Old Log Cabin Photos
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Log cabins! Log Homes!
Old structures that were built by hand that you rarely see anymore. A log home was built by hand using trees that were close by the area where the home was going to be built.
Usually when you think of log homes, you think of Little house on the prairie. Actually by looking at these pictures and after watching the shows, they are all log cabins. And many familys probably all slept in one room, which all had dirt floors.
I personally think that they were awesome, How did they hold these buildings together? Did they use nails? Were they built like Lincoln Logs buidings? were they tongue and groove so that each piece was "snapped" into place? The roof had to be a problem to build.They would had to have braces across the top to get the sheets on.
I can imagine them being drafty and cold in the winter. With all that they had to heat with was a fireplace. That still wouldn't have kept them really warm on very frigid nights. They usually didn't have indoor plumbing, so even if they were able to get warm, if you have to visit the bathroom in the middle of the night that outhouse was not going to be heated.
They built them without plans, without a team of workers, maybe they built them by themselves. But look how long many of these stood. They may not of been the best shape but they were still built extremly well.
The trees were cut down, and the whole tree log was used to build the cabin. They were held together with cement like substance. The homes were drafty and cold in the winter. The homes did have a fire place to keep them warm and to cook the food for the family. Most of them didn't have stoves so everything was cooked over the open fire in the fireplace. None of them had running water, electric or a bathroom. The bathroom was a short jog across the yard to another smaller log outhouse where you didn't hang out long in there because of the smell. If they had a basement or cellar, they were usually made of stones and the floors were still dirt floors. The cellars in these homes were always cool, and usually damp. They did have windows in most of the homes, but still the draft came in making the home cold in the winter time.
Log cabins were built before the 1900's and some of them are still standing today. There are some people that still live the the log homes that were built many years ago. Of course they now do have electric and running water.
In the 1960-1980's my grandfather took many photos of these old buildings. Being a little kid I didn't appreciate being taken to these old ugly buildings. After all most of these building were abandoned, no one lived in them for years. Since they were not stable to enter we weren't allowed to go play inside while he was taking the photos. Even if we were allowed to go in, we probably wouldn't want to anyhow cause I'm sure they didn't smell good.
Some of the log cabin buildings weren't homes. They were one room school houses. All grades were taught by one teacher, in one class. Again these buildings had a fireplace to keep kids warm, because they had to walk to school in all types of weather.
All the photos on this page is from the collection of Fred Yenerall. All the photos are from Pennsylvania.
Log cabins and Log homes are structurally wonders. They weren't build with modern tools, but were all built by hand and stood the test of time. Here are some photos of some log homes that were still standing in the years 1960's-1980's when they were taken. You can see more at FMY Photos where there are not only more photos of the log homes, but mills, one room schools, covered bridges and more historical photos.
All the photos have been restored in Adobe Photoshop. You can restore your own photos just like I did. This program will help you Learn Photoshop and learn how to restore your old family photos.
Get your own digital camera to start capturing memories. If it wasn't for my grandfather's insight to take photos, I wouldn't have the pleasure of looking at all these photos and images now. Which I think the photos are awesome. There are some great sales going on right now at Ritz Camera.He bought all his equipment there to take the photos. I absolutely love this store.
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- Website is now live
I have worked all weekend on the website. But I'm happy to say that its now live. It's not totally finished but it's about 80% done. What we changed. - We changed hosting companies. The photos are no longer hosted by Smugmug. This is now going to allow us to have more pages indexed in Google, and you will be able to find more of the images in Google Image search. - We added some extra links such as adsense, and advertisers that you may be interested in. We don't collect any money from the photos, we are hoping that this way will give us enough money to pay for hosting and upkeep on the sites. - We have the site set up so it loads faster. You don't have to click through 20 pages to get the photo that you want. We have them all loaded on one page now. So far with testing it seems to load fast with DSL or Cable Modem. We haven't tested it with dial up connections. - We made less categories and galleries. We think it will be less confusing with less categories. The nice thing is now you can see ALL the galleries on EVERY page. So you don't have to go back to the home page to choose a different gallery.- Quick overview of photos. If you Want to see all the bridges we have in the county, you now can do it from one page. If you want to see a bigger version of that photo, or read more about that photo you can click on the photo and get the bigger photo and the history of the bridge or the photo. -Quick Links Across the Top. These take you to the most popular galleries. Notice: This will pull up all the categories with the galleries and will load slower while all the smaller photos load on the page. -Shopping at Ebay from the site: you can now click on the link at the left to shop at ebay for items containing bridges, mills, and barns. It will take you to Ebay to purchase but I did all the searching and will only bring in the most up to date items for you. This will change hourly. - About the Password Protected Pages: When at smugmug I had family sections that Grandpap took of the immediate family photos. These were hid pretty well there I still have these on the new site, but unless your family you won't be able to see them. There are MANY unflattering photos of our family shown there, trust me your not missing much. Whats left to do:- I want to organize the photos by years within the counties. So when you look at the zillions of photos of Ebenezer Covered Bridge, you can see how it changed over the years. and not see it being moved after you see it already set up at the new location. -I want to get more information on the photos, or link to Lost Bridges.org for all the information on the bridge itself. I personally feel that I will be linking to Lost Bridges because all the research that they have on the bridges, I could never duplicate it on my site. - Finish uploading and databasing the rest of the photos. This will be done over the next few weeks. It has been a long weekend for me, All the photos needed uploaded again to the new server, then all the information needed typed in again. So I'm going to take a few days off away from the site and work my full time job, then work on it again next weekend.- Correct spelling errors and other errors I made over the weekend. Mostly I probably have a zillion spelling errors. Sometimes its because I simply can't spell, or it could be because I wasn't able to read well enough the information off the slide. But then - I can blame it on the keyboard... Which I think I will. All errors is because of the keyboard. :) Sometime this week Smugmug will be canceled. For me it's bitter-sweet. If it wasn't for that site, I would of never had all these photos organized the way that they are. I never had any problems with them, in fact I would highly recommend them to store photos. The reason that I moved them is for the fact that I make no money off this site, and I simply couldn't afford to host them there any longer. If you are looking for a site to host your photos, do consider SmugMug. You will not be unhappy at all. If you have a problem or a technical question they will respond to you in a matter of hours, not days like most places. I hope that you like the new site. I am very pleased with the way it turned out for being done so quick. I think it's much better layout and easier to navigate. If you would like to show some of the photos on your site, you can contact me at fmyphotos@gmail.com and I will work with you to get them to you. If you notice that all photos are now able to be saved to your computer, I am not even going to protect them from being downloaded at this time. But if you do snatch a picture from me, please at least give credit back to the site. Thanks!Judy www.fmyphotos.com - 12 months ago
- Website Updating
Over Thanksgiving day weekend I will be moving FMY Photos to a new host and it will have a new look! I hope to have it live by December 1st, with most of the photos move over by then. Today I started the long process, and Murphy's Law is right here with me today. Anything and Everything that could go wrong has. But I think I have it mostly figured out, and should be able to move right along with building the site this weekend. At the new site, I still have a link to Smugmug where the photos are still hosted at this time. It's just too expensive to keep them there, so I have no choice but to move them if I want to still show them. So if you try to get to FMY PHOTOS and see a new design, or a half-done website this is why. It's still a work in progress. And Right now I am working full time, so it's going to take about a week to move everything over to the new site. Unfortunately I have no choice but to have the site live while I am doing this. So you may see some pretty weird things while I am fixing things. But it will all be worth it.www.fmyphotos.com - 13 months ago
Old Log Cabin Photos in the News
- Dry season hike on the Old River TrailHarrison Daily Times3 hours ago
Hemmed-In-Hollow counts as one of the jewels of the Arkansas Ozarks. Almost unfathomably high bluffs in a rough box canyon that's crowned by Hemmed-in-Hollow Falls--at over 200 feet high, the tallest waterfall between the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains.
- Good morning, Buffalo: A quick look at what's happening todayThe Buffalo News5 hours ago
Not bad for a December weekend starter. The day will be partly sunny with a high of 37 degrees and calm winds. There is a slight chance of snow showers late in the evening, when the temperature drops to 28 degrees.
- In brief for Dec. 2Suburban Journals8 hours ago
O'Fallon: Pearl Harbor Day ceremony Sunday A Pearl Harbor Day ceremony honoring all World War II veterans is set for 1 p.m. Dec. 6 in O'Fallon Civic Hall, 305 Civic Park Drive.
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my husband and I have just started saving a 200 year old log cabin in the body camp - bedford area of Virginia that 4 generations have lived in, so that generation #5 can live there also. Any comments or suggestions?
Great pitures! I like the one in the bottom (1974), the location seems cool and beautiful. The stone basement gives a great character to the house. Thanks for sharing the story.
Kris
Great hub. Come check out mine sometime. http://hubpages.com/hub/My-walk-to-CVS











katie moseff says:
2 years ago
Beautiful photos of the old structures. Awesome information