Myrtle Creek Oregon lumber mill log pond view 1940s - RPPC Photo Postcard For Sale

A 5.5x3.5" vintage RPPC photo postcard from the estate of a vintage postcard collector. This was part of a huge collection of antique postcards.

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Photo Overview

This vintage real photo postcard shows an elevated panoramic view of the lumber mill and log pond at Myrtle Creek, Oregon, with the town’s homes and commercial buildings in the foreground and the wooded hills of Douglas County rising in the background. Long rafts of timber fill the mill pond at right, while industrial buildings, smokestacks, and logging equipment line the center of the image, and the handwritten caption “Myrtle Creek, Oregon 6M15” appears in white at the bottom edge.

Myrtle Creek grew rapidly in the early to mid 20th century as part of southwestern Oregon’s booming timber industry, when mills like the one pictured provided most of the town’s jobs until logging declined later in the century. Historic lumber mill scenes from small Oregon towns are increasingly collected for their rich documentation of Pacific Northwest industrial and community life. Add this evocative Myrtle Creek mill view to your collection today before it disappears into another collection.

Print analysis:
Divided back “PHOTO POST CARD” layout on Kodak Paper with stamp box indicates a real photo postcard (RPPC) printed directly on photographic paper. The industrial scene and cars suggest late 1930s to early 1940s; Kodak Paper RPPC backs of this style were common c1930s-1940s. As a photographic print made from the original negative within a few years of exposure, this is best classified as a Type 1 RPPC, likely printed c1940s.

Condition: All postcards we sell are in fair to excellent vintage condition. Please see photos for any tears, folds, smudges, or other age damage that may be present.