Traditional wood pile used to make charcoal. It took weeks of burning slowly to turn the wood pile into charcoal. A tent can be seen where the man attending the fire slept. Someone had to be there 24 hours a day.
Barbara Selien from South Boston, friend of Flossie Hayward with Flossie's son Edwin III, circa 1920 on Franklin Street across from their house. The charcoal pit is in the background.