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NEW FROM THE VINTAGRAPH VAULTS • LORD, FOR YOUR NERVES: 1930s
New Train: 1911
Submitted by kevhum on Sun, 05/13/2007 - 2:27am.
No. 11 built at the shops in Samoa, Humboldt County, California. Taken in Samoa, 1911ish. Oregon Eureka Railroad owned by Hammond Lumber Co. Photographer unknown. View full size.
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One Room Schoolhouse
Submitted by kevhum on Sun, 05/13/2007 - 2:01am.
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Pepperwood School in Pepperwood, Humboldt County, California. Pre turn of century? Photo by Freeman Art Co.
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Humboldt Bay
Submitted by kevhum on Sun, 05/13/2007 - 1:52am.
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The Alta ferry on Humboldt Bay in California ran between Arcata and Eureka and was owned by the railroad. Taken around turn of century. Photographer unknown.
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Logging: 1904
Submitted by kevhum on Sun, 05/13/2007 - 1:24am.
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Logging
Submitted by kevhum on Sun, 05/13/2007 - 12:34am.
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Minor mill on Warren Creek by Arcata, California. Mack is the engineer, taken mid 1880s. Photographer unknown
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