<p>The loggers who cut down trees were called fallers. Using their axes, they cut notches in the trunk for springboards. They then stood on the springboards and felled the tree with a crosscut saw. Cutting above ground level was easier because the trunk was narrower, and there was less pitch to gum up the saws. Even so, it might take two days of hard work to cut down a large tree.</p>
<p>Handwritten on sleeve: Fallers on Large Tree.

Caption by MOHAI staff.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Loggers--Washington (State); Lumber industry--Washington (State); Trees--Washington (State); Forests--Washington (State)</li></ul>
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Webster &amp; Stevens</div>
circa 1917 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1917-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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