GR 118. Grays River, Washington camp of the Portland Lumber Company. To the right the family houses are arranged in a long line. Those unable to get houses live in the tents in the foreground. In this camp there are 25 families. The policy of this company is to get married men whenever possible. They are more steady. In the left portion of the photo the largest building is the cookhouse. Just beyond it in order lie the commisary, the company house where visitors stay and the office men live, a family house, the superintendent's cottage and the engineering shack. On this side of it are the bunk houses. Those on the same side of the track are for 16 men each. On the opposite side are four for eight men each and 8 small shacks for two men each. Across from the cookhouse is the barber shop and bath house, only the top of which can be seen. In the foreground on the same side of the track as the cookhouse is the filing room and the sane house, on the opposite side, the tool house. In the extreme left just the corner of the shops and engine sheds show. The carpenter shop is large enough to make new cars if need be and this winter they practically rebuilt one of the locomotives in the machine shop. The camp on the whole is better than the average and in most respects is thoroughly modern
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Location: panoramic Identification: exact ground location unclear, appears unknowable No people present in picture
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Lumber companies - Portland Lumber Company (Wash.) Logging camps - Portland Lumber Company (Wash.) Tents Logging camps Washington Washington
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