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A crowd of people, including children, pose on a railroad track by a lumber yard. Some are sitting on an engine, and others are on a horse-powered pulley system.

1. Lumber Yard Near a Railroad Track

IDNO:
053509
Title:
Lumber Yard Near a Railroad Track
Date:
undated
Description:
A crowd of people, including children, pose on a railroad track by a lumber yard. Some are sitting on an engine, and others are on a horse-powered pulley system.
Walter Lewis, marked on the far left, sits on a log with his coworkers.

2. Lumberjacks of Pardee & Curtin Lumber Co. Somewhere in West Virginia

IDNO:
051704
Title:
Lumberjacks of Pardee & Curtin Lumber Co. Somewhere in West Virginia
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Walter Lewis, marked on the far left, sits on a log with his coworkers.
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.

3. Tannery in Parsons, W. Va.

IDNO:
050721
Title:
Tannery in Parsons, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910-1930
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 group of unidentified men pose on top of a transporting train. One of them holds a guitar.

4. Leisure Time at Sewell Lumber Company, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
049431
Title:
Leisure Time at Sewell Lumber Company, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
A group of unidentified men pose on top of a transporting train. One of them holds a guitar.
An unidentified man stands beside the thirty-five ton steam engine as it's ferried across the river.

5. Class-B Climax Locomotive Being Floated Across New River to New River Lumber Co., Longbottom, W. Va.

IDNO:
048929
Title:
Class-B Climax Locomotive Being Floated Across New River to New River Lumber Co., Longbottom, W. Va.
Date:
1927
Description:
An unidentified man stands beside the thirty-five ton steam engine as it's ferried across the river.
A young boy is pictured sticking his head outside the window of the lumber carrying truck.

6. Meador Lumber Company Truck Outside of Kozy Kove Steak House, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048271
Title:
Meador Lumber Company Truck Outside of Kozy Kove Steak House, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1959
Description:
A young boy is pictured sticking his head outside the window of the lumber carrying truck.
Second from right is Odie Meador, the owner of the steak house located along Route 3. The steak house is now Cameo Club.

7. Meador Lumber Company Outside Kozy Kove Steak House, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048270
Title:
Meador Lumber Company Outside Kozy Kove Steak House, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1959
Description:
Second from right is Odie Meador, the owner of the steak house located along Route 3. The steak house is now Cameo Club.
Looking from across the street at the company building and sawmill. Logs surround the pond that sits beside the building.

8. Kirby Lumber Company Grounds, Layland, W. Va.

IDNO:
048245
Title:
Kirby Lumber Company Grounds, Layland, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1955
Description:
Looking from across the street at the company building and sawmill. Logs surround the pond that sits beside the building.
Three unidentified employees are pictured beside sawing machinery.

9. Sawmill Workers At Work at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.

IDNO:
048244
Title:
Sawmill Workers At Work at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1955
Description:
Three unidentified employees are pictured beside sawing machinery.
Arthur Harding Radford works the machinery. He is surrounded by blocks of wood.

10. Man Working Sawmill Machinery at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.

IDNO:
048243
Title:
Man Working Sawmill Machinery at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1955
Description:
Arthur Harding Radford works the machinery. He is surrounded by blocks of wood.
An unidentified employee watches as the logs are taken into the sawmill.

11. Logs Set on a Conveyor Belt at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.

IDNO:
048242
Title:
Logs Set on a Conveyor Belt at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1955
Description:
An unidentified employee watches as the logs are taken into the sawmill.
Two unidentified employees are pictured inside the company building with sawdust covering the floor.

12. Employees Working Sawmill Machinery at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.

IDNO:
048241
Title:
Employees Working Sawmill Machinery at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1955
Description:
Two unidentified employees are pictured inside the company building with sawdust covering the floor.