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Loading timber at Tacoma Mill
Loading timber at Tacoma Mill
TitleLoading timber at Tacoma Mill
Accession ID number1943.42.11832
Object Typenegative, glass-plate
CreatorAsahel Curtis
Date1909
RightsProperty of the Washington State Historical Society - All Rights Reserved
Full DescriptionTwo lumber sailing schooners, the Eric of San Francisco and the Mary E. Foster of Honolulu, loading lumber at a Tacoma Mill. A steamship is partially visible to the left. Lumber covers the dock waiting to be loaded.
Inscription11832
SubjectTacoma, WA; Commencement Bay; Tacoma Mill Company; ship, lumber; lumber; lumber industry; Ship Mary E. Foster; Ship Eric
RemarksPhotograph was taken on January 19, 1909
Electronic PublisherWashington State Historical Society
Descriptionglass; black and white
Conditionfair. Silvering overall, and flaking of emulsion on edges. Fingerprints on edges.
Date Digital2007
Dimensionheight: 8 inches; width: 10 inches
File CharacteristicsNegative scanned on a Microtek ArtixScan 1800f scanner at 600 ppi grayscale tiff and resized to a 300 jpeg using Adobe Photoshop CS
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