1919 Sawmill and Factory of Lumber Products Limited.
Vintage Logging

Vintage logging – Lumber companies

Each Saturday morning I review 10 vintage logging, forestry and saw milling photos. This week’s review of vintage photos takes a look at logging companies.

Be sure to click on each picture to see the larger images.

1924 View of King and Jardine Sawmill at First and Ontario, False Creek.
1924 View of King and Jardine Sawmill at First and Ontario, False Creek.

1919 Sawmill and Factory of Lumber Products Limited. New Westminster B.C. Drilled rows in the land indicate farm land on the right side of the photo.
1919 Sawmill and Factory of Lumber Products Limited. New Westminster B.C. Drilled rows in the land indicate farm land on the right side of the photo.

1924 View of King and Jardine Sawmill at First and Ontario, False Creek, BC.
1924 View of King and Jardine Sawmill at First and Ontario, False Creek, BC.

1924 A panoramic waterfront view of J. Hanbury and Co. Mill, False Creek. Advertsiing includes 'John W. Boyd Insurance, Standard Bank Bldg', 'Spalding's Athletic Goods 424 Hastings St. W.', 'Pacific Milk'.
1924 A panoramic waterfront view of J. Hanbury and Co. Mill, False Creek. Advertsiing includes ‘John W. Boyd Insurance, Standard Bank Bldg’, ‘Spalding’s Athletic Goods 424 Hastings St. W.’, ‘Pacific Milk’.

1939 Putnam Lumber Co. in Shamrock, Florida.
1939 Putnam Lumber Co. in Shamrock, Florida.

20th century early, Mayo Lumber Company
20th century early, Mayo Lumber Company

Mayo Lumber Company engine number 1 – Milton, Florida. Engine type: 2-6-0. Builder: Glover. Construction number: 13184.


1910 McDowell Crate & Lumber Company
1910 McDowell Crate & Lumber Company

McDowell Crate & Lumber Company engine 2 – Oak, Florida. Locomotive Builder: Rogers. Year built: 1859.


Later Christo Basha's Cafe (1927-1932). Later Sheips Lumber Co. Later Ver Smith home (1940).
1890 Cypress Lumber Company’s pay office.

Later the building was used as Christo Basha’s Cafe (1927-1932) and then Sheips Lumber Co. Finally as the Ver Smith home (1940).


1895 Coombs Lumber Company - Water Street, Apalachicola, Florida.
1895 Coombs Lumber Company – Water Street, Apalachicola, Florida.

1895 Coombs Lumber Company – Water Street, Apalachicola, Florida.


Weaver Loughridge Lumber Company - Boyd, Florida
Weaver Loughridge Lumber Company – Boyd, Florida

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