The Snapshots in Time Collection

Man Posing on Log at "Whiskey Creek" Logging Site, 1921

Man Posing on Log at "Whiskey Creek" Logging Site, 1921

Photographed in 1921, this snapshot shows a young man posed beside a felled log at a site marked "Whiskey Creek," evidently a logging or milling location within a forested area. Part of a personal photo album belonging to Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, the image reflects the everyday leisure and labor pursuits of the early postwar era, offering a candid glimpse into rural American life in the years following the First World War. Project: 218161