Bucking wood

Description

Man stands beside a large log. Written on verso: "Bucking wood for burning in a donkey engine. This man was born in Baltimore Md., grew up as a wharf rat, a bookbinder by trade, went west to the Dakotas harvest because of ill health and after hitting the lumber camps for a year became a tramp. He has live or worked in nearly every state of the union, in Alaska, northern Canada, England, France, Italy, Constantinople, Africa, Australia, has learned a number of trades and has developed a philosophy and poetic imagination from years spent in the outdoors and nights under the stars. He was an enthusiastic one. WW when I knew him at the age of 40."

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American Missionary Association Photographs, 1887-1952

Details

Title: Bucking wood
Description: Man stands beside a large log. Written on verso: "Bucking wood for burning in a donkey engine. This man was born in Baltimore Md., grew up as a wharf rat, a bookbinder by trade, went west to the Dakotas harvest because of ill health and after hitting the lumber camps for a year became a tramp. He has live or worked in nearly every state of the union, in Alaska, northern Canada, England, France, Italy, Constantinople, Africa, Australia, has learned a number of trades and has developed a philosophy and poetic imagination from years spent in the outdoors and nights under the stars. He was an enthusiastic one. WW when I knew him at the age of 40."
Topical Subject(s): Portraits
Men
Clothing and dress
Loggers
Woodcutting
Lumber industry
Washington (State)
Tramps
Geographical Subject(s): Washington (State)
Language: eng
Notes (Physical): Series III, Box 1, Folder 19, #246. 10.1 x 5.715 cm.
Type of Resource: still image
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