle sit in the parking lot in front of the buildings. Each building is labeled. From left to right they are: Lumber storage and Conditioning Shed (Heated), Glue Mixing (air conditioned), Laminating Press Room (heated), and Wrapping and Shipping.
Aerial photograph of the Clearwater Mill. Show in the photographer are the Lewiston Dam towards the top of the photograph, the log pond to the right of the dam, and the mill in front of the pond. Written on one of the buildings is "Clearwater Timber Co."
Looking down a hill at the town of Elk River, Idaho
A speaker speaks at a Keep Idaho Green meeting. Below the speaker are two signs that read "Keep Idaho Green." To the left of the speaking platform is a sign that reads "Palouse Valley Tree Farms." Privately owned Taxpaying land' Below the sign is a little names.
Men and women sit and listen to a speaker on Keep Idaho Green (Description taken from back of photograph). To the left of the speaker platform is a sign that reads "Palouse Valley Tree Farms."
Uniformed men march down the street as part of a Memorial parade (description taken from the back of the photograph). Behind them march a band. Crowds gather underneath a building's overhang to watch.
A field of hay is ready for bailing. The description on the back of the photograph reads "Timothy and Alsike Clover. Over 150 tons."
A stock of hay (unknown type) is shown.
A field full of hay piles are ready to be picked up. The description on the back of the photograph reads "field covered with piles for harvesting."
Fire wicks around a tree while smoke obscures trees in the background
Fire rages close to a road during a forest fire. The description on the back says 'crown fire'. Stamped on the back is the stamp for the photographer, George Lohr and his studio.
Smoke obscures the ground in the forest as trees burn in the background.
Smoke billows as a forest fire rages. Stamped on the back is the stamp for the photographer 'Clarence Tutcher 916 Burrell Lewiston Phone SH. 3-7776'
Two men look out over the forest from a fire lookout station. The man in the hard hat is holding a portable phone device, which the box is labeled 'Littlefone'
The description on the back reads "100' high Browns Cr lookout. AB Curtis photo file." Metal fire watch tower.
A two story wooden fire lookout station. On the back of the photograph is stamped with "Photography Garber Sturges 3228 west 6th street, Los Angeles 5 dunkirk 81555."
Men work on constructing the Clearwater paper mill plant
Men work on the roof of the Clearwater paper mill plant
Construction of the Clearwater paper mill. Men work on the roof in the background.
Men work on the roof of the Clearwater paper mill plant laying rebar
Men work to lay railroad track near a partially constructed building at the Clearwater paper mill plant
Semi-constructed buildings of the Clearwater paper mill plant
The wood framing of one of the buildings under construction at the Clearwater paper mill plant
Construction of the Clearwater paper mill plant. Shown is part of the piping structure as well as construction materials in the foreground.
Interior of the main building of the Clearwater paper mill plant
A makeshift road leads to the second floor of the building under construction at the Clearwater paper mill. A crane hoists materials to the roof on the right-hand side of the picture
Construction of three different plants at the Clearwater paper mill plant. The three buildings under construction are the Causticizing Plant, the Bleach Plant, and the Recovery and Boiler room.
The interior of one of the buildings at the Clearwater paper mill.
The interior of one of the buildings at the Clearwater paper mill with machines installed.
Construction of the Recovery and Boiler room at the Clearwater paper mill plant
The outside frame of the Clearwater paper mill under construction. Also included in the picture is an automobile with a sign on it reading Lewiston Camera Exchange 1212 N. Main St, Lewiston, IDA.
The recovery and boiler room under construction.
The finished paper mill with the parking lot in front of it. The Recovery and Boiler room buildings are still under construction in the back of the picture.
The Recovery and boiler room under construction.
A view of the Recovery and Boiler room building as it connects to the paper mill plant.
Tanks for the Clearwater paper mill plant under construction.
Unknown building at the Clearwater paper mill plant construction site
Recovery and boiler room building construction with the siding going up.
Viewing both recovery and boiler room under construction and the finished main building of the paper mill.
Men working on part of the Clearwater paper mill construction site.
Photograph shows a part of the Clearwater paper mill construction site.
Aerial photograph of the completed Clearwater paper mill. The Clearwater river appears on the left-hand side of the photograph.
Construction of the Clearwater paper mill plant in Lewiston, Idaho.
Construction of the Clearwater paper mill plant in Lewiston, Idaho, looking at rebar and cement structure as well as a crane in the background.
Construction area of the paper mill looking towards the Clearwater river. Railroad tracks are in the foreground while piles of lumber lie waiting to be used.
Construction of the boiler at the Clearwater paper mill plant in Lewiston, Idaho
Men work to construction of the roof at the Clearwater paper mill plant
Men working to construct the roof using cement at the Clearwater paper mill.
Photograph of the site for the Clearwater Paper Mill before construction began
Photograph of the site of the Clearwater Paper Mill before construction began.
Construction at the Clearwater Paper Mill. One building is being worked on in the back of the photograph, while another is completed in the back right. Automobiles line the parking lot in the foreground.
Looking at one side of the building of the Clearwater paper mill plant while the men work on the roof.

1951
Last run of steam locomotive to Potlatch. Last steam Shay locomotive #107. Train crews were all gone by this time. So John Zagelow took over as engine and byers Sandere as fire man - both Baldwin #23 and Shay #107 were scrapped in 1957. In 1957 steam locomotive #21 pulled 50 year celebrants to Bovill to celebrate 50th year of W.I. & M. entry to Bovill 1907. (description taken from back of photograph) Left to right: Byers Sanderson - Shop Mechanic, John Zagelow - Shop Superintendent, Leslie Mallory - Camp 42 foreman, Kenneth 'Fats' White - Hoister Machinery operator, Axel Anderson - Assistant Woods super under E. Riteheimer, and 'Hap' Hayes - Train crew-conductor.
A crane tips forward trying to pick up a log. The description on the back of the photograph reads ' Heavy log in Harris Ferris timber spring of '51. Shovel operated by Arron Reed.'
A truck full of logs gets stuck in a passage. The description on the back of the photograph reads 'C K Truck could not negotiate turn in heavy mud, Ferris timber '51, this was a dodge.'
Band saws for the Clearwater sawmill. The description on the back of the photograph says: "new 14" wide - we wear down and sharpen until 9" wide. 52 feet in cir. - travel at 10,000 rpm - cast $1,000.00 new."
A man sits a control board. The description on the back reads: "Small log sawing equipment similar to that shown is in operation Potlatch Corporation's Lewiston Idaho sawmill. Double-cut band saws (head rigs) are also utilized there." There is a photography studio listed: Photographs by Richards Studio. Photographs since 1898. Pacific Ave. MA 7-9111. Tacoma, WAHS 98402.
Planks come off the assembly line as a man watches. On the back, it states that the rights are held by Earl Roberge and American Society Magazine Photographers.
A man works on covered lumber stacks that are ready to ship out. The lumber are labeled with the Potlatch logo and the slogan "symbol of quality." On the back, it states that the rights are held by Earl Roberge and American Society Magazine Photographers.
Lumber goes through the sawmill process.
In the foreground, rough lumber waits to be processed. In the background, men work on planks.
Two men work on a saw in the Clearwater paper mill. On the back, it states that the rights are held by Earl Roberge and American Society Magazine Photographers.
A saw cuts into a un-finished tree log. On the back, it states that the rights are held by Earl Roberge and American Society Magazine Photographers.
In the foreground, a man leans over a run of boards of lumber while another man stands watch in the background. On the back, it states that the rights are held by Earl Roberge and American Society Magazine Photographers.
The description on the back of the photograph says "a charge of lumber ready for dry kiln."
The description on the back of the photograph says "lumber, ready for dry kiln."
A man reads lumber for the dry kiln. The back of the photograph includes "Imel studio 703 8th st. Lewiston, Idaho."
A log being pulled through what appears to be a debarker. On the back, it states that the rights are held by Earl Roberge and American Society Magazine Photographers.
Attached with this photograph was a description that reads: "Off bearing chain the two hold down wheels which rest on the log under pressure and keep it from moving off the chain. There are two more rollers exactly like these which hold the in-coming log in place."
Machinery inside the Clearwater Paper Mill plant. On the back of the photograph, it is stamped with the studio name: Bill Jones Photography 6311 S.W. Wilbard St. Portland 19 Oregon. CH 4-4943
Machinery inside the Clearwater Paper Mill plant. On the back of the photograph, it is stamped with the studio name: Bill Jones Photography 6311 S.W. Wilbard St. Portland 19 Oregon. CH 4-4943.
Machinery inside the Clearwater Paper Mill plant. On the left hand side of the photographs there are plaques on the wall that read Babcock and Wilcox Company [the rest is unreadable]. On the back of the photograph, it is stamped with the studio name: Bill Jones Photography 6311 S.W. Wilbard St. Portland 19 Oregon. CH 4-4943.
Machinery inside the Clearwater Paper Mill plant. On the back of the photograph, it is stamped with the studio name: Bill Jones Photography 6311 S.W. Wilbard St. Portland 19 Oregon. CH 4-4943.
Machinery inside the Clearwater Paper Mill plant.
Photograph shows part the sawmill process.
A log being run through a saw. Description on the back of the photograph says "cut off saw between hydraulic log-braker and head rigs."

1952
Band marching past Potlatch Mercantile Company
unidentified marching band.
View of C.J.H.S. marching band
Band marching past public library.
Band marching past the Confectionery.
Two men stand on the running board of a forklift that is holding a board covered in what looks to be four or five feet of snow. On the back of the photograph is stamped with Jan. 1952.
A boat pulls a pile of logs from Lake Coeur d'Alene towards the mill.
Four men work to pull in a log at the Rutledge Mill in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. Behind them sits a tugboat and the mill. On the back of the photograph: 'Lyman Acre(?), Robert Matthews, James Roe, and John Doucey (?).

1953
An example of a spruce tree showing the holes bored into the bark by the spruce beetle. This tree has been heavily attacked. The little dark spots all show entrance holes into the tree. The bug bores into the tree and lays its egg which develops into the pupa stage, then a worm, and finally into the beetle itself. they girdle the tree, killing it.
Tunnel through which trucks travel on the logging road on Fish Hook Creek Road. Logs go down this road to Avery [ID] to be loaded on rail cars.
The description on the back of the photograph reads 'a typical training session on aircraft identification is held at Headquarters. Left to right at Sgt. George Webster, Sget. Gene Lookhart, James Delaney, Frank Steadman, Al Roeben, Headquarters area Skywatch supervisor for PFI; George Fraizer, Lawrence Baker and Bob Olin, mechanical superintendent of the woods.' Several of the men hold booklets that show different type of airplanes
Sgt. George Webster explains use of map while Cerryal Coulter uses telephone at radio communication center in Lewiston administrative offices of PFI. Phone connects with Spokane Filter Center. (Description taking from the back of the photograph)
Civilian Ground Observer Training at PFI Men study a man in preparation for airplane observation.
The description on the back of the photograph reads 'Bob Tondevold surveys typical country from atop Bald Mountain. This is terrain which offers 'radar shows' and potential invasion path to enemy. Tondevold uses hand-carried battery-operated transmitter with which he can call in aircraft spotting information.' The writing on the transmitter says 'Littlefone'
The description on the back of the photograph reads "Engineer George Crystal calls into Headquarters, Idaho from cab of diesel-electric logging locomotive."
The description on the back of the photograph reads "Sgt. George Webster, member of Air Force training team, explains use of map to Cora Todd, operator of radio at Headquarters. Blackboard in background is use to control movement of logging trains."
The description on the back of the photograph reads "Operator Bernice Koefelda calls Spokane Filter Center while Sgt. George Webster explains map to Cherryal Coulter."
The description on the back of the photograph reads "Operations room in the Spokane filter Center. Civilian volunteers plotting aircraft." Men and women stand around a lot plot map.
Cora Todd uses the radio in Lewiston, Idaho. Behind and to her right is the locomotive schedule for the lumber trains.
Bob Tondevold and James Delaney locating aircraft is the description on the back of the photograph. These two men look towards to the sky to spot any aircraft
The description on the back of the photograph reads 'Forrest Vaughan checks transmitting equipment in shack on Bald Mountain, where one of two transmitting towers which controls PFI radio systems is situated.'
The description on the photograph reads "Bob Tondevold, left, PFI train master, and James Delaney, telephone repairman, call in the location of an aircraft using the WHF transmitter in pickup truck."

1954
Group by dam and waterfall
Group from Spokesman Review on Steptoe Butte
Group in the St. Joe National forest.
Two men photographing wild flowers.
Group picture taken at Benewah County line, St. Joe National Forest.
The road to Steptoe Butte.
At the P.F. I. log pond.
A wangian battles the white water rapids of the Clearwater River.
Truck is undergoing daily check. Actual check required three minutes, not including adding of oil. Description taken from the back of the photograph which was printed in The Timberman journal.
International TD - 18 tractor with pan and Carco winch and fairlead, skidding tree length logs to landing. Roads are built on snow with a 2-foot overlay of earth to prevent the snow from melting.
Walt Field pointing out Camp 44 on ownership-progress map in Earl Ritzheimer's office.
An aerial photograph of the Rutledge Mill in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Shown are the mill itself as well the log pond. On the back of the photograph is 'Western Ways, Inc. Aerial Photographic Specialists 275 Vera Drive Corvallis Oregon, Phone 35266

1955
A fully loaded logging truck arriving at the mill.
A man uses a long pole to push a log back towards the center of the river during a log drive.
One of Potlatch's boats powers away from a log jam that is breaking up. The description on the back of the photograph reads ''She's hauling comes the cry of the lookout man as logjam disintegrates into icy current of Clearwater. Men escape in waiting jet boat after uncracking midstream pileup.'
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 main stream. 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.'
Two men use peavies to push a log back into river as one stands on a rock, the other on other logs. The description on the back of the photograph reads: 'Camp dogs prodding a stranded log, the peavy men perch on midstream rocks to return the tree length to the racing current of the Clearwater.'
Charles "Red" McCollister stands looking over the Clearwater holding a peavy.
Camp 44 bunkhouses almost buried by snow.
A pair of lumberjack sandals are shown. The description on the back of the photograph reads 'Loggers' sandals worn for noon hour to protect mess hall floors from boot calks.'
Men dine in the mess hall in Camp T. Attached the photograph is 'hearty breakfasts, complete with scrambled eggs and cake, fuel men for hard work of the log drive. Meal is cookshack-mess hall at Camp T, as men work upriver from Camp, in clean-up operation to break out log jams. County upriver is roadless, so men boat to their day's work site, return to camp, until moving downriver, when they eat on wingan. Silence at meals is old-time tenet of logging camps. Cooks want eaters to clear out soon so he can set up for next meal.'
Setting up Camp T in preparation for men working on the log drives. In the background, the floating mess hall and cookhouse, while in the foreground, men prepare the boats. One man drinks from a canvas canteen. Attached to the picture is 'Days at Camp T, log drive headquarters, start early, with men readying jet boats, foreground, that will transport lumberjacks to log jams in river. Drive's wanigan, cook shack, bunkhouses, on three rubber rafts, linked together loosely, to ride the wild rapids is steered by motors at fore and aft, visible on rear raft. men in foreground drinks from canvas canteen.'
A lumberjack waits for his meal being served by the cook. Attached to the back, it reads 'Ladling out noon dinner of roast beef, Cook Harvey Spears is assisted by flunky 'Michigan' Stoewell, who began log drive work in 1923, now is retired from active log funning, but remains on the scene as cook's helper.
Photograph of the wanigan used for log drives. At the front of the wanigan, a plank of wood goes from the raft to the shore.
A paragraph attached to the photograph reads 'Besides his regular duties on the wanigan, the cook's flunky gets a daily workout chopping firewood for the 'drying fires' used by the rearing crews to dry their clothing and warm themselves after each day's work ends on the Clearwater.'
A lumberjack sits and adds new caulks his boots. The description on the back reads 'Dinner over, a Potlatch driver spends a few moments repairing the "corked" (caulked) boots so vital to his safety while working the log jams. Others pass the time reading, playing horseshoes, or spinning a few yars around the campfire.'
A wanigan floats down the Clearwater River.
The description on the back of the photograph reads 'Used for stockholders meet 5/15/1958.' The bunkhouses are seen as well as lumberjacks cars and pickups.
Gio Rauch, Earl Ritzheimer (on the telephone) and Lye Lyle Taylor (the clerk) work in the Camp 44 office.
A man holds one of the variety of pres-to-logs, while others are in a display case to his right.
A stout, low-geared logging locomotive pushes one of Potlatch Forests, Inc. snow plows up a stiff bit of grade along merry creek, near Clarkia, Idaho. The snow was only a few feet deep but had settled with repeated thawings (it was spring at lower altitudes) into a heavy compact mass atop the rails. The locomotive and plow backed away time after time and charged it like a rampaging bull before this section of track was finally cleared. Description taken from the back of the photograph.
Looking at the North Fork of the Clearwater river.
Two animal pelts are stretched on hoops.
A tractor is used to plow away snow near Avery, Idaho.
A sign stands in front of a group of new growth trees. The sign reads 'Trees like these will furnish lumber and give employment for future years. Do your part in protecting the forests of Tomorrow.'
A crane lowers a lumber beam as part of construction on the Clearwater plant.
The crew of Camp 57 taken in the 1950s. Back row from left to right is John Schenhost, unknown, Ed Swanson, three unknowns, Don Profit, Carl Bean, Frosty Deforrest, Ken Humiston. Front row from left to right is Cecil Robertson, Ed ? Ray McKenning(?), and Harvey Spears.
The retirement party for Curly Hanson of camp 62. Party was held in Headquarters, ID.
A look of the one of the bunkhouses at camp 62. The description on the back says 'Wannigam - mid 1950s "Coat of arms"' bunkhouse.
The inside of a house who's roof was made by Potlatch products.
Two men load long boards of lumber into a train car.
A man uses a tool to help guide the lumber into a railroad car while two men watch.
The entrance way into a home where the ceiling and entrance overhang are made from Potlatch lumber.

1956
A crane places a load of logs onto the log deck.
The description on the back of the photograph reads 'Annual log drive on North Fork of Clearwater river.' In the lower part of the picture, a bulldozer type piece of equipment pushes log into the driver.
A man drives a bulldozer to push logs into the Clearwater river for the annual log drive.
A log is being cut into planks after being stripped of its bark.

1957
Aerial photograph of the Rutledge Sawmill. Behind the mill is the city of Coeur d'Alene as well as Fernan Lake. Below the mill are the log ponds and Lake Coeur d'Alene. 'Western Ways, Inc. Aerial Photographic Specialists 275 Vera Drive Corvallis Oregon, Phone 35266'
Two men work at taking the planks from the logs and move to the next part of the process.

1958
A man stands in front of a bridge that crosses the Potlatch River. According to the description on the back, this bridge is on the way from Helmer, Idaho (which is no Idaho highway 3). The man standing in the picture is Axel Anderson and this bridge is a truck road that replaces the road to camp 4.

1959
Men use peavies to move a log that has breached itself on shore. In the background, a man stands in a boat 'Cleopatra'. Attached to the photograph is a newspaper clipping which reads 'this work with peavies, dynamite, sweat, and brawn goes on through the annual drive like an endless belt of the stream through which the crew sloshes and wades to get the job done. more than 50 million board feet of timber flows downstream. the crew works all but about 15 miles of the 85-mile river course taking to the water when the bulk of the logs are in the mill pond from the two river camps and countless decks of logs stacked by the river by contractors. their work is the 'rearing' operation.'
The billboard at the Twin Feathers Mill in Kamiah, Idaho which depicted the lost time for injuries at the unit.
Men pose for a re-enactment of Organization meeting of January 1909. This is the 50th anniversary of the Western Forestry and Cons. Association. They met in Spokane, Washington December 9-11, 1959. Standing left to right: George Neff, Lee White, Geo Beandmore, Max Tripp, Bill Cochoran, Al Hansen. Seated Left to right: Car Klehm, Bud Davis, Earl Rettig, H? Gloscack, Jr. (?), George Cox, Bert Curtis.
Using a helicopter to do aerial seeding. Pictured here on Washington Creek, Idaho.
A man shows a white pine seedling.
A man uses a small hoe to plant a white pine seedling for new growth.
Men walk among a cleared hillside to begin reseeding.
A man uses a small jackhammer to make a hole to plant a seedling of white pine.
A new strand of white pine trees.
In the foreground, snow-covered railcars sit empty while in the center of the picture, a crane works to remove logs from loaded railcars and put them into the log pond. In the background, snow covered logs sit in the pond. Date on the back of the photograph says December 1959.
Empty snow-covered flat railcars sit next to full railcars. Behind them lays the log pond which is covered in snow. In the background of the photograph is the sawmill. The back of the photograph says December 1959.
In the background snow-covered logs wait to come towards the mill. In the upper left, a pile of logs sits. In the center of the photograph, water sprays on to the pond. The back of the photograph has December 1959 written on it.
Snow-covered logs sit idle in the log pond in December 1959 (per back of the photograph). On the left hand side of the photograph is part of an unknown building, while in the background is a pile of logs.
A view of part of the log pond. The pond in the center of the photograph is frozen and covered in snow, as are the longs and hills surrounding the pond. On the right-hand side of the screen is a crane. On the back of the photograph December 1959 is written.
Logs sit frozen in the log pond, covered in snow. On the right hand side are buildings for the sawmill. The back of the photograph reads December 1959.
A snow-covered log is pulled into the mill, while others wait in the pond. The back of the photograph says December 1959.
Piles of logs surround the log pond. In the front of the photograph, railcars sit on the tracks full of logs. In the background of the picture, steam and smoke rise from the sawmill. December 1959 is written on the back of the photograph.
A bundled up mill worker drives a snow-covered boat in the log pond. The back of the photograph lists the date as December 1959.
Snow-covered logs are piled near the log pond at the Clearwater mill. In the background are more piles of logs. The back of the photograph lists the date as December 1959.
Logs float in choppy water in the Clearwater Mill log pond. At the back of the photograph, snow covered logs lay stacked. On the back of the photograph it lists December 1959 as the date.
The log pond covered in snow. Loaded railcars sit waiting to unloaded into the log pond are covered with snow. December 1959 is written on the back of the photograph.
A man stands in front of a Leanster Mark 2 with a tail number of N400L airplane at the Lewiston Airport.

1960
Types of packaging manufactured from Potlatch products.
Types of packaging manufactured from Potlatch products.
An aerial photograph of the mill at Kamiah.
DM Sowa sits at a desk in the Kamiah Mill office.
A man stands in front of the pen holding "Beno" the safety steer. According to the note on the back of the photograph, this was part of a safety contest for the Kamiah mill.
An aerial photograph looking west towards Lewiston, Idaho and Clarkston, Washington and over the Potlatch Mill. In the lower right hand corner is the dam over the Clearwater river.
Three men in the front of the boat hold ropes attached to a log on the side. One man steers the boat, while the rest watch. The description on the back reads ''Brailing' (towing logs) with 'Cleopatra barge'. This metal boat has been in use since 1959.'
A long log deck sits next to the Clearwater River.
A man helps push logs into the river as a crane above him dumps logs. The description on the back of the photograph reads '"breaking"' the decks to start logs on their way to Lewiston.'
The log deck on Benton Creek in Idaho. In the background is the Benton Creek Bridge. Men work at the bottom of the photograph to prepare the logs to be stacked on the log deck.
men wearing life vests use peavies to push logs back into the river on the 34th annual log drive.
A Potlatch worker runs after un-jamming a log jam. The description on the back of the photograph reads: 'She's hauling: Scrambling for safety, a Potlatch driver "walks on water" as a wing jam begins to pull itself free from the bank.'
An aerial view of the mill at Ahsahka, near present-day Lenore, Idaho.
Men working at the paper machinery in Lewiston, Idaho.
An aerial photograph of the mill at Spalding, Idaho.
The Band Mill located near Orofino, Idaho.
The Band Mill located near Orofino, Idaho, processed mainly white pine.
Two parts of the wanigan steer into shore.
The man and women of a camp kitchen. The women stand in front of a set table with coffee cups and saucers while the man (possibly the cook) leans against an unset table.
Two PFI diesel-electric engines moves a string of loaded flatcars over company tracks near Headquarters, Idaho. The cars will be taken from Headquarters to Lewiston, Idaho on a branch line of the Camas Prairie R. R.
Part of the Bald Mountain ski area.
One part of the ski area of Bald Mountain. On the left, skiers use a tow rope to be pulled up the mountain, while on the right, two skiers ski down the hill.
The water of the Orofino Creek has changed with the run-off of bedloads of silt. Description taken from envelope.
A crane is hauling up a log to help build a bridge in the Bovill woods.
The state scaler stands watching and making notes at Clear Creek landing.
Ross Hall stands atop logs making notes on their scale measurements.
A sign for the Fohl Memorial Forest (now Fohl Picnic area) that says 'dedicated to good forestry and timber management. In memory of Theodore Fohl.'
A tree farmer receives his sign. The sign says 'Member; Tree Farm; American Tree Farm System.'
A Ford twin motor from the Johnson flying service discharges a curtain of spray. The swatch covered by the Ford using a wing boom type sprayer is 300 feet in width. During a good day's spraying the planes of the two contracting companies were able to cover upwards of 20,000 acres. The Fords were ideal ships -- slow speed with sufficient power to fly near tree top level.
Al Eberhardt uses an instrument called an increment borer in the fight against the Tussock moth.
Field crews placed glass plates through the area to determine coverage. Pilots were found to have done an exceptionally thorough job.
Forester Norman Tomilson uses a prism to check light on Camal Creek, north of Pierce, Idaho.
Close-up view of tussock moth egg mass. Eggs go through the winter and hatch the following spring into the destructive larval stage.
Close-up view of the adult male Douglas-fir tussock moth, which can be distinguished by its wings, while the female moth is wingless. The moths mate in summer.
Close-up view of the fully grown caterpillar of the Douglas-fir tussock moth. Tussock caterpillars prefer feeding on the new growth of true fir or Douglas-fir, but many strip the entire tree in one season. Insect is the most vulnerable to control by aerial spraying during the early free-feeding caterpillar stage.
Symbolic of the quest for new tools to help combat Douglas-fir tussock moth outbreaks, Dr. Gary Daterman, a U. S. Forest Service research scientist at Corvallis, Oregon, watches intently to see if caged male moths will be trapped by the lure of the female tussock moth's sex attractant. If the sex attractant can be manufactured synthetically, it might be used as an early warning device to help detect tussock moth infestations before they reach epidemic proportions.
Close-up view of the wingless female Douglas-fir tussock moth in the adult stage. After mating with the winged male moth in the summer, female may lay as many as 250 eggs on the cocoon from which she emerged.
Potlatch-made fence on display.
Robert W. Olin speaks for wood in schools. National Fire Protective Association report on Our Lady of Angels School Fire that, 'adequate exits would have prevented any loss of life'. Wood products are ideally suited to one story classrooms that provide the safest exits at minimum costs. The poster discusses fire safety in schools.
A group of men pose in front of a piece of logging equipment. The envelope holding the photograph says 'personnel - woods. Bovill - CP 43 or 42 crew. Supervisory woods and shop personnel.'
Members of the land board are sitting on a raft during a fishing trip.
Two men sit near a camp stove at the land board meeting.
Three men pose next a sign for the Land Board Park and The Jordan Tree. It reads 'this grove of ancient cedars has been dedicated for enjoyment and use of future generations by the state of Idaho. The Jordan Tre standing below the road is estimated to be over 1000 years old. It measures 17 feet in diameter and is thought to the largest cedar tree in Idaho.'
Men gather round at the land board meeting to sign a member's cast on his leg.
The men of the Land Board pose a group picture.
An office showing the walls made of Potlatch Forests, INC. In the center, a man talks to secretary.
Two children play inside a playhouse made by Potlatch Lumber Company while another girl 'sweeps' the doorway.
Inside on of Potlatch's mills. Sticks of wrapped and unwrapped lumber sit, waiting to be transported for building.
The siding of this commercial center was made by Potlatch lumber.
This store displays a model of a fence that used Potlatch lumber.
Two men stand in front of an A-Frame house made from Potlatch products.
A man demonstrates the uses for Potlatch wood in a wood-paneled covered room.
Looking at the lumber pond for the Clearwater Paper Mill. Rail cars hold logs that are going to be dumped into the pond in the foreground. The sawmill is in the background.
One end of the log pond. In the foreground, three logs tied as pilings are pictured. In the background, buildings for the paper mill are shown.
Panoramic shot of the log pond at the Clearwater Paper mill. On the right hand side of the photograph, front loaders work with dirt. On the left-hand side of the picture, a crane lifts a log onto a tractor trailer.
Men use a boat and long poles to bring logs off the log pond. These men were known as Pond men or Pond Monkeys.
View of the log pond full of logs. At the bottom of the picture sits railway cars full of logs.
The description on the back reads 'ogs being brought into sawmill from log pond.' The floor surrounding the machinery is covered in wood by-product. 6998D is written on front of print.
Piles and piles of logs sit beside a an unpaved road.
The description written on the back of the photograph reads '"Dredge Clara" working on mill pond of Clearwater plant PFI. 2009-CL.'
View of the barked logs sitting in the log pond. In the background stands the mill.
Logs wait on flat railcars to be unloaded into the log pond. In the background, the mill produces black smoke.
Looking across the log pond towards the Clearwater river.
View over the log pond towards the mill.
Two men work at a piece of machinery. The sign over the piece is labeled 6 gang saw. In front of the piece there are four rollers, the first of which is having planks of roll out on to it.
A man sits, operating machinery in the Clearwater mill. In front and to the side of him are debarked logs. The description on the back of the photograph reads 'Headrig #1, night sawyer B.W. Sebring.'
An overview photograph of the log pond and sawmill looking north. In the background, runs the Clearwater river.
Looking out over the log pond. In the foreground sit empty railcars. Between them and the pond are stacks of logs.
View of the log pond, logs, and railcars. Loaded railcars sit, waiting to unload while logs are waiting to be sorted and put into the pond. In the background is the mill.
On a semi-trailer full of logs, a man stands working with them. Behind that truck is another full logs. In the center of the photograph, railcars sit on tracks full of logs waiting to unload into the log pond. In upper left, the mill produces smoke and/or steam into the air. On the back of the photograph, it is stamped with 'Photographs by Richards Studios. Photographers since 1898 734 Pacific Ave. MA 7-910, Tacoma, WA 98402.'
Both debarked and barked logs being brought into the mill from the log pond.
High pressured water is used to clean off log debris from the railcars that brought in logs. In the background, a crane is being used.
Workers use high pressured water to clean off the flatbed railcars that carried logs to the log pond.
A drum stands in front of the Clearwater log pond while a crane in the background moves logs from the flatbed railcars to the pond.
Men work to spray bark off of flatcars that brought in logs. Date of the back of the picture says it was taken in April.
Men work to attach crane lines to a log. To the right of the men is the log pond.
Three men work on building a boat for the log pond. Description taking from the back of the photograph.
Looking over the log pond. A pipeline runs down the lower part of the photograph. In the center of the photograph, logs are being sprayed with high pressured water. Towards the right-hand side of the photo, a man walks down a walkway between two parts of the pond.
Showing the area where logs are brought into the mill from the log pond.
A view of Clearwater Timber Company plant. In the background of the picture is the Clearwater river.
Covered and un-covered stacks of lumber are piled next to buildings. Description on the back of the photograph reads "Laminating Dept Buildings with Lock-Deck and Beams on shipping dock."
The interior of the lumber mill. Lumber lies piles in both the foreground and the background of the photograph.
Smoke fills the air from a forest fire. Description on the back reads "Eagle Rd. Lookout, 60 mi, ne of Orofino."
Two men walk behind a piece of lumber machinery. Written on the back of the photograph is 'Cherry Picker" - Robinson Cr. Landing - 1/13/1960."
A man shovels snow off the roof of a building.
A crane is being used to pick up a log to load it on to a truck. Three men stand in the background near the truck. Also in the background are snow covered trucks
Men work to build a bridge over a creek. Snow is covering most everything. A small bit of crane can be seen on the right hand side of the photograph. Written on the back of the photograph is "Bridge #2 1/13/60."
A crane picks up a log to put it on a truck for hauling. In the background are piles of snow. Written on the back of the photograph is 'Cedar Cr. 1/13/60'
A tractor pulls a log out of the forest surrounded by snow. Written on the back of the photograph is "TD 25 experimental 1/13/60."
Four camp men stand around talking. Written on the back are the names of the men. They are from left to right: Dooley Cramp, Earl Ritzheimer, Bert Curtis, and Dwayne Space. At Mr. Curtis's feet is a small black and white dog.
A crane is about to pick up a log to put it on a truck for transport to the mill. Two men work to prepare the next log. Written on the back of the photograph is 'Cedar Cr. 1/13/60'
A man uses an instrument to do a spore tap on a tree. Written on the back of the photograph is 'This forester is checking a spore trap during studies to learn more about the speed of wood decaying fungi'
A man writes down numbers from his soil moisture meter (description taken from the back of the photograph)
A forest researcher counts fungi spores via a microscope.
A man in a hard hat measures a tree for its circumference.
A forest researcher checks a spore trap.
One of Potlatch's Learjet jets before it was painted at the Learjet factory in Wichita, Kansas. Two men are near the tail end of the plane. The tail number for this plan reads of N505PF.

1961
An aerial photograph of the mill at Kamiah.
Attached with this photograph was a description that reads: 'despite recent advances in solid state mechanics, wiring - miles of it - is still the heart and soul of computer and process control operations. This is exemplified here in a rear view of the central processing unit of the Potlatch Forests, Inc., IBM 1710 control system. The photo was taken as the equipment was being installed at the company's Clearwater plant in Lewiston, Idaho.'
Management of Potlatch Forests, INC. first examined the newly-installed IBM 1710 process control unit at its Lewiston, Idaho paper mill in early September. Show here from left V. V. Vallandigham, vice president for pulp, paper, and converting; Edwin C. Rettig, executive vice president and general manager; Donald Keller, production manager, and Dwain M. Bates, instrumentation engineer.
Physical installation of the Potlatch Forests, Inc., 1710 process control system took slightly more than two weeks from August 22 to September 11. The equipment was placed in a specially constructed air-conditioned room adjacent to paper machine number one at the Potlatch, Lewiston, Idaho, mill.
Caption reads: 'Potlatch Forests, Inc., officials inspect their IBM 1710 process control system, first of its kind in the nation, immediately after it has been installed on paper machine number one at the company's Lewiston, Idaho, mill. In the foreground are Dwain M. Bates, instrumentation engineer; and V. V. Vallandigham, vice president for pulp, paper and converting. In the background are from left Edwin C. Rettig, executive vice president and general manager; Donald Keller, production manager, and Robert Zipse, computer systems programmer.'
Potlatch Forests, INC., management is briefed on operation of the paper tape input-output unit at their newly installed IBM 1710 process control system in the company's Lewiston, Idaho, paper mill. Left to right are: instrumentation engineer Dwain M. Bates, production manager Donald Keller, executive vice president and general manager Edwin C. Rettig and vice president for pulp, paper, and converting Vance V. Vallandigham.
A sign, which reads "privately owned land produces timber game and tax $'s)" at the entrance to part of PFI lands.
Joan Elsensohn Gruber puts envelopes through a machine. The name of the studio is stamped on the back: 'Imel studio 703 8th St. Lewiston, Idaho.'
An aerial photograph of the Clearwater Paper Mill. Behind the mill is the log ponds and the Lewiston Dam.
Otis C. Maloy counts spores from 'conf' in the Waha area (Description taken from the back of the photograph)

1962
A group of people play badminton at the Sweetwater Creek Picnic area.
A man poses next to a large white pine tree.

1963
Typical scene of elk in the Selway National forest.
Ice and snow covered ponds. The description on the back reads "East of WWP [Washington Water Power] dam looking west." The mill is in the background. The photographer is Arthur Andrews. 1035 Alder Drive, Lewiston, Idaho.
Gang Saw foreman John Nordly inspects the operating gang saw at the Dear Park Pine headquarters, Inc. (Description taken from back of the photograph)
In the foreground, the log pond for the Deer Park mill. In the background is the mill itself. Written on the back of the photograph is '3/6/63 Deer Park Mill'
View of the log pond in the foreground and mill at Deer Park in the background. Written on the back of the photograph is '3/6/63 Deer Park Mill'
The Deer Park Mill tugboat.
Three men work running straightening out cut planks. Written on the back of the photograph is "Deer Park Pine Industry, Inc. March 8, 1963."
Aerial photograph of the Deer Park Mill and log ponds. Towards the top of the photograph is also the railroad. Stamped on the front of the photograph is "Western Ways, Inc. Corvallis Oregon" On the back of the photograph is stamped "Warning. This aerial photograph is sold for a specific limited use permission has not been granted to reproduce, syndicate, or loan this print. Western Ways Inc. Aerial Photographic specialists, 275 Vera Drive --- Dial plaza 3-5266 Corvallis, Oregon."
The sign in front of the Bertha Hill Lookout fire station.

1964
The site is where the future mill in Jaype will stand. In the background are construction equipment and a house. Two men walk towards the camera.
A truck loaded with pres-to-logs makes its way to Potlatch for delivery.
Camp cars similar to the ones used in many of the camps in Idaho. These sit at Camp 4 in Butte Falls Oregon. Stamped on the back of photograph: 'John R. Cummings 620 Ash Street, Walla Walla, Washington.'
A young man packs toilet tissue into boxes at the Clearwater plant.
Aerial photograph of the Rutledge Sawmill. In this view, the entire mill can be seen. To the upper right of the mill, are the log ponds and Lake Coeur d'Alene. To the left of the mill is Interstate 90. Stamped on the back of the photograph is: 'Western Ways, Inc. Aerial Photographic Specialists 275 Vera Drive Corvallis Oregon, Phone 35266'

1965
Dedication of the Jaype Mill. A man is standing at the podium speaking with other officials seated behind him. A man stands behind him photographing the scene. Boards of lumber are also seen behind him.
Two men inspect some of the equipment at the Jaype Mill during the dedication.
A train, led by a police car makes its way to the Jaype Mill dedication from Lewiston.
A speaker speaks at the Jaypee Mill dedication. Behind the speaker are other speakers as well as stacks of wood stamped and read for distribution.
An aerial photo of the Jaype mill at Pierce, Idaho. The mill is surrounded by thick forests.
A color aerial photograph of the Jaype Mill. To the left of the mill are log decks. Behind the mill are un-harvested forests. In front of the mill are the rail lines and empty space for log decks.
The bunkhouses and main building of CampT3 on the North Fork of the Clearwater River. The men here are in preparation for the 1965 log drive.
A bulldozer pushes logs into the river to be moved downstream.
A man holding an ax stands on Greer Grade and the town of Greer, Idaho. The description on the back of the photograph reads 'traveling to the headquarters of the Clearwater log drive, one leaves U.S. Highway 12. U.S. Highway 12, curing along the far side of the Clearwater river in central Idaho, brings, one to within fifty miles of Camp T. Headquarters of Potlatch Forests, Inc. log drive, last in the nation. This viewpoint on the steep and winding Greer Grade looks down on the hamlet of Greer, clustered between forest and river.'
The jet boat "Mariposa" powers across the river. On the bank of the river is a farm as well as logs.
A crane stands waiting for a load of logs to be placed on the deck. Snow can be seen all around the deck and equipment.
One man works on one of his boots, replacing the metal studs while behind him, another man gets his haircut. Written on the back of the photograph 'cooking up' and 'ear lifting.'
The steam donkey near Bovill, Idaho. This, according to writing on the photograph, is donkey #4. One man standing behind the donkey while another holds the control on the cable wench.
Men pose for a picture in front of one of the sleighs used for transporting logs. On the left side of the photograph a ladder can be seen leaning against the load, while on the right, a man holds two horses.
The exterior of the Potlatch Unit Office. Parked in front of it are three cars.
Engine #74 on its way to Warren, Arkansas and the Arkansas Hardwood Mill.
Sign for Kaylor Tree Farm for Potlatch Forests, INC.
Inside the ski lodge at Bald Mountain Ski area. Two adults, one behind the counter while two children are pictured.
A family group enjoys an outing to the Hollywood Campground on Idaho Highway 11 between Pierce and Headquarters. The area, developed and maintained by Potlatch Forests, Inc. was expanded and improved last year as part of the forest products company's community relations program. It is one of the nine outdoor recreation areas made available in North Central Idaho by Potlatch for public use.
The entrance to the cabins at Boehls Cabin. This location would soon be under water of the Dworshak Reservoir.
The description on the back reads 'loading totem pole log for Iowa State Fair. Cp 57 landing, June 25, 1965.
Four men stand in front of the log used for a totem pole at the Iowa State fair.
A crane picks up the log for the Iowa State Fair totem pole in order to load it onto a flatcar. There are also several other flatcars and trucks full of logs.
A truck transports logs destined for the Iowa State Fair.
Two men stand near the cab of the truck that is hauling the log that was used for the Iowa State Fair.
Men gather on Bertha Hill for the land board meeting.
Men gather on Boehl's Butte for the land board meeting.
Senator Len Jordon at the land Board meeting on Boehl's butte.
Looking at the repair shop in Lewiston. A large tractor can be seen to the right of the photograph.
A display showing all the different paper products that Potlatch Forests makes as well as displaying information about the tours that PFI gives.
A display of the growth studies conducted by Dixon Nurseries in Clarkston, Washington. In the display are a number of flowers being grown with and/or without Potlatch garden-lawn food. Next to the display are bags of Potlatch lawn food.
Men, women, and children stand in front of a model displaying the "Improved Fire Tools" of forest management. The model includes three different areas: access roads, radio communications, and aircraft. Off to the right hand side of the model some tools of forest firefighters and communication devices.
A poster displaying the Industrial Relations Division of Potlatch Forests, INC.
A research project at the University of Idaho which was sponsored by Potlatch Forests, INC.
Camp X is covered with snow. Printed on the photograph is "July 1965", written on the photograph is "CP X."
A log cabin and a wood shingled covered house are in a clearing in the woods. The writing on the picture says "Lew Boehl's cabin org." and printed on the photograph is "July 1965."
The laundry building at a logging camp in winter. The sign on the left reads ' Change sheets every 2 weeks . Thursday 5:30 to 7: 30pm only' The sign on the right reads 'Each man fold his blankets before turning into bllcook. If not folded no clean sheets.' Printed on the photograph is 'July 1965'

1966
Logs jam underneath the Spalding railroad bridge during a log drive.
A crane empties it's arm of a log into Butle Creek.
An aerial photograph of the Potlatch mill. To the left of the mill is the town itself.
Three men kneel near logs next to the railroad tracks. Two of the men are learning how to scale logs.
A man stands near the opening where debarked logs return to the log pond. Behind him, the entrance were barked logs enter the mill. Note on the envelope says that this photo was taken for Doug Wilson, the Seattle AP photographer who covered the log drive.
Looking at the log pond from the hillside. At the bottom of the picture sit empty flatcars. In the distance is the sawmill. Note on the envelope says that this photo was taken for Doug Wilson, the Seattle AP photographer who covered the log drive.
Debarked logs sit in the log pond. Note on the envelope says that this photo was taken for Doug Wilson, the Seattle AP photographer who covered the log drive.
Looking at the Clearwater log pond from the railroad tracks. Note on the envelope says that this photo was taken for Doug Wilson, the Seattle AP photographer who covered the log drive.
A crane lifts a log into the log pond from a railcar. The description on the back reads "unloading at forebay." Note on the envelope says that this photo was taken for Doug Wilson, the Seattle AP photographer who covered the log drive.
Rough logs sit on either side flatcars waiting to unload logs at the log pond. A crane sits ready at the right hand side of the picture. In the background of the picture, stacked logs sit at the edge of the pond. Note on the envelope says that this photo was taken for Doug Wilson, the Seattle AP photographer who covered the log drive.
Debarked logs in the log pond. In the background a crane works over the pond. Note on the envelope says that this photo was taken for Doug Wilson, the Seattle AP photographer who covered the log drive.
Empty railcars sit on tracks next to the log pond at the Clearwater sawmill. In the background are stacked logs as well as loaded railcars. Note on the envelope says that this photo was taken for Doug Wilson, the Seattle AP photographer who covered the log drive.
A forest researcher uses a stereoscope and aerial photographs to help study the forests
A man uses a stereoscope and aerial photographs to research the forests (description taken from the back)
A man pushes a plank of wood down a roller conveyor belt.
A plank of lumber being rolled down a roller conveyor belt towards another machine.
The interior of the Clearwater Paper Mill.
Two men work with boards of lumber. Attached to the photo is a description that reads "A jig designed by Millwright in box factory on hand operated groover. Cutting head is completely covered and does not contact board till board and tabletop are pushed down. before this machine was made we had 3 finger injurys in two months."
A woman works with planks of lumber.
One man is putting the piece of wood into the machine while another ties off sets of the pieces.
Women work alongside men, sawing planks of wood.
Bundles of wood boards sit waiting on a cart while others wait on racks to be put through the moulder, which is partially hidden by the racks. On the back, it is written "Moulders."
A man and woman work together to run a piece of lumber through a machine. On the back, it's written "Box Fac."
Men and women work together in the Clearwater Paper Mill. Stacks of planks of wood are on a roller conveyor belt as well as stacked on either side. On the back, it is labeled "workers in the box factory."
Men work on the saw line sawing planks of wood. On the right hand of the photograph, the box reads: For 90 MM G [rest blacked out] with Fuze, M.T,. M43A3. 90 MM. Gun Shells. Packed. Lot 6998. On the back, there are two stamps. One reads "Life Photo by Otto Hagel" and the other reads "Life Photo by Hansel Meith."
A man pushes a plank of wood through a machine. On the back, the description reads "Lock Deck laminated decking is manufactured at Potlatch Corporation's Lewiston, Idaho plant. This laminated product was developed by Potlatch and is used in the construction industry for both industrial and residential use. The product comes in a variety of sizes, grades and species." There is a stamp for Photographs by Richards Studios in Tacoma Washington on the back as well.
End of planks of wood stamped with the Potlatach name. The stamps read: "Potlatch," "pfi Symbol of Quality made in the USA," "Genuine White Pine." On the back there is a stamp for Photograph's by Richards Studios in Tacoma Washington.
Bundles of wood are stacked high in the Clearwater Paper Mill warehouse.
Photograph of what appears to be a circuit breaker.
Logs coming through the cut off saw.
Logs wait in log slips.
A log gets sprayed by water as it goes through the debarker at the Clearwater Paper Mill.
Men work with planks of wood. Writing on the back says "Green chain."
A man works on the edger in the sawmill. Writing on the back says "edging pincher."
A man sits in a chair looking at the camera while men in the background work with planks of wood. The description on the back of photograph says "trimmer man."
A man sits in a chair over sawdust and scraps of wood while holding on to machinery. The description on the back of the photograph says "trimmer man."
A man manipulates lumber scraps.
Men monitor lumber as it works along the green chain. The description on the back reads "Green Chain and workers."
A overhead of the green chain. At the top of the photo, a worker works with several planks of lumber. On the right hand side towards the top, a worker sits.
Planks coming down the green chain to be sorted into piles.
In the planer mill, planks of Lumber are inspected for grading. Two men stand on the right hand of the photo.
Planks are run through the edger machine.
Log being brought into the mill.
Rough log being run through a saw.
A man works a rough log through a gang saw. The description on the back reads "gang saw in operation."
A man operates a gang saw as a log goes through the machine.
Three pieces of lumber go through a gang saw while a man controls it from the side.
Two cut and debarked logs sit waiting to move, while a third comes in to to be cut.
One rough log sits, waiting for the machine to finish with another log.
A man operates a piece of machinery at the Clearwater Paper mill. The description on the back of the photograph reads "Head rig operating at the sawmill of the Lewiston, Idaho plant of PFI."
A debarked log is shown either coming out of or going into a piece of machinery. On the right-hand side the machinery, the writing reads "h forests, Potlatch Idaho" and in the lower right hand corner, on the photograph, it is written 6998C.
Three rough logs sit in front of a large circular saw. A fourth rough log sits in the background.
Two logs sit in front a set of machinery. The description on the back reads "Head rig #2 from deck." Also noted on the back is the number #4938-3 as well as the photographer, which reads "Bill Jones Photography 6311 S. W. Wilbard St. Portland 19 Oregon Ch. 4-4943."
Debarked logs sit waiting for the next step in the process. The description on the back reads "PFI Head rigs, from right to left #1, #2, and #3 (Lewiston)." On the back it also lists the identifying number as #4938-1 as well as the photographer. This reads as "Bill Jones Photography 6311 S. W. Wilbard St. Portland 19 Oregon Ch. 4-4943."
In the foreground, debarked logs sit waiting. In the background mill machinery. The description on the back reads "PFI (Lewiston) Head rig #3." It lists the identifying number as #4938-12 as well as the photographer: "Bill Jones Photography 6311 S. W. Wilbard St. Portland 19 Oregon Ch. 4-4943."
On the left-hand side of the photograph, a log waits to be put through the saw. In the middle of the photograph, a log goes through the saw. The description on the back of the photograph reads "Head saw."
One log is being put through a head rig while others wait. Description on the back reads "#4939-10 PFI (Lewiston) Head rig #4." The photographer stamp reads "Bill Jones Photography 6311 S. W. Wilbard St. Portland 19 Oregon Ch. 4-4943."
One rough log waits to go through the head saw, while another goes through.
Planks are cut from a log on the gang saw.
A man uses a forklift to lift a stack of lumber on to a rack. The description on the back reads "Lumber carrier, #24 pressed shed."
A piece of mill machinery next to a roller conveyor belt.

1967
A log unloader unloads logs from a train at the Rutledge mill in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.
A tugboat is lowered on slides.

1968
A tree falls down a snowy hillside near Crystal Creek, Idaho.
A loaded train full of logs near Headquarters, ID. Engine #316. In the background of the photograph, Silver Butte can be seen. Written on the photograph: the train is entering Alder creek Flats.
The plywood plant at St. Maries, Idaho. The river in the picture is the St. Joe River.
A strand of old-growth cedar grow on the hillside on Middleton Creek, North East of Headquarters, Idaho.
A man operates a piece of machinery at the Clearwater Paper Mill. The machine is labeled as a Chip-N-Saw. Description on the back reads 'Chip-N-Saw equipment shown above is part of a small log mill installation recently made at the Clearwater Unit sawmill of Potlatch Forests, Inc. in Lewiston. The installation is part of an extensive three year remolding project that is scheduled for completion next year.' The date listed on the photograph is August 1968.

1969
The description on the back of the photograph reads "Aerial view of the Lewiston, Idaho operation of Potlatch Forests, Inc. Included is a sawmill and related lumber operation, wood products specialty operation, veneer and plywood plant, pulp, paperboard and tissue mills, and general offices of the corporation." Photographer is listed as Jack M. Gruber.
Three new pilots for Potlatch stand in front of the new plane at a hanger at the Lewiston Airport. A. Brandt stands on the far right near the wing. This new plane is a Lear Jet with the tail number N256P.
A Learjet jet with the tail number of N802L in flight.

1970
A large log deck waits to be moved down river with the Clearwater river on one side and US highway 12 on the other.
A man uses a tool to measure a log.
A worker measures the diameter of a log.
A men shows off the Lewiston Nursery and Greenhouse and the seedlings of different trees that they have waiting to be planted.
Four men stand in front of hundreds of seedlings.
Men work on a cleared hillside, reseeding trees.
One of the many bridges over the St. Joe River. This bridge is between St. Maries, Idaho and Avery, Idaho. Built by a cooperation between Potlatch and BPA.
A pinecone and a branch of the Ponderosa Pine tree.
A pinecone and a branch of the Western White Pine.
A pinecone and a branch of the Lodgepole Pine.
A pinecone and a branch of the Mountain Hemlock.
A pinecone and a branch of the Western Larch.
A branch and leaves of a Western red Cedar.
A pinecone and a branch of the Engelmann spruce.
A crane loads a log onto a trailer full of logs while logs wait to the side to be loaded.
A caterpillar pulls several logs in the Headquarters, Idaho area.
A large forklift loads logs into a flatcars for transport at the railroad landing at the Jaype Mill.
Aerial photograph of the Clearwater Mill. Shown on the left hand side of the photograph and curving around to the top is the Clearwater river. In the center of the photograph is the mill. What use to be the log pond has been filled in and replaced by other structures.
Forester Norm Tomilson at Creek North of Pierce. Measuring tree circumference. (Description taking from the back of the photograph) Stamped on the back of the photograph is 'Photo by Jack M. Gruber Courtesy of Potlatch Forests, INC.'
Forester Norm Tomilson at Canal Creek North of Pierce. Marking trees. (Description taking from the back of the photograph) Stamped on the back of the photograph is 'Photo by Jack M. Gruber Courtesy of Potlatch Forests, Inc.'
A forest researcher uses tools to survey trees
A forest researcher is running a cruise line with hand compass (description from the back of the photograph).
A forest worker laces up a boot while sitting on a stump. The description on the back says 'typical PFI foresters dress, note boots.' Stamped on the back is 'Photoby Jack M. Gruber Courtesy of Potlatch Forests, INC.'
A man uses a tape measure to measure the circumference of a tree.
Close-up view of a man measuring the circumference of a tree.
two forest workers use tools to survey the forest for research.
A forest researcher uses a map to study the forest.

1971
The last wanigan in use for the last log drive makes it way towards Lewiston. The description on the back of the photograph is 'last tie up of wanigan (Sheep Camp).'

1972
A large piece of machinery sits on a strip of land facing the log pond. In the foreground logs lie half submerged in water.
The log pond. Railcars full of logs sit on the left hand side of the photograph waiting to unload while empty ones are on the right hand of the photograph. Heavy moving equipment sits near the empty railcars. A dump truck full of dirt is turning down a dirt road toward the pond and a crane.
A dump truck carrying dirt sits on a road next to the log pond. Also in the picture, railcars sit full of logs waiting to deposit them in the pond. On a strip of land jutting into the pond, a crane's equipment works in the pond. Empty railcars are on the right-hand side of the picture.

1973
An aerial view of the Mill, lumber yards, and rail tracks around the mill.
A log is loaded into a "smokeless trash burner." Description taken from envelope holding the photographs.
A man watches as a log is lowered into a "smokeless trash burner." Description taken from envelope holding the photographs. In the background are railcars full of logs wait.
A view of the log pond at the Clearwater Paper Mill. The photograph was taken either January 2, 1973 or February 2, 1973.
Logs used to construct some sort of holding structure with the log pond in the background.
A View of the log pond at the Clearwater Paper Mill. In addition pilings are shown in and around the logs.
Dry logs sit next to the railroad tracks in front of the log pond. In the background, the Clearwater Paper Mill is pictured.
A log sits half submerged in water of the log pod. In the background on the right side of photograph is a log structure that appears to be holding rocks and dirt.
View of the log pond and the structures made from logs that appear to hold rocks and dirt.
A crane lifts a log either on or off a truck full of logs. The description on the envelope says "logging Lewiston log pond."
Aerial photograph of the Rutledge Sawmill. In this view, the entire mill can be seen. Above the mill is Interstate 90 and Fernan Lake. Below the Mill are the log ponds. Stamped on the back of the photograph is: 'Western Ways, Inc. Aerial Photographic Specialists 275 Vera Drive Corvallis Oregon, Phone 35266'

1975
A man stands next to a white pine stump with a seedling growing out of it.
The stump of the White Pine King with a seedling planted in it.

1976
The plywood plant at St. Maries, Idaho. In the picture is the St. Joe River (left side of the photograph) and the decks of logs waiting to be processed (right side of the photograph).

1977
A forest fire burns in the night
Flames from a forest fire reach the edges of two ponds
Flames and smoke race over the ground in a large forest fire
Flames and smoke burn forest lands next to two ponds
Flames and smoke are captured while buildings in the seen in the background

1980
An aerial photograph of the Lewiston Mill. It is to be noted that the dam that use to sit east of the mill is now gone. It is also noted that what use to be the log ponds have since filled in more.
Hundreds of seedlings wait to be taken into Idaho forests and replanted.
Men and women work to unbox seedlings so they can start to grow in order to be replanted.
Photograph of the machine that puts paper products on to large rolls.
A machine that cuts larges roles of paper (seen on left side of the photograph) and turns them into to cut pieces.
A man holds a tray of seedlings that will be grown for replanting.

1981
A Vertol twin rotor helicopter flies a load of logs to the log deck.
A Vertol twin rotor helicopter flies a load of logs to the log deck.
A helicopter is used to log trees out of rugged terrain.
A Vertol twin rotor helicopter flies a load of logs to the log deck.
A logger kicks up leftover ash from the Mt. St. Helens eruption. Written on the back of the photograph: 'Following St. Helens May 18 eruption last year, dust clouds rose when trees were felled at several Potlatch logging sites like this one near St. Maries, Idaho. Even now, abrasive ash clings to some of the "limby" timber in Potlatch's Idaho forests.'
Murl Sines, a logger based at Bovill, Idaho, was one of many employees who wore face masks for weeks or months, to reduce ash inhalation.

1984
A helicopter uses a drip torch to ignite a controlled burn on a pile of logs.
A helicopter flies through smoke during a controlled burn, using a drip torch to start more fires. The land below the helicopter is burned.
Large plumes of smoke rise from a controlled burn. The land in the foreground, including that surrounding a pond, is untouched.
A helicopter uses a drip torch to light cleared brush and logs on fire. Written on the belly of the helicopter is N2510.
Downed trees and brush await clean-up after a controlled burn. A truck sits towards the lower right-hand corner.
Two men stand on the left-hand side of the photograph watching brush and logs burn in a controlled burn.
Two stumps are intermingled with trees that are set for the controlled burn.
A section of trees set for the controlled burn. The description on the back reads: "Selective Cut - Residual WP 14" - 20" D.B.H.
A group of trees is photographed to show area for control burn. Description on the back reads "Early ap cutting Reeds C."
An area filled with logs and brush is photographed before a controlled burn.
Two men discuss the plan for the controlled burn. In the background, a field has been harvested. On the left hand side of the photograph the front part of a truck is visible.
A group of men discuss the plan for the controlled burn. Two of the men are standing while the other two are sitting on the bed of a pickup.
Two men poor materials into a tank. Behind them is a trailer that is from Chevron and says flammable on it.
A man sits in front of a helicopter and the drip torch. In the background is a pickup.
Three men work with a holding tank in preparation for a controlled burn. A Chevron truck can be seen in the background.
A man weighs a piece of wood on the hood of a pickup truck while another watches. Behind them is brush and limbs gathered in preparation for a controlled burn.
A man stands near a pond prepping the hose in preparation for a controlled burn.
A man rides on the back of a water truck spraying down trees and the ground as part of the management for the burn.
A helicopter uses a drip torch to light brush and limbs on fire for a controlled burn. On the side of the helicopter it says 'Potlatch'
The helicopter used in a control burn. In front of it is the drip torch used to light the fire. Kneeling next to the drip torch is a man. In the background a large cloud of smoke can be seen.
Smoke and fire rage from the controlled burn.

1989
One of the men working on the Orogrande Creek rehabilitation project talks on camera with a member of the media. Behind a piece of equipment can be scene working.
The sign discussing the Orogrande Creek rehabilitation project.
A boulder makes a big splash after being dumped by an excavator into the Orogrande Creek. Boulders and logs are being put into the creek to help make it deeper and provide a home to fish.
An excavator dumps a boulder into the Orogrande creek to help rehabilitate the stream.

1999
Left to right: Jerry and Pat Klemm receive an award from Ron Wetmore who is the APA [American Pulpwood Association] Western Division chairman.