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Timber Bronze 53, LLC

Handcrafted bronze architectural hardware and household fittings, with a Wallowa registration.

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The Wallowa Wild and Scenic River, photographed in May 2017 by the Bureau of Land Management. Community context for this record.
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The Wallowa Wild and Scenic River, photographed in May 2017 by the Bureau of Land Management. Community context for this record.

Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington · 2017-05-25 · Public domain · Image & source ↗

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Wallowa is the principal-place community in the state registration. This has not established a public showroom or the location of every production step.

Timber Bronze sells bronze doorbells and related hardware. Its product information describes lost-wax production and the variation associated with handmade pieces. This extends the bronze trade into functional fittings rather than only sculpture.

Oregon Secretary of State ↗Timber Bronze: About Timber Bronze ↗Timber Bronze: Classic Square Doorbell: materials and process ↗

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2015-06-24

Registration date reported by the state; not an independently verified opening date.

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The wider landscape.

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Wallowa Lake and the mountains, seen from the county park at the north end.View photograph
Wallowa Lake

The lake, in spring

Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives16 May 2012
A road, fence, and open prairie on the Zumwalt.View photograph
Zumwalt Prairie

A road across the prairie

Rick Swart, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife2015-11-15
Glacier Peak reflected in Glacier Lake, in the Eagle Cap Wilderness.View photograph
Eagle Cap Wilderness

Glacier Peak, reflected

Matthew Tharp / U.S. Forest Service2012-08-11
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An old truck in a field near Enterprise, with the Wallowa Mountains behind it.
Chapter 04 Work & livelihoods

The sawmill, the foundry, and the city crew

In 1998 Justin Doherty walked out of Joseph High School and into the sawmill. When the mill closed he poured bronze, and when he left the foundry he went to work for the city. One man’s path ties together industries a directory would list apart.

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