Camas Mill Photo Project – Chris Sharp-Manger Photo 6

Camas Mill Photo Project – Chris Sharp-Manger Photo 6

Year: 1922

Camas Mill Photo Project The Chris Sharp-Manger Photos This sixth photograph shows the Camas Mill under construction on October 9, 1922, just over a week after the previous image. The pace of progress is clear, with workers spread across the site and forms, framing, stacked materials, and open construction areas visible throughout the scene. The exact location within the mill is still uncertain, but one detail helps connect the photograph to downtown Camas. In the square window just left of center, the faint letters “B-R-O-S” are visible — most likely part of a Hills Brothers Coffee sign in a nearby downtown window. That small fragment of lettering helps place the image within the larger town around it. Even in a dense construction scene, details like signs, windows, and building edges can help connect the mill’s expansion to downtown Camas. This is Image 6 of 17 in the Chris Sharp-Manger Family Photos, a group of early Camas Mill images dating from 1922 to 1927. The set documents Camas, Washington mill construction, workers, downtown Camas, rail infrastructure, concrete work, industrial expansion, and the changing landscape around the paper mill.