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Hobart Mill, Donner Summit and Truckee in the 1920s - 57 minutes


This film reel is a collection of footage of Truckee, California, and specifically the Hobart Mills logging operation. The first part includes scenes of a Fourth of July parade in Truckee in 1922, featuring a Monarch tractor and locomotive No. 4 with its engineer, Stan Wright. Several scenes showcase the Hobart Mills lumber operation, including logging trains leaving the woods, arriving at the mill, and unloading logs at the pond. The dangerous nature of the work is illustrated by a photo of a wrecked logging train. The second part of the film reel focuses on the maintenance and challenges of running the mill, with images of reservoir cleaning, a disused locomotive, bridge repair, and a derailed engine in the turntable pit. Scenes of the sawmill from various angles and lumber being transported offer a glimpse into the mill's operations. The film reel concludes with images of life at Hobart Mills, including a tractor in the snow, a couple ice skating, boys ski jumping, and a railroad engine clearing snow from the lumber yard.
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