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- IDNO:
- 000162
- Title:
- Loggers Posing in Front of Giant Tree Near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1910
- Description:
- Pardee and Curtain Lumber operation. This tree, possibly a redwood, was used to build the Titanic. More info from Comstock's "Of Times Past", 1949. Cut from Cuppernick ? Bend near Curtin, Nicholas County.
- IDNO:
- 000163
- Title:
- Loggers Posing in Front of Giant Tree Near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1910
- Description:
- Possibly a redwood tree used in building the "Titanic". Harvested by the Pardee and Curtin Lumber Co.The man on the left is John Harvey Reid.
![This photograph was published in "Tumult on the Mountain" by Roy Clarkson and identified as: "The men shown here are Howard and Obie Bohon of St. George, Tucker County, West Virginia [the two boys are not identified]. Courtesy Ruth M. Barrho"Recent investigation has shown that the original glass plate negative for this image is located in the Palmquist Collection, HSU Library, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California. For more information refer to the article West Virginia's Big Trees: Setting the Record Straight by Van Gundy and Rob Whetsell in the Journal of Forestry 114(5):582–583 http://dx.doi.org/10.5849/jof.15-104.](/thumb/034480.jpg "Two Men and Two Children Posed in an Undercut, Humboldt County, California")
- IDNO:
- 034480
- Title:
- Two Men and Two Children Posed in an Undercut, Humboldt County, California
- Date:
- 1913
- Description:
- This photograph was published in "Tumult on the Mountain" by Roy Clarkson and identified as: "The men shown here are Howard and Obie Bohon of St. George, Tucker County, West Virginia [the two boys are not identified]. Courtesy Ruth M. Barrho"Recent investigation has shown that the original glass plate negative for this image is located in the Palmquist Collection, HSU Library, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California. For more information refer to the article West Virginia's Big Trees: Setting the Record Straight by Van Gundy and Rob Whetsell in the Journal of Forestry 114(5):582–583 http://dx.doi.org/10.5849/jof.15-104.
![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.](/thumb/034484.jpg "Workers Posing on top of Two Sections of Redwood Logs in the Forest, Humboldt County, California")
- IDNO:
- 034484
- Title:
- Workers Posing on top of Two Sections of Redwood Logs in the Forest, Humboldt County, California
- Date:
- ca. 1913
- 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.
- IDNO:
- 051837
- Title:
- Vernie Morton, Bluefield, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Morton is pictured sitting in A. M. Slusher's photo studio.
- IDNO:
- 051838
- Title:
- B. Morton, Bluefield, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- A young Morton is pictured inside A. M. Slusher's photo studio.
- IDNO:
- 051839
- Title:
- Guthur Price Morton, Bluefield, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Portrait of baby Morton.
- IDNO:
- 051840
- Title:
- Spruce Street United Methodist Church, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1909
- Description:
- Street view of the newly erected church building.
- IDNO:
- 051841
- Title:
- Cheat Lake Dam Construction Site, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1920
- Description:
- View of the construction site.
- IDNO:
- 051842
- Title:
- Building the Cheat Lake Dam, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1913/07/28
- Description:
- View of the dam's construction site from the banks.
- IDNO:
- 051843
- Title:
- Cheat Lake Dam Under Construction, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1913/07/16
- Description:
- Construction equipment and building supplies are gathered around the developing structure.
- IDNO:
- 051844
- Title:
- Workers at Cheat Lake Dam Construction Site, Monongalia County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1913/06/19
- Description:
- Men work around the site, conducting various tasks to build the dam.
