Lost on a Mountain in Maine: Ranger Office
One set we see a few times is the Mt. Katahdin Ranger’s Station Office.
We wanted to convey that this was a very remote office stuck in the past. I mean up till today, Baxter State Park where the real Mt. Katahdin is located, still does not have electricity in any of its facilities!
In the corner you still see some metal nib pens and ink in the corner of the desk. The metal nib pen was still in use in the 1930’s and 40’s but was declining in fashion in favor of the newly invented ball point pen that was invented in Hungary in 1938.
This movie takes place in 1939, but as said earlier doubtful that the latest in global pen technology was making it way to ranger desks in remote rural Maine.
The fun thing about sets like this is it has your researching the history of each and every element of office supplies like “history of scotch tape” and “history of clipboards” etc.
Finding that wooden brochure holder at a local antiques store made me so excited because it was able to bring some texture and color to the background of those shots with Don’s parents talking to the Ranger.
had to make a lot of custom curtains for this set.
Picking artwork to match with the antique and rustic frames we thrifted with Darcy the production designer.
one of our set dressers Nick modeling the area where the shot below would be filmed.