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grace!

the 1900 Census lists Elgin Stoddard, his wife Julia, his sister-in-law Edna Dahl, and his mother living at 1226 Page Street. His occupation listed as Mechanical Engineer.

That's the creepiest looking guy I've seen in ages!

I was scrolling through the photos under the Library of Congress, and none of them really had me stop and double-take until I saw this one! I totally agree with the comment above in that this is one of the creepiest people I have ever seen, but beyond that, this picture is ghastly! It looks like the man and the entire room itself is covered with ghosts.

This man seems like he has been possessed by some spirit. Just look at his eyes. They look so scary! The main question that I have to ask is why one hand is in the air for no reason. He doesn't even have anything in his hand! Why is he holding it up?

A Flickr member identified him as James Hazen Hyde in a related photo: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3047668569/

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called I blinked my eyes and you were gone, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

The timber getters were usually on contract and cutters sometimes worked in pairs but some worked alone. The bush men wielded axes and other tools of their trade like the cross cut saw, barking bar, maul and wedges and brush hook. The brush hook was an important tool that was used to clear a track so the bullocks had an open pathway as they could be injured by being staked on a sharp-cut sapling. A good bullock was a valuable resource and two good leading bullocks were essential for the smooth operation of the team. Almost as important were the two bullocks at the rear known as the “polers”. Mustering and yoking up to 24 bullocks could take up to two hours. Each bullock had a name and recognised it when spoken to. Once the power of bullock teams became available, logs were hauled along tracks for great distances to a waterway or, at times, to “chutes” down which allowed the logs to be launched over the escarpment to slide to the bottom where they were hauled by bullock teams or rafted to a mill or transport hub. Source: www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Council/News-Centre/Backward...