Name/Title
Butt Cut 14,000 FeetEntry/Object ID
N036-1Description
Butt Cut of a Log producing 14,000 board feet of lumber. Black and white negative probably created from a slide of a photo in "Olympia," a circa 1907 Olympia Chamber of Commerce promotional brochure or booklet. Image is of a very large tree, probably about 8 or 9 feet in diameter, lying on the ground, having recently been felled. A butt cut in logging is the first and largest diameter cut, directly above the stump. Presumably, 14,000 feet refers to the elevation at which the tree was cut down. There are three men leaning against the giant log. They are standing on top of a platform made of logs. One of the logs they are standing on has a "17" on it.
Negative is frame #27, second on a strip of five. Image has the title, "Butt Cut 14,000 Feet." Image is poor quality since it came from a book and it is overly dark. From the viewer's point of view, the frame number "27" is printed at the bottom and printed at the top is "KODAK SAFETY FIL[M 5060]". "036" is written directly on the negative at the bottom.
Original booklet belonged to Shanna Stevenson (in 1990). Marge Russell's name is written in ink on the front.Made/Created
Notes
Date: 1907 circa
Film Size: 35 mmDimensions
Dimension Notes
This is one negative image that is part of a strip of five.Copyright
Notes
Works first published prior to 1923 have fallen into the public domain.