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My Left Foot: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 4:59am.
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September 1937. "Camp near Effie, Minnesota. Lumberjack washing his feet." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee. View full size.
Lessons of WW1
Submitted by munchdog on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 5:38am.
Working in wet leaf litter and sopping sphagnum moss for ten hours a day could lead to trench foot. Keeping your feet clean and dry was paramount. It also helped keep down the stink!
Church Key!
Submitted by k2 on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 5:15pm.
No doubt used to open the scented bath salts.
There once was a woman who...
Submitted by Sean Ryan on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 2:05pm.
Oh my, look at the flies! I remember those flies up in bog country.
A First for Me
Submitted by Mal Fuller on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 1:19pm.
Finally, a Shorpy Photo that's in no way better in full size.
Did each lumberjack
Submitted by Papa Bear on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 11:42am.
have his own bucket ?? Never mind, I don't want to know !
Showerless
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 11:38am.
Back then you didn't wash all of yourself at once, you did it in parts! I still remember shivering in the morning in a cold bathroom. Standing at a sink with half of me exposed to the cold air, passing a soapy cold wash cloth over places meant to be kept warm, wishing I could just go back to sleep instead.
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