Forest History Society Photograph Collection Sample Images: Cabins -- Log/Shake / FHS797th
Image ID: FHS797
Image Date: [no date]
Image Title: [Cabins built from logs and/or shakes.]
Image Caption: Maine. In the heavily wooded part of the [1904] World's Fair site [in St. Louis, Missouri], where the surroundings are in harmony, stands the building of Maine. It is an immense log cabin. The material was brought from Maine; the roof is covered with shaved shingles from Maine. Westerners accustomed to log cabins of homestead dimensions, are amazed at the proportions. The Maine cabin is two stories in height. The entrance in the center opens into a spacious hall. This hallway is forty feet long by twenty-four feet in width. At the end of it is a huge fireplace built of stone with old-fashioned settees on either side. A gallery over the entrance doorway connects the two wings on the second floor. On the right of the entrance is a staircase to the upper floor, constructed of logs and poles. On the left is the information bureau and the offices of the Commission. Beyond the information bureau is a room forty-nine feet long provided with a stone fireplace. The cabin is 140 feet long by 63 feet in width. The timber was cut in Maine; the building was put together there, taken to pieces, brought to the World's Fair grounds and reconstructed by Maine lumbermen. It is intended to illustrate outdoor and camping life of the Maine woods. By displays of various kinds the hunting and fishing attractions of Maine are comprehensively presented. From the second story an extensive view of the surrounding woods is obtained.
[This photo was published in "The Forest City; Comprising the Official Photographic Views of the Universal Exposition Held in Saint Louis, 1904. Commemorating the Acquisition of the Louisiana Territory" (St. Louis, Missouri: N. D. Thompson, 1904. Introduction and descriptions by Walter B. Stevens).]
Photographer: [unknown]
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