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c1910 Pacific Northwest Lumber Camp Winter RPPC Loggers Horses Washington IdahoDescription:
Original early real photo postcard showing a winter lumber camp in the Pacific Northwest, believed from Washington or Idaho, although the exact location has not been identified. The photograph presents an exceptionally evocative logging-camp scene: a substantial log bunkhouse or camp building buried in deep snow, its long roof edged with heavy icicles, with smoke rising from the stovepipes and a group of lumbermen posed outside.
At the left are several work horses with the men, emphasizing the horse-powered era of logging before motorized equipment became standard. The rough-log construction, snowbound setting, work clothing, and camp arrangement make this a strong occupational image of the early timber industry rather than a generic scenic postcard.
The photographer\'s inscription in the negative at lower left reads“A Lumber Camp — 34 — in Winter”, apparently identifying the view as number 34 in a photographic series. No photographer or town is named on the card. The divided-back format, photographic style, clothing, and working-camp scene are consistent with approximately the1907-1915period.
The reverse is unused for postal service, with only the penciled name“Mr Edward Johnston”in the address area. Its Washington/Idaho attribution should therefore be regarded as provenance rather than a confirmed location. An especially desirable RPPC subject for collectors of Pacific Northwest logging, lumber camps, occupational photography, work horses, winter scenes, and early timber-industry history.
Condition:
VG.
Keywords:
Pacific Northwest lumber camp, Washington logging, Idaho logging, winter lumber camp, RPPC, real photo postcard, loggers, lumberjacks, work horses, logging horses, timber industry, occupational photography, snow, icicles, log bunkhouse, logging camp, early 1900s, c1910, Edward Johnston, photographic postcard, rural industry
I am selling my own personal collection of unique postcards, postal history, and ephemera.
Smoke-free and dry-humidity household.
Everything is guaranteed as described.I was previously a long-time seller, and I need to downsize my collections as I am moving overseas for personal reasons.
I will combine shipping costs with other lots.
Many more postcards and items are coming.
