Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Logging Camp Cookhouse

This looks like a logging camp kitchen to me. Although there's quite a bit of detail, I'd love to see more. This is not the clearest picture, but the perspective is very interesting.


Here are a few close-ups. You can see another person in the background bending over something.


And boxes of biscuit flour on the shelf...

Here's the back of the card. The stamp box imprint indicates that the card was printed between 1905 and 1920.  Too bad there weren't any tales of life at the camp written on the back. Her's a link to another logging camp cookhouse image.

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8 comments:

  1. DorincardAugust 17, 2011 at 8:56 AM

    Glimpses of life in the past...you don't see more people in these postcards because they have logged out.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 17, 2011 at 5:52 PM

    My grandfather did logging in the early 20's. This little bit of cookhouse terminology he passed on to me; tapioca is "fisheyes and glue" and ketchup is "nosebleed." Just wanted to share!

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  3. Christine H.August 17, 2011 at 8:50 PM

    Thanks Steven,
    I have heard this about tapioca, but it didn't stop me from loving it. Ketchup...well, I'm just starting to like it. Um, thanks for sharing. :)

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  4. Archie TechtAugust 17, 2011 at 10:15 PM

    I dunno, looks like an early meth lab to me!

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  5. Alan BurnettAugust 18, 2011 at 4:25 AM

    It is quite an odd photograph isn't it - such a strange angle the original photograph was taken from.

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  6. Brian PaperSpongeAugust 18, 2011 at 6:23 PM

    Very good perspective. It would have been nice to know who the photographer was. I bet there's a lot more interesting perspectives from this person.

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  7. PostcardyAugust 20, 2011 at 6:16 AM

    That must have been a long exposure. There is a surprising amount of light and I can see that the cook's right arm moved.

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  8. Postcard RoundupAugust 20, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    Real photo postcards drive me nuts, particularly this one. You can bet there's a huge back story that we'll never know!

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