Train of Logs No. 3 Camp Elk Lbr. Co. Hosmer B.C.

Identified on the photo as "Train of Logs No. 3 Camp Elk Lbr. Co. Hosmer B.C. F.G. Waters, Supt; E.S. Worth, Foreman and C. Bomford Book R The photo is 10 x 8 inches and mounted on a 14 1/2 x 12 card which retains the logo of J. Spalding on the lower right corner of the mounting card. According to the Fernie, British Columbia web page, "His photographs meticulously portray the pride, prosperity, and poverty that defined Fernie in its early years. On the railway, in the forests, on the river, and in the mines, he photographed men working, building, and forging the future. Spalding’s pictures tell the story of the birth of a community and how society—elephants and all—developed in this far-flung corner of the Canadian promised land. In 1905 he bought an established studio from A.W. Prest. He worked hard to offer every photographic service possible including portraiture with ‘fancy lighting’ and postcard images of the local landscape that he was proud to call “...the finest scenery there is in the whole of the North American continent". Joseph Spalding was a well-respected member of the business community.  He was the Tourism Commissioner for the Tourist Association of Southern Alberta and Southeastern British Columbia, publishing the official Automobile Road Guide to British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, covering ‘twenty thousand miles of roads.’ Spalding left the Elk Valley to re-establish himself in Vancouver in 1925, operating several successful businesses there. He died in Vancouver after a long and illustrious career on February 11, 1958, aged 80." An abrasion at top center of card. Contrast is quite good with snowy mountains in the background.