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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:
- 044547
- Title:
- Cranberry Mine Operations, Raleigh County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044548
- Title:
- Unidentified Coal Miner
- Description:
- Miner, outfitted in mining work clothes and equipment, poses for photograph.(From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044549
- Title:
- Tipple, Pocahontas Fuel Company, Itmann, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1924
- Description:
- (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044550
- Title:
- Scene in Pocahontas Coal Field, Bluefield, W. Va.
- Description:
- Published by I. & M. Ottenheimr. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044551
- Title:
- Monongah Mine No. 6 and Coal Tipple, Near Fairmont, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900-1906
- Description:
- Published by I. Robbins and Son. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044552
- Title:
- Office at Coal Mine Owned by Fairmont Hutchinson Family, Marion County, W. Va.
- Description:
- (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044553
- Title:
- Victims of Mine Disaster, Monongah, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1907
- Description:
- (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044554
- Title:
- Night Scene of Coke-Ovens in Westmoreland County, PA
- Date:
- ca. 1906
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
