Argyle Boom Rafting Ground [c1905]

Descriptive Object

Identifier:
OBJ.N.1977.27g
Description
Modern photo of a negative/photo at the Northeast Archives for Folklore and Oral History (now at the Library of Congress) depicting the rafting ground at the Argyle Boom looking north from the south end of No Name Island (formerly White Squaw Island). Original taken from Defebaugh, History of the Lumber Industry in America (Chicago, 1906), opposite p.54. See also p.41 (and cover) of Ives' Argyle Boom. None of the photos are of great quality.