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Link to old shelter photos (http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?q1=Structures%20--%20Shelters;rgn1=Subject%20Headings;type=boolean;v iew=thumbnail;g=gsmc;corig=rth;sid=51ff51eb4ab884a b8817b06f21c2e817;size=20;c=rth&start=1)
TJ aka Teej
04-07-2007, 18:40
Link to old shelter photos (http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?q1=Structures%20--%20Shelters;rgn1=Subject%20Headings;type=boolean;v iew=thumbnail;g=gsmc;corig=rth;sid=51ff51eb4ab884a b8817b06f21c2e817;size=20;c=rth&start=1)
Wow, great stuff, Veteran! Interesting hiking companions in Harvey and Anne Broome. Old Harvey wrote 'Out Under The Skies in the Smokys' and 'Faces of the Wilderness' - Harvey helped found the Wilderness Society, too.
Again, great stuff, Veteran - thanks!
Programbo
04-07-2007, 18:45
Very nice!..I love old AT stuff like this...One of my biggest regrets is that I lost all my backpacking photos while I was off in the army in 1979 and my brother (who was keeping all my hiking stuff) got evicted from his apartment......Would love to see any other old photos anyone has especially from thru-hikes of the 1970`s
eventidecu
04-07-2007, 19:18
These should be posted in the pics section of WB somewhere for sure. Hey Sgt Rock can there be an "antique" AT section somewhere where people with old timey stuff can post a pic of it with description?
MedicineMan
04-07-2007, 21:38
thanks for posting those....years ago i was hiking past the immediate shelter south of Devils Fork Gap, it was the original log CCC construction...a family was there and I stopped to listen to the grandfather describe to his family how it was built--good stuff.
bascomgrillmaster
04-07-2007, 23:39
Hi Bascomgrillmaster here,
Get in touch with Larry Luxenberg he would love to have copies of the pics for the museum.
[email protected]
Now this (http://gallery.backcountry.net/at-vt-2002/aae) is a tiny shelter. Vintage 1931. (The shelter, not the hiker.)
Kerosene
04-08-2007, 11:51
Caughnawaga Shelter was still in use until a few years ago; only a mile or two north of Kid Gore Shelter in Vermont. I say that, if you're going to build a shelter, then design it with sufficient space and light. The Kid Gore design was much more usable and pleasant than this ancient 4-hiker "emergency" shelter.
shelterbuilder
04-08-2007, 11:52
GREAT old photos - I see many details in these pics that I've seen in some of the "Foxfire" books: log technique, shingles etc. Fantastic!
Old Smoky Mtn Photos (http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?q1=Great+Smoky+Mountains&rgn1=Subject%20Headings&type=boolean&view=thumbnail&c=rth;g=gsmc)
Some other old photos (http://www.lib.utk.edu/refs/smokies/images/colloquy.2.1.pdf)
ShakeyLeggs
04-08-2007, 14:05
One of my biggest regrets about the trail is the loss of these hisoric shelter as new ones are built. When the new James Fry shelter here in PA was built which myself and my youngest son help on, I tried to have one of the old shelters saved to no avail. They were originally built by the CCC and thought it would be a great idea to keep one so that people would be able to see and experience what trail used to be like before all the new hiltons were built. :(
Thanks so much for those photos! I only wish that my Grandfather were still around to go over them with me. He was all over those mountains in the '30's.
I really enjoyed these photos, what a great piece of AT history!
Thanks Veteran.
Link to old shelter photos (http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?q1=Structures%20--%20Shelters;rgn1=Subject%20Headings;type=boolean;v iew=thumbnail;g=gsmc;corig=rth;sid=51ff51eb4ab884a b8817b06f21c2e817;size=20;c=rth&start=1)
wow cool photo link:cool: neo
StarLyte
04-09-2007, 07:17
Veteran...these are exceptional photos! Thank you so much for posting.
I agree with Tim, contact Larry Luxenberg if you already haven't !
BlackCloud
04-09-2007, 09:02
Now this (http://gallery.backcountry.net/at-vt-2002/aae) is a tiny shelter. Vintage 1931. (The shelter, not the hiker.)
NO, in 1931 there were 1/100 the people hiking the AT when it was actually a wilderness trail for the true outdoorsman; NOT a superhighway for neophytes w/ enough $ to purchase $1000 worth of gear & strap it to their backs....
Love the pics form the 1930s. Imagine, how far between shelters was it in the 30's? There were so many less of them. A shelter must have been a true luxury. And with vastly reduced usage, they must have been cleaner and somewhat less mouse infested too.....
... for the true outdoorsman;
Gotta watch out for those fake outdoorsman (an woman?) folk. ;)
How does one become a real outdoorsy kinda person anyway?
Perhaps Sully Struthers has a correspondence course? :D
Lion King
04-09-2007, 15:46
Link to old shelter photos (http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?q1=Structures%20--%20Shelters;rgn1=Subject%20Headings;type=boolean;v iew=thumbnail;g=gsmc;corig=rth;sid=51ff51eb4ab884a b8817b06f21c2e817;size=20;c=rth&start=1)
WOW!
Those are awesome!
Image...no people or snoring anbd you could have each of these to yourself every night if you thru hiked in 1942
BlackCloud
04-09-2007, 16:23
Gotta watch out for those fake outdoorsman (an woman?) folk. ;)
How does one become a real outdoorsy kinda person anyway?
Perhaps Sully Struthers has a correspondence course? :D
Once read an article that had been cut out of a local newspaper (Washington Post maybe) that indicated that the average boy scout ate 14lbs of dirt a year!
That's how MAGS!
Once read an article that had been cut out of a local newspaper (Washington Post maybe) that indicated that the average boy scout ate 14lbs of dirt a year!
That's how MAGS!
Wow! Cool fact... (If a bit more enlightenment than I want on the culinary habits of 12-17 yr olds!)
Still not sure what you are getting at, though. :)
I had an awesome Vietnamese meal last night with my date. We had spring rolls, two noodle bowls, that awesome iced coffee with condensed milk and "pudding". With tax and tip, it cames to $26! With food leftover for lunch no less.
What does that have to do with being a real outdoors person. Nada.. (But it was a yummy meal!)
What does eating 14 lbs of dirt have to do with being a real outdoors person? I am still not sure. But perhaps just as much as me eating my meal?
I prefer my meal last night. YOu can eat 14 lbs of dirt. Perhaps someday I too will be a "real outdoors person", if only I could eat the dirt. ;)
NO, in 1931 there were 1/100 the people hiking the AT when it was actually a wilderness trail for the true outdoorsman; NOT a superhighway for neophytes w/ enough $ to purchase $1000 worth of gear & strap it to their backs....
Yeah, back when men were men and sheep were nervous... :rolleyes:
Point of fact, the Appalachian Trail wasn't even finished until August 1937. Caughnawaga Shelter is on the Long Trail. Ha. Gotcha.