Logger on Top of the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel near Somerset, Pa.
Date:
ca. 1905
Description:
A man uses his ax to tip over a tall tree on the highest point of the South Pennsylvania line, just above the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel.This photograph is found in a scrapbook documenting the survey for the B. & O. Railroad in West Virginia and surrounding states.
Unidentified Man Takes a Drink While Balancing on a Log Likely in Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1915
Description:
An unidentified man, likely a logger, takes a swig from a jug as he sits on newly cut trees.This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.From Dobbin House, Davis, W. Va
Lumber R.R., Blackwater Falls, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1880-1930
Description:
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.View of Lumber Railroad near Blackwater Falls covered in snow.
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.Scenic view of the Keyser Curve along the Western Maryland Railroad.
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community."Pulp job in Stark, New Hampshire, 1895. Near state road above Abbott House."
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.View of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
View of Skidder Set in Blackwater Canyon, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1880-1930
Description:
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.A skidder set, used for logging and lumber production, can be seen here overlooking the Blackwater Canyon.
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.The location of the photograph is likely to be Blackwater River near Canaan Valley, W. Va.
Trees Before and After Cutting and Burning Likely in Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
1913-1914
Description:
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.This image shows an area of land with trees "After Cutting and Burning" and "Before Cutting and Burning"
Stanley Arthur's Painting of Muhlenberg, the Preacher-Patriot, Woodstock, Va.
Date:
1776/01/28
Description:
'This reproduction of Stanley Arthur's painting depicts the stirring scene of Woodstock on January 28, 1776, when Rev. Peter Muhlenburg, at the close of a patriotic sermon, threw aside his clerical robe and revealed the uniform of a Continental colonel. His text was from Eccl. 3: 1-8, "There is a time to every purpose under heaven..time of war, and a time of peace." While holding forth his commission in the army he declared the time to fight had come. He then raised the English Virginia Regiment, famous as the German Regiment, and served conspicuously throughout the Revolutionary War.'
Horton Mill of Spears Lumber Company, Randolph County, W. Va.
Description:
' View looking northwest down Gandy Creek with Horton Mill of Spears Lumber in foreground. High point at extreme rear is a peak of Rich Mountains (Haines Knob? or Gregg Knob?) Mostly formed by Mauch Chunk. Slope at left is mostly Greenbrier and Pocono but mill site and slope at right are Catskill.'
Postcard photograph of a view from the railroad tracks of the lumber mill. See the original image for correspondence on the back regarding family illness.
Loggers of the Pardee and Curtion Lumber Operation
Description:
'Pardee and Curtin lumber operation in early 1920's in Nicholas County. Man in foreground is a Hamrick. Location uncertain, thought to be old Curtin or Hominy Falls'