Name/Title
Log Transportation, 1978Entry/Object ID
2007-012.B405NDescription
Log Transportation, 1978. These eleven film negative strips were created for the Lacey Leader newspaper. These images show scenes associated with the transportation of logs via rail and water. These images were created using three separate film rolls, so some of the physical numbers on the strips are repeated. For the purposes of this description, the strips will be grouped according to the film roll from which they originally came. Each group will be assigned a lower-case letter to go along with the physical numbers on the strips (ex: 1a, 2a, 3a, 2b, 2b, 3b, etc.) to help differentiate between images.
The images in group "a" show an empty logging train's journey from one location to another. Image 28a shows a man wearing a Weyerhaeuser hard hat climbing down a short ladder or set of stairs off of the train's engine. He is facing toward the right-hand side of the image. Image 29a shows the man at the bottom of the ladder or stairs. Here he is facing toward the camera. Image 30a shows a man in a Weyerhaueser hard hat at left standing on the ground, and the train's engineer leaning down off of the side of the train's engine at right. The two men are passing an unknown object from one to the other. The train's engineer is wearing glasses and a cap. Image 31a shows the engineer climbing farther up onto the train's engine. He is holding onto a railing with his right hand and reaching toward the same railing with his left hand. Here it can be seen that the engineer is wearing suspenders. Image 32a shows the engineer sitting in the control area of the train. This image was captured from inside the train's control area. His body is oriented toward the right-hand side of the image frame, and his head is turned toward his left and away from the camera. He is looking out of a window of the control area of the train. He is holding a cigarette in his left hand. Image 33a shows a woman with very long hair wearing a Weyerhaeuser hard hat. She is facing directly toward the camera and has a large smile on her face. This image was captured inside of the train's control area. Image 34a shows several empty logging cars. This image was captured looking down the long axis of the cars. In the background, beyond the end of the train is a densely forested area with a small passage visible for the train to pass through. This image is oriented vertically. Image 35a is very similar to the previous image, but here the image is oriented horizontally. Image 36a shows the train's engineer looking out one of the windows of the train's control area. This image was captured inside of the train's control area. The engineer's body is oriented toward the left-hand side of the image frame, and his head is turned away from the camera. This image is oriented vertically. Image 37a is nearly identical to the previous image. Image 38a is similar to the previous two images, showing the engineer in the same position. However, here the image is oriented horizontally, and the photographer has backed away or zoomed out from the engineer making more of the train control area visible. A small metal door with a label reading "DANGER 600 VOLTS" is visible at the left-hand edge of the image. An empty chair is immediately to the left of the engineer, and to the left of the chair is a pile of what appears to be boxes with a hard hat on top. Image 39a is nearly identical to the previous image. Image 40a is very similar to the previous two images, but here the photographer has zoomed in or moved closer to the engineer. The pile of boxes topped with a hard hat is still partially visible in this image. Image 41a shows the engineer seated with his body oriented generally toward the camera, and his head turned slightly toward the right-hand side of the image. There is a paper document hanging in the top-left corner of the image, and this document is obscuring most of the engineer's face. The woman seen in image 33a is partially visible at the right-hand edge of the image. The engineer is in a position suggesting that he is manipulating some controls of the train, but the image is underexposed, making it difficult to make out. Image 42a is similar to image 41a, but here the engineer is raising his left hand toward his mouth and appears to be shouting. Image 43a is very similar to image 41a, but here the engineer is facing fully toward the right-hand side of the image frame. He is shown in profile. Image 44a is nearly identical to image 43a. Image 1a shows an exterior shot of the train's engine and one of the empty log cars. The log car is closer to the camera, with the engine beyond it. The number 765 is on the left and right sides of the back of the train. The train is in a lightly wooded area. The end of the log car is visible in the bottom-left corner of the image frame. Image 2a is very similar to the previous image, but here the photographer has moved closer to or zoomed in on the log car and engine. Image 3a shows several of the empty log cars. The engine is not visible in this image. Image 4a shows an exterior shot of a train engine. A man can be seen through the window of the train engine. He is looking toward the camera and smiling. A Weyerhauser logo and the number 602 is visible on the side of the engine.
The images in group "b" show logs being unloaded via crane from log cars on a train, and placed into a body of water to be floated to another location. Image 43b shows two crane-mounted log "grabbers" which are closed and empty hanging over an empty log car. Image 44b shows a partially-filled log car on rails at the left-hand side of the image, and a body of water at right. A crane is hanging over the log car, and its "grabber" unit is holding a load of logs over the water. Image 1b is very similar to the previous image , but here the "grabber" unit with its load of logs has dropped down several feet closer to the water. Image 2b is similar to the previous two images, but here the "grabber" is even closer to the water. Image 3b is similar to the previous three images, but here the log car is no longer within the image frame. Image 4b is very similar to the previous image, but here the photographer has zoomed in on or moved closer to the "grabber." Image 5b was captured from the small catwalk attached to the side of a train engine. The image looks down the long axis of the train, and the log cars are empty. There is a body of water to the left and a wooded area in the distance. Image 6b shows a train engineer seated in the control area of a train. He is facing toward the left-hand side of the image frame and is shown in profile. He is wearing glasses, a cap, and thick gloves. A clipboard is hanging in the top-left quadrant of the image frame. A person is partially visible at the right-hand edge of the image frame. Image 7b is very similar to the previous image, but here the photographer has zoomed in on the engineer or moved closer to him. The clipboard is still visible in this image, but the second person is not. Image 8b is very similar to the previous image, but here the engineer has tipped his head slightly to his right and away from the camera. Images 9b through 11b are nearly identical to image 7b. Image 12b shows a body of water with several bundles of logs floating in it. A crane "grabber" unit is visible near the bottom-left corner of the image, and it appears to have just dropped one of the bundles of logs into the water. A small tugboat is visible near the bottom-right corner. A series of docks and large collections of floating logs are visible in the background. Image 13b is very similar to the previous image, but here the photographer has panned to the right slightly. The "grabber" unit is not visible in this image. Image 14b is very similar to the previous two images, but here the photographer has zoomed out considerably. A grabber unit with a load of logs is visible. Image 15b is very similar to the previous image, but here the photographer has again zoomed in. Image 16b is very similar to the previous image, but here the grabber unit has moved closer to the water. Image 17b shows a very blurry shot of an unknown object. Image 18b shows a train engineer seated in the control area of a train engine. He is seated in front of the train controls with his hands folded in his lap. His body is oriented toward the camera, but his head is turned to the left toward the controls. The front of his cap reads "CENEX." Two people are partially visible at the right-hand edge of the image. This image is oriented vertically. Image 19b is similar to the previous image, but here the engineer's head is turned more dramatically toward the left-hand side of the image frame. He is shown in profile. This image is oriented horizontally. Image 20 shows a tugboat on the water. It is facing toward the camera. Two logs are floating end-to-end alongside the tugboat to the right. Image 21b is nearly identical to the previous image.
The images in group "c" show logs being unloaded from a train cars. There are no physical numbers printed on these strips, so they will be numbered 1c through 10c. Image 1c shows a crane with two log "grabber" units opened and suspended above a loaded log car. A second log car, which is attached to the first, is closer to the camera than the one being unloaded. Image 2c shows the grabber units grabbing a load of logs on one of the train cars. Image 3c shows the grabber units lifting the load of logs off of the train car. Image 4c shows the logs lifted slightly higher into the air. Image 5c shows the grabber units lowering a load of logs into the water on the far side of the log cars. Both log cars are empty in this image. The control area of the train is at the left, and the water is at right. Image 6c is very similar to the previous image, but here the logs have been lowered closer to the water. Image 7c also shows logs being lowered into the water, but here the photographer has moved to put the water at the left and the crane control area at the right. Image 8c is nearly identical to the previous image. Image 9c shows the structural body of the crane. It is triangular with a smaller traingular part extending off of the main body toward the left. The cables and grabber units extend down from this section. Image 10c shows empty log cars alongside a body of water.
Printed at intervals along one long edge of each of these film negative strips is "KODAK SAFETY FILM 5063."Made/Created
Date made
1978 - 1978Notes
Film Size: 35 mm
Medium: AcetateLexicon
Search Terms
People, Transportation, Logging, Industry, Railroads, Weyerhaeuser Company, Cranes (Construction Equipment)
