Related Records

1. Bankbook - Joe Sweeney's leather bound deposit book with Kelso State Bank. Mostly empty, but first several pages are filled with deposits in 1918, 1919, and 1920. Joe Sweeney had a confectionery store on Oak Street in Kelso.

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2. Bill - Sixteen bills from Halbom & Stridell, General Blacksmithing and Logging Tools, to Peter McKinnon. The location of Stella, Wash. is printed on each, but on each Stella is lined out and Carrollton is written over it.

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3. Blanket - Weyerhaeuser Timber Company bunk house blanket from Headquarters Camp. Wool. Blanket is narrow, but extra long, 50" x 140", grey with black striping, and "Weyerhaeuser" embroidered in red cursive letters in the center. Manufacturer's tag is still in the corner, reading, "Warrented to be a / Pendleton / copyright 1921 by / Pendleton Woolen Mills / Pendleton, Oregon".

   c. 1940s

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4. booklet - foldout promotional brochure for Longview homesites in Columbia Valley Gardens titled "Your Opportunity in Columbia Valley Gardens for Suburban Homesites". Includes many of the same photographs as the promotional booklets 90.184.12 and 90.184.13. Its main focus is on the agricultural opportunities of the area.

   April 1, 1925

   Record Type: Object

   
5. Booklet - 1959 Tollycraft brochure, with their West Kelso address on the front

   1959

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6. Booklet - Cowlitz County Industrial Bureau promotional booklet - "The Cowlitz County Industrial Bureau Invites Your Attention to the Enclosed Plant Site Data". "An Ideal Location to Cover the Expanding Pacific Northwest Market".

   1958

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7. Booklet - Longview Fibre Company brochure / booklet, full size (8.5 x 11"), 12 pages including the covers. Color pictures, with a photo of Longview Fibre as seen from the Columbia River on the cover. Inside briefly covers the history of the company, the Kraft process, making paper, paper converting, and their recycling systems. On the back is a list of company officers.

   c. 1980

   Record Type: Object

   
8. Booklet - Longview Fibre Company brochure / booklet, full size (8.5 x 11"), 13 pages. Green covers, textured with different pictures. Color pictures inside. Brief synopsis of Longview Fibre's business. Similar to 2014.0061.0014, but some different pictures.

   c. late 1990s

   Record Type: Object

   
9. Booklet - Longview Fibre Company brochure / booklet, full size (8.5 x 11"), 13 pages. Tan covers, textured with different pictures. Color pictures inside. Brief synopsis of Longview Fibre's business.

   c. early 1990s

   Record Type: Object

   
10. Booklet - Pamphlet entitled: "Longview Fibre Goes to War!" Describes the products made by Longview Fibre used in the war efftort, as well as an article on the women employed by Fibre during the war in traditionally men's jobs. Also includes a list of employees serving in the military. Paper mills. Printed by the Longview Daily News.

    1944

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11. Booklet - Two Pamphlets entitled: "Longview Fibre Goes to War!" Describes the products made by Longview Fibre used in the war efftort, as well as an article on the women employed by Fibre during the war in traditionally men's jobs. Also includes a list of employees serving in the military. Paper mills. Printed by the Longview Daily News. One of them is stamped on the cover with National Housing Agency stamps, one for Portland, Oregon on May 25, 1943, and one for Seattle, WA on May 27, 1943

    1943

    Record Type: Object

    
12. Bottle, Soda - Cooper & Darling made Kelso Soda Works bottle; Clear glass; Used by the Kelso Soda Works in the early 20th Century.

    c. 1910

    Record Type: Object

    
13. Box, Cigar - Wooden cigar box, parts lined with colored paper, of Little Havana cigars, rolled in Cuba, boxed by the W. L. Bucher Cigar Company in Dayton, OH. Stamped on the top and on the inside of the lid is "G. H. Freehouse & Co., Inc., Kelso, Washington". These cigars were sold at Guy Freehouse's Idle Hour Cigar Store in Kelso in the 1920s or 1930s. There are other stamps on the box, related to taxes and prices. The paper on the outside of the box is in very poor condition. The paper on the inside of the lid only has one moderate sized rip in the upper right corner, but is otherwise in good condition, considering the wood of the lid itself is a little warped. The box measures 19.8 x 13.5 x 10.9 cm.

    c. 1920s

    Record Type: Object

    
14. Calendar - Dresden China 1910 calender plate, with a scene titled "Betsy Ross Making The First American Flag" in the center. Below is printed "Compliments of Laurie, Hogg & Clays, Kelso, Wash."

    1910

    Record Type: Object

    
15. Calendar - Dresden China calendar plate for the year 1910. The plate is white with one wide and one very narrow gold band around the edge. The design above the calendar is red and white roses. The plate measures 8 1/2 inches in diameter. Under the calendar it says: "Compliments of Carner & Co. Castle Rock, Wn.". One the back, in green lettering it says "Dresden China".

    1910

    Record Type: Object

    
16. Card, Business - Business card for Charles A Korten, proprietor of Korten Music Co. Longview.

    c. 1940

    Record Type: Object

    
17. Card, Playing - Deck of playing cards received for being a safe worker at Longview Fibre for five years without an accident. Box has a card pasted over one side that reads, "Longview Fibre Company / Longfibre Kraft / You're dealing with a safe worker". Each card in the deck has a safety tip illustrated with a cartoon.

    c. 1960s

    Record Type: Object

    
18. Certificate, Stock - Stock certificate for Cowlitz Dairymen's Association; one for Luther Ramsey (Certificate No. 128, one share, $10), one for Mrs. Luther (Hilda) Ramsey (Certificate No. 360, one share, $10.80). Both are signed by Secretary Oscar Hendrickson. One is signed by President (in 1934) Art Merrifield, the other by President (in 1936) Isaac Chuinard. The Ramsey's had their dairy right outside Kelso.

    1934, 1936

    Record Type: Object

    
19. Decoy - Canadian Goose decoy silhouette made out of Longview Fibre V-board. V-board is a solid fibre cardboard the War Department asked Longview Fibre to develop during World War II, for dropping supplies off of ships to float in to islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. V-board was made to float and last at least 24 hours in water. Allen Parson, father of the donor, was hunting buddies with Bob Wertheimer, owner of Longview Fibre, and had this decoy made at Longview Fibre at night. The decoy was used for goose hunting on Cottonwood Island. The decoy consists of three pieces - two mirror image side pieces stapled together at the top, with a head and neck piece riveted in between them. There is black and white paint on it in the pattern of Canadian Geese.

    c. 1944

    Record Type: Object

    
20. Hammer, Marking - This brand was used to mark logs on Ingrams log booms at Kalama; The brand is round with 0-9 and ABC in raised symbols with a wood handle and a leather thong through the end. Used in Cowlitz Corridor Exhibit - Logging

    Record Type: Object