The little farming community of Kamilche sits at the edge of Little Skookum Inlet off the Puget Sound. Kamilche is part of Mason County in Washington state, an area that was used for logging and was a little rough and tumble.

Mason County Historical Society

The people living in such an environment were bound to be tough! The Washington Digital Archives has this picture of a few members of the Kennedy and Simmons family at Kamilche, circa 1900.

It’s a bit hard to tell, but the woman on the left is holding a baby in her lap. If you click on the picture, you can see a high-res version of the photograph that shows the details of the people’s faces in detail.  The faces of the older people are especially interesting.

Washington Digital Archives