North Carolina
A cabinet card (CC) from Raleigh, North Carolina. This is the picture of poverty. Note how crude the right side of the cabin was compared to the left. Little effort was made to square-up the logs, or make the corners neat or even. The chinking between the logs was hit or miss, and the plank roof was equally primitive. The stone chimnies were rough, and projected just to the peak of the roof, a significant fire hazard with the plank 'shingles.'
A photograph would have been quite an expense for this family. However they sTand proudly in front of their shambly home. Someone wrote on the back "A North Carolina Mountain Cabin" so probably the photograph was for the tourist trade. Albumin print, c. 1885-1895, Private collection.
A photograph would have been quite an expense for this family. However they sTand proudly in front of their shambly home. Someone wrote on the back "A North Carolina Mountain Cabin" so probably the photograph was for the tourist trade. Albumin print, c. 1885-1895, Private collection.