Washington Emergency Relief Administration, Division 2 Works Project Summaries, 1934-1945 - Ar55-1-0-8_P0326
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - Due to forecasted severe weather, OSOS services may experience intermittent outages overnight. We will resume normal business functions as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Image shows men working with crosscut saws in and near a log building and a wooden shack. Trees are visible in the background.
"State of Wash. E. R. A. Dis No 2 / Project 17-D3-27 / Neg. No 528 Oct. 2nd 1934 / Wood Cutting Operation 2 miles E. of Renton / Saw Filers. About 150 Men in Camp (#6)" -- handwritten in lower left-hand corner on recto.
"K.N." -- handwritten on recto in lower right-hand corner.
"Wood Cutting / (34) Wood cutting operations two miles east of Renton, showing saw filers at work. This camp employed about 150 men. At the peak, when this project was in full swing, as high as 600 men were used in the various wood camps operated by WERA, producing fuel for relief clients." -- on typewritten note attached to verso.
[Identification of item], Washington (State) Emergency Relief Administration, Division 2 Works Projects Summaries, 1934-1935, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov, [date accessed].
Source of Transfer:
State Government Archives
Related Records:
For more information, or to learn about related records, contact the Washington State Archives at (360) 586-1492, or email research@sos.wa.gov.
Notes:
Indexing and digitization completed by Rebecca Hastings, Washington State Archives.
