That’s the caption on this photo in Dad’s album, just “At White Bluff.” I believe this is Harold, Mina and Lee, but what are they doing? What is Lee carrying in his right hand? And for that matter, where is “White Bluff”?
If that is the Santiam River in the background, I kind of think the group is standing on a feature that is named “The Cliff” on all USGS maps for the last 100 years. It is across the river and downstream a bit from Jefferson, on the northeast side of Hale Butte. I haven’t been to that exact spot, so I’m guessing a little.
The road that passes by the top of The Cliff is named Santiam Bluffs Road, so at least we have “bluffs” in a nearby name, even if not “White Bluff”.
If you have an alternate suggestion for where this is or what is going on in this photo, please speak up.
Art wrote:
In Lee’s right hand might be a Bownie box camera. The left, though?
Maybe I’m wrong, but I believe what is in Lee’s left hand is an “open-top” cap like the one Harold is wearing, and probably the same one Lee himself is wearing in the previous PotD (baseball at Greens Bridge). It is essentially a visor, but with straps over the top of the head in addition to a strap around the back.
Thanks for the suggestion of the box camera. That sounds like a good possibility, especially given the context.