Sign for entrance to Larson Lumber Company next to railway, made from large log round

On sign: "Larson Lumber Company, Bellingham, Wash. This section was cut from a fir tree 12 feet in diameter at the ground, 275 feet high, age approximately 700 years, lumber contents: 105,000 feet. This would build complete 10 five-room cottages. The labor paid for logging and milling the tree was $850 and when the lumber is put into the completed house the tree will represent an expenditure of $25000 in wages. 1999. "How We Grow" 1898. Do Not Reface. Post No Bills."

Creators/Contributors

Biery, Galen - Collector

Collection

Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs

Date Created

1911

Extent

  • 1 black and white print
  • 5 x 4

Publisher

Digital objects made available by the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

Physical location

  • WaBeCP
  • Western Washington University

Repository

Center for Pacific Northwest Studies

Resource type

still image

Related to

Galen Biery papers and photographs

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Identifier

gb0117

Subject Geographic

Genre

Images

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