[Small Archive of Sixteen Cyanotypes of the Lumber Industry in Oregon, in and Around Portland]

[Portland, 1915. Very good.. Sixteen cyanotypes, approximately 5 x 7 inches. Minor wear and toning at edges, images generally sharp with nice contrast. Sixteen cyanotypes depicting the activities of the lumber industry in Oregon taken by an unidentified photographer. The images include scenes of the premises of the Oregon Planing Mill in Portland, Globe Mills, and a more rural lumber yard and timber camp in the Pacific Northwest. The Oregon Planing Mill was located at 224 2nd Street in Portland, and was active in the 1910s and 1920s, leading us to a date for the group of images. Two photographs are of the planing mill, one showing the outside and the other the interior. Another set of images shows the exterior and interior works of the Globe Mill. Two images show tidy rows of houses which may be a logging camp or an early rural development. The remaining ten images are industrial in nature, depicting large buildings and lumber yards full of cut timber planks. All the images have good contrast and are quite sharp, with an eye for composition and detail. An interesting group of particularly fine cyanotypes.