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Lumbering in the Cascade Mountains near Seattle, Washington, 1921

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Lumbering in the Cascade Mountains near Seattle, Washington, 1921
Courtesy of Library of Congress, "Lumbering in the cascade Mountains, near Seattle, Wash," 1921

Description

Logging is the cutting of trees and removing of branches so the logs can be made into products. This photograph shows lumbering in the Cascade Mountans near Seattle, Washington.  

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Citation Information 

"Lumbering in the cascade Mountains, near Seattle, Wash," 1921. Courtesy of Library of Congress