Clark K. Kinsey

Born in 1877 in Missouri and raised near Snoqualmie, Washington, Clark Kinsey first practiced photography in the early 1890s with his brothers Darius and Clarence. During the Yukon Gold Rush, Clark and Clarence together operated a studio in Grand Forks, where they remained for several years. About 1906, Clark returned to Seattle to operate a contracting business throughout the Northwest until shortly before World War I. From that time he returned to photography and spent the rest of his career documenting the logging and milling camps and other forest-related activities in Washington, Oregon, California and British Columbia. He was said to be the official photographer for the West Coast Lumberman's Association, and it is believed that he made approximately 50,000 negatives until his retirement in 1945. He died at his Seattle home on November 29, 1956.