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Interior of covered bridge looking toward sawmill; evening

from OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons

  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    Interior of covered bridge at Scotts Mills, Oregon; looking toward the sawmill in the evening. (c.1948?)

    Scotts Mills Bridge, also known as Newlen Bridge, crossed Butte Creek on the Clackamas and Marion County line in the small logging community of Scotts Mills. (Population: 360 in 2013.)

    Reported as being built in either 1906 or 1924, the bridge was used extensively in the community until 1951 when Marion County replaced it with the present steel bridge of a Warren polygonal pony truss design on what is now known as South Nowlens Bridge Road. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]


    Bridge at Scotts Mills, Oregon– Then and Now (50+ Years Later)

    "Bridge of Scotts Mills, Oregon" 2011 by Miary Andria
    Bridge of Scotts Mills, Oregon

    "Interior of covered bridge looking toward sawmill"
    c.1948 by Wanda Gifford – OSU Archives
    Interior of covered bridge looking toward sawmill

Identified! [Device that impresses the Great Seal of the United States on certain official documents] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 9 older comments, and then…
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    This is The Great Seal of the United States.
    Shown are the die, the counter-die, and the press.
    The device is kept at the State Department.

    "These stand in the Exhibit Hall of the Department, [and are now] inside a glass enclosure which is kept locked at all times, even during the sealing of a document. The mahogany cabinet’s doors also are kept locked, and the press is bolted and padlocked in position except when in use." [1]

    More information, including photographs, about the history of the seal dating back to July 4, 1776, can be read at the State Department's Bureau of Public Affairs.
    [The Great Seal of the United States] The Great Seal in use today
  • bawdy kittens said:
    Pixel Wrangler Good answer Pixel. I thought it was some kind of hot air regulator.
  • Art Siegel said:
    another photo commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Seal_press_with_All...
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks Pixel Wrangler for figuring out what this is. We'll update the catalog record. They may keep it locked up today but back then apparently it was not so secure.
  • stayawake68 said:
    To stamp a document.

[Train at station. Malmo, Sweden] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Richard Norton said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malm%C3%B6
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    "The Malmö Station was first opened in 1856, coinciding with the opening of the Malmö–Lund railway. At the time, the area was considered the outer edge of the city, but was convenient to Copenhagen-bound ferries, which loaded and unloaded in the Inre hamnen right in front of the station building. In 1926, Malmö Central Station became the station's official name." [1]

    Malmö Station – Then and Now (93 Years Later)

    "Train at station. Malmo, Sweden" c.1915 by Bain News Service
    ALT NAME 1

    "Malmo Train Station (DSC_9601)" 2008 by Yusuke Kawasaki
    Malmo Train Station 2008 (DSC_9601)
  • Art Siegel said:
    G.G. Bain European trip, March-June, 1910. See Street car - the Hague, Holland (LOC)
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    Art Siegel What a fascinating back story! I'm so glad you found it and dropped a link for it here.