Workers Posing on top of Two Sections of Redwood Logs in the Forest, Humboldt County, California

Identifier:

034484

Collection Number:

A&M 3582

Title:

Workers Posing on top of Two Sections of Redwood Logs in the Forest, Humboldt County, California

Date:

ca. 1913

Creator:

Ericson, A. W.

Description:

Although this image was published in "Tumult on the Mountain" by Roy Clarkson as Fig. 11 as being located in Lead Mine, West Virginia, recent investigation has revealed that this image was originally taken in California. The original glass plate negative is located in the Palmquist and Ericson Collections at HSU Library, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California.The caption on the original and in Clarkson's book included, "White oak ... the log on the left is marked '13 ft. diameter, 16 ft from the base, John Vance ...', the log [to the right] is marked '10 ft diameter, 31 ft from the base.'See the article West Virginia’s Big Trees: Setting the Record Straight by Van Gundy and Whetsell in the Journal of Forestry 114(5):582–583http://dx.doi.org/10.5849/jof.15-104.

Subjects:

Logging and Lumbering--Scenes and Views.

Personal Names:

Clarkson, Roy B., 1926-

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView