This was camping.
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This was camping.
Looks like an early version of a campground.
It's a box car village.
It's a box car village.
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Re: This was camping.
Herb,
I'm not sure. but I don't think they're camping. It looks more to me like a "Hoverville" of the depression.
I'm not sure. but I don't think they're camping. It looks more to me like a "Hoverville" of the depression.
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Re: This was camping.
Make the a "Hooverville".
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Re: This was camping.
I agree. It was an alternative to the shanty towns of makeshift shelters.
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Re: This was camping.
This may or may not apply ? There are an awful lot of them in one place, still on trucks and on rails.
FWIW, railroads did convert boxcars into handy living quarters to accommodate section gangs and often their families as well while “on the road” working projects in remote places. I recall seeing some still in use in the 1970’s. Like these, they had nice double-hung windows and chimney pipes secured to withstand the vibrations and motion of traveling at distance on the rails.
To be sure, there were a lot of boxcars (and cabooses) repurposed as dwellings before, during and after the Great Depression, but I’m pretty sure most would have been removed from the rolling frame and wheels. It would be interesting to know more about this picture! Thanks for posting it !
FWIW, railroads did convert boxcars into handy living quarters to accommodate section gangs and often their families as well while “on the road” working projects in remote places. I recall seeing some still in use in the 1970’s. Like these, they had nice double-hung windows and chimney pipes secured to withstand the vibrations and motion of traveling at distance on the rails.
To be sure, there were a lot of boxcars (and cabooses) repurposed as dwellings before, during and after the Great Depression, but I’m pretty sure most would have been removed from the rolling frame and wheels. It would be interesting to know more about this picture! Thanks for posting it !
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Re: This was camping.
Herb,
I like this picture, look real life!
I like this picture, look real life!
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Re: This was camping.
If a guy try to still the car that will wake-up the owner immediately because the rope of the tent will follow the car if he move...
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