This is from GettyImages. It is a circa 1920s photo by photographer Darius Kinsey (1869-1945). The GettyImages site says Kinsey, “was a photographer active in western Washington State from 1890 to 1940. He is best known for his images of loggers and all phases of the region’s lumber industry.”
Kinsey photo of loggers
Published by Norm Benson
My name is Norm Benson and my Lowdermilk manuscript is out for beta review. This is the story of Walter and Inez Lowdermilk, an American couple who came to see soil erosion as a threat to civilization. Their pursuit of land conservation carried them from China and the Dust Bowl to Palestine, where their ideas about reclaiming the land helped build the case for the creation of Israel. View more posts
A cleansed look at the primitive camp settings where this dangerous outdoor work of many hours took place. How grateful we are to these hard working pioneers.
Thanks, Margaret. You are correct. Logging was and still is the most dangerous job in America. (http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/01/15/these-are-the-top-10-most-dangerous-jobs-in-the-u-s/) There are more ways to die in the woods that I’m sure Kesey’s portrayal in Sometimes a Great Notion is based on an actual death.