Men at railroad camp — circa 1915 — #G1284_1
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Photograph Copyright Anderson & Middleton Company
United States — Washington (State)
Thanks to an anonymous commentator, who notes: "The lead car is a saw filers' shack. You can tell by all of the windows, letting in the maximum amount of light. Also, just behind the panes of glass, there is a crosscut saw upside down on the bench indicating that it was being sharpened at the time this photo was taken." See photo # G1064_1 for an interior view.
And thanks to Sam Talley, who adds: "In the 1900 era these logging camps were built on rail cars so they could be moved to different locations. I and Ivars Madisons of Wishkah, who worked in forest management, would locate these old overgrown sites in the early 1960's and salvage artifacts, especially from the garbage dumps. They would be covered by a foot or two of moss. They were all laid out in the same general configuration, so once we determined where the tracks had been, it was fairly easy to locate the dump area. Because whiskey bottles were made with thicker glass than most other bottles, they were more apt to survive the throw onto the dump. These bottles are very valuable and collectible. They came in all different shapes such as cabins, round, square, and flat. They are all different colors such as clear, brown, blue, green, and purple. The ones before 1918 were hand-made and some were very crude. The lips were added to the finished bottle and sometimes not too straight. They were sealed with corks.Some are worth over $1000."
