Shorey observed his community and his surroundings. By dint of effort and creativity, he made a decent living for himself and his employees, and used his gifts to improve his community. He was also an artist who shared his love of nature with his fellows by capturing and sharing images of the White Mountains that he loved.


Shorey’s early relationship with the mountains was clearly up-close and personal, with viewpoints deep within the forests and high atop the summits of the peaks. One of his advertisements promised “White Mountain Views as the Tramper Sees Them,” but his hiking days were destined to end comparatively early in his life. In 1921, at the age of


forty, Shorey took his last hike, a slow and painful one, into Mount Washington’s Tuckerman Ravine. Arthritis, which had plagued him for so long, was showing its seemingly winning hand. The rough mountain trails that had given so much to him could no longer be traveled. Yet Shorey turned this adversity to opportunity, as he intensified his roadside photography. He could still immerse himself in the mountain landscape, with the proviso that he could access the scenery by car or short walk. No longer having to carry his equipment in a backpack, he could use heavier and bulkier apparatus, and added a 7" x 17" Korona panoramic camera to his arsenal to make impressive images of the White Mountains.


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