Western Americana -- Washington
MAXWELL, Charles T. (1865-1933), photographer. Wheat harvest on Baker Ranch, ca 1910-12. AND KINSEY, Clark (1877-1956), photographer. Donovan Corkery Logging Company. Ca 1923-34.

12 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. silver gelatin photograph flush mounted on paper. Captioned and credited in the negative, lower left: "Donovan-Corkery Log Co. No 6...C Kinsey Photo, S[eattle]." Pictured are 8 men posed among a pile of sizeable logs in a forest.

The Donovan Corkery Logging Company, active from 1923-1934, was headquartered in Aberdeen, Washington, and logged primarily in the Wishkah River Valley.

9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. silver gelatin photograph on 12 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. cardstock mount. Mount recto with Maxwell's studio stamp. Verso with ink caption and identification of subjects, in part: "Combine of [indecipherable] Man's on Baker Ranch. 1910 or 12..." Pictured is a wooden combine pulled by a large team of horses in a wheat field. 7 men, including the driver, pose on the combine.

Agriculture, and wheat farming in particular, was a major industry in Walla Walla through the 19th and 20th centuries, and the Pacific Northwest Agricultural Photograph Collection curated by the Whitman College and Northwest Archives includes many images of similar agricultural activities such as planting, harvesting, and logging, along with many of the livestock and early implements that made them possible.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Western Americana -- WashingtonMAXWELL, Charles T. (1865-1933), photographer. Wheat harvest on Baker Ranch, ca 1910-12. AND KINSEY, Clark (1877-1956), photographer. Donovan Corkery Logging Company. Ca 1923-34.

Western Americana -- Washington
MAXWELL, Charles T. (1865-1933), photographer. Wheat harvest on Baker Ranch, ca 1910-12. AND KINSEY, Clark (1877-1956), photographer. Donovan Corkery Logging Company. Ca 1923-34.