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| Record Series: | Scrapbooks and Albums |
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| Collection: | Washington Emergency Relief Administration, Division 2 Works Project Summaries, 1934-1945 |
| County: | Statewide |
| Reference Number: | AR55-1-0-8_p0326 |
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| Subject Start Date: | 1934 |
| Subject End Date: | 1934 |
| Notes: | 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. |
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| Genre Terms: | Photographic prints |
| Extent: | 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8.5 x 9.75 in. (8 x 9.75 in. after disbinding) |
| Container: | Box 1, 92-A-97 |
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