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Richard T. Lewis
Photographs, 1937-1961

The photographs of Richard T. Lewis were donated to Washington State University Library in March 1979 by Richard T. Lewis of Spokane, Washington (MS 79-10). The photographs were arranged and processed in September 1981 by Robert Arnett.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Richard T. Lewis, a commercial photographer, would annually photograph the Junior Livestock Show held at Union Square in Spokane. In this group are photographs of the shows held between 1948 and 1961. From the notes and order forms it seems that Lewis photographed the different livestock winners on speculation. He also sold some prints to the Spokane newspapers.

Lewis also photographed logging and lumbering in the Avery and Wallace, Idaho area. He photographed forest fire fighting by the C.C.C. between 1937 and 1939 in the Spokane and Priest Lake areas.

DESCRIPTION AND ARRANGEMENT

The photographs and negatives of the Junior Livestock Shows are arranged in chronological order beginning in 1948 and ending in 1961. Since the negatives outnumber the prints three to one each year begins with the negatives and ends with the prints. With only a few exceptions, the negatives have been described by Lewis and indicate the livestock classification. The negatives are 4x5 and 5x7, the prints are 8x10 and smaller. The Junior Livestock Show material fills the first 33 of the 37 folders in this collection.

There are only negatives in the single forest fire folder and the two logging folders. The forest fire folder is #34 and the logging folders are #35 and #36. The last folder contains newspaper clippings and order forms and notes.

CONTAINER LIST

Box	Folder	Item	Description	# of Items
Series 1: Junior Livestock Show, Spokane, WA, 1948-1961
1	1		Negatives, 1948-1950	62
	2		Negatives, 1951	20
	3		Negatives, 1951	28
	4		Negatives, 1951	29
	5		Negatives, 1952	38
	6		Negatives, 1952	50
	7		Prints (8x10), 1952	58
	8		Negatives, 1953	37
	9		Negatives, 1953	39
	10		Prints, 1953	53
	11		Negatives, 1954	36
	12		Negatives, 1954	60
	13		Prints, 1954	72
	14		Prints, 1954	63
	15		Negatives, 1955	64
	16		Negatives, 1955	61
	17		Prints, 1955	82
	18		Negatives, 1956	45
	19		Negatives, 1956	58
2	20		Prints, 1956	64
	21		Negatives, 1957	61
	22		Negatives, 1957	42
	23		Prints, 1957	52
	24		Negatives, 1958-1959	60
	25		Negatives, 1958-1959	54
	26		Negatives, 1958-1959	72
	27		Prints, 1958-1959	61
	28		Negatives, 1960	25
	29		Negatives, 1960	34
	30		Negatives, 1960	35
	31		Prints, 1960	37
	32		Negatives, 1961	31
	33		Negatives, 1961	52
	34		Prints, 1961	50
Series 2: Forest Fires and Logging
	35		Negatives, Forest fires and fire fighting teams at Priest Lake, Id., Thompson Falls and Mt. Spokane. Part of the C.C.C., 1937-1939[identification and dates from box cover, individual negatives are not identified or dated, a few negatives have descriptive captions]	64
	36		Logging scenes around Avery and Wallace, Id., ca. 1950. Negatives retained in Lewis' numbering sequence, numbers 37, 53, 68, 88, 92 and 93 lacking.	96
		1	Hooker on truck, RR landing, Avery
		2	Rear view - log load, RR landing, Avery
		3	Scaler, RR landing, Avery
		4	Truck load logs, RR landing, Avery
		5	Top loader (Zimmer), RR landing, Avery
		6	Top loaders tightening chains, RR landing, Avery
		7	Top loading crew, RR landing, Avery
		8	Truck of logs, bridge at Avery
		9	Top loader log over Zimmer, RR landing, Avery
		10	Inside jammer, RR landing, Avery
		11	Operator & side of jammer, RR landing, Avery
		12	Hooker, looking toward River, on truck, RR landing, Avery
		13	2 Jacks sizing up tree
		14	2 jacks, axe work undercut
		15	2 jacks sawyers
		16	Tree falling
		17	2 jacks bucking logs
		18	Truck load logs
		19	Rear end view - truck load logs passing truck on hill
		20	Truck load logs at camp
		21	Camp
		22	Logs decked along road
		23	Jammer in woods
		24	Top loader in woods
		25	Landing crew in woods
		26	Cat in woods
		27	Cat at landing in woods
		28	Top loading
		29	Cat in woods
		30	Top loading in woods
		31	Cat in woods
		32	Truck load on road
		33	White truck leaving woods
		34	Cat at woods landing
		35	Cat in woods
		36	4 girls in mess hall
		38	Cat in woods (tractor)
		39	Big tree
		40	Axel Anderson & big tree
		41	Cars on siding
		42	Jammer loading poles
		43	Top loader on pole truck
		44	Branding poles
		45	Jammer & pole truck
		46	Jammer picking up poles
		47	Jammer with load
		48	Skinning ground line
		49	Punch machine
		50	Holes punched in poles
		51	Avery road, St. Joe River
		52	St. Joe along Avery
		54	St. Joe River
		55	St. Joe River
		56	St. Joe River, St. Maries
		57	St. Joe River, St. Maries
		58	Valley near St. Maries
		59	6 cats
	37	60	Truck coming out tunnel
		61	Cat driver in woods
		62	Rear end - white truck
		63	Cats skidding
		64	Cook crew
		65	Cook & baker
		66	3 cooks
		67	White truck coming around corner
		69	P.C. Landing Pic.
		70	White truck
		71	Choker setter
		72	Boiler room, wash room
		73	White truck at Avery landing
		74	Fish hook scene from bridge
		75	White truck at Avery landing
		76	Axel's house
		77	RR cars at Avery landing
		78	Cat skidder in woods
		79	P.C. landing Pic, side view
		80	Trucks tied up at Avery landing
		81	Inside bunk house
		82	Scene bet - Avery & Wallace
		83	KW truck around corner
		84	White truck at Avery landing
		85	KW truck coming around camp bend
		86	KW truck at Avery landing
		87	KW truck & woods jammer
		89	Rear end view - truck & car at Avery landing
		90	Smoking cats in woods
		91	Big cat pushing logs at landing
		94	St. Joe River scene near Avery
		95	Top of fishhook
		96	Stack of logs in woods
		97	Truck load at camp hill
		98	Truck on high hill
		99	Truck on high hill
		100	Marble Creek
		101	Cedar trees on road
		102	Road scene
Series 3: Newspaper Clippings and Notes
	38		Clippings that list the winners at the Junior Livestock Show and some of the pictures Lewis took; Notes include photograph orders and printing instructions	27