Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0408Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of two men standing beside a large tree in the process of felling it with a two man saw. Above the image "71" is printed, below the image "V20038 - The First Cut - Felling a Big Oregon Pine. Cascade Mountain, Oregon, U. S. A." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company Copyrighted, H. C. White Co. Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Portland, Oregon., London, Eng., Sydney, Aus." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
V20038
FELLING A BIG OREGON PINE, CASCADE MOUNTAIN, OREGON
The most luxuriant forests in the United States are to be found in the northwest. Washington produces more lumber than any other state, and Oregon holds third place. These forests consist chiefly of cedar, fir and spruce, although there are magnificent forests of northern yellow pine to be found in the southwestern part of Oregon. These pine are also called Douglas fir. They grow extremely tall, often to a height of two hundred and twenty-five feet.
In this picture we see one of these Oregon pines which has just been felled. A platform is first built around the tree. Two men stand on this platform, and with a double bleded axe chop toward the heart of the tree. They then start cutting from the opposite side of the tree with a long cross-cut saw. This saw is kept well greased to rpevent friction. Wedges are inserted after the saw, and follow it as it makes its way into the tree. These wedges keep the tree from pinching the saw and also eventually cause it to topple overto the opposite side.
The yellow pine and its near relative, teh sugar pine, are the largest and noblest of all the western trees, but the Sequoias. The long leaves are grouped in twos or threes. These are shed every third year, and are a dark yellow green. The wood varies in color from pale to very deep yellow, or to red. It is hard, strong, and most valuable fro lumber. When grown in plenty of sunshine the tree is a great spire with many stout branches; in the thick forest the lower half of the trunk is without branches.
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