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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.

1. Loggers Posing in Front of Giant Tree Near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.

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.
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.

2. Loggers Posing in Front of Giant Tree Near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.

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.

3. 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.

4. 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.
Trains occupy the tracks of the yards.

5. Chesapeake and Ohio Yards, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045755
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Yards, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930
Description:
Trains occupy the tracks of the yards.
Men stand by parked cars by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. Subjects unidentified.

6. Fairbank Scales, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045756
Title:
Fairbank Scales, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1950
Description:
Men stand by parked cars by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. Subjects unidentified.
Print number 621a. Left to right: Thomas G. Keenan, William L. Park, Waitman Willey Keener.

7. County Commissioners Inside Court House, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
045757
Title:
County Commissioners Inside Court House, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1926
Description:
Print number 621a. Left to right: Thomas G. Keenan, William L. Park, Waitman Willey Keener.
View looking down New River and the railroad track.

8. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Hinton Yards, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045758
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Hinton Yards, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1983
Description:
View looking down New River and the railroad track.
Pictured (from left to right) is Joe Allen, Ray Davis, Nute Baily, and Frank Deeds.

9. Car Men Checking Train in West Yard, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045759
Title:
Car Men Checking Train in West Yard, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1926
Description:
Pictured (from left to right) is Joe Allen, Ray Davis, Nute Baily, and Frank Deeds.
Print number 634.

10. Monongalia County Sesquicentennial Parade, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
045760
Title:
Monongalia County Sesquicentennial Parade, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1926/10/22
Description:
Print number 634.
Samuel Irwin leaning on front of the engine. Charles Boley on the running board.

11. Coal Dock Sandhouse, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045761
Title:
Coal Dock Sandhouse, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1905
Description:
Samuel Irwin leaning on front of the engine. Charles Boley on the running board.
Print number 631.

12. Monongalia County Sesquicentennial Parade, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
045762
Title:
Monongalia County Sesquicentennial Parade, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1926/10/22
Description:
Print number 631.