Vintage Logging

Vintage logging – Camp

Each Saturday morning I review 10 vintage logging, forestry and saw milling photos. This week’s review of vintage logging show snapshots of camp life for loggers and workers at the camps.

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1902 Monte Cristo, Washington
1902 Monte Cristo, Washington

Monte Cristo Mercantile Co.’s store interior, sawmill was nearby.


1932 Green Point Logging Co. Ltd.
1932 Green Point Logging Co. Ltd.

1932 Green Point Logging Co. Ltd. rail speeder at camp.


1926 Cathels And Sorenson Operation Logging Camp
1926 Cathels And Sorenson Operation Logging Camp

Cathels And Sorenson Operation at Port Renfrew, BC.


1911 McNair Fraser logging camp at Hollyburn.
1911 McNair Fraser logging camp at Hollyburn.

1890s View of a logging camp from the water.
1890s View of a logging camp from the water.

Pioneer days
Pioneer days

Lumbering Michigan history, umber camps like this one sprouted and grew into towns.


Wash day.
Wash day.

A group of loggers who lived at Falk in Humboldt County, CA. get serenaded while they do their wash.


1910 Kitchen of the dining hall at Meadow River Lumber Company.
1910 Kitchen of the dining hall at Meadow River Lumber Company.

1910 Kitchen of the Dining Hall at Meadow River Lumber Company. Rainelle, West Virginia.


Logging camp with rail way.
Logging camp with rail way.

1924 Brooks-Scanlon-O'Brien Company Limited.
1924 Brooks-Scanlon-O’Brien Company Limited.

View of logging Camp 4.


A Newfoundland born Canadian with a life long interest in woodworking, baking and anything else that peaks my curiosity.

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