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Photograph from "The Hardwood Bark," a periodical journal published by the W. M. Ritter Lumber company in the interest of its employees.This image is on a page with several other photos titled "In Hazel Creek Woods." The caption for this photo reads:"2. Here they are again, no doubts resting from their excursions, and sitting on a nice stick along Dillard Hall, Cutting Foreman. "

1. Cuthbert and Fischer In Hazel Creek Woods

IDNO:
053556
Title:
Cuthbert and Fischer In Hazel Creek Woods
Date:
1923
Description:
Photograph from "The Hardwood Bark," a periodical journal published by the W. M. Ritter Lumber company in the interest of its employees.This image is on a page with several other photos titled "In Hazel Creek Woods." The caption for this photo reads:"2. Here they are again, no doubts resting from their excursions, and sitting on a nice stick along Dillard Hall, Cutting Foreman. "
Second from right is Odie Meador, the owner of the steak house located along Route 3. The steak house is now Cameo Club.

2. 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.

3. Group of Lumberjacks Take Break From Work for Photograph

IDNO:
047146
Title:
Group of Lumberjacks Take Break From Work for Photograph
Date:
Undated

4. Group Working Lumber Mill Stand on Newly Planed Boards

IDNO:
047792
Title:
Group Working Lumber Mill Stand on Newly Planed Boards
Date:
Undated
Piles of already planed boards are stacked up in the background.

5. Lumber Mill Workers Taking a Break

IDNO:
047925
Title:
Lumber Mill Workers Taking a Break
Date:
Undated
Description:
Piles of already planed boards are stacked up in the background.
Piles of cut timber awaits further processing.

6. Lumber Mill Operations Take a Pause For Photograph

IDNO:
047943
Title:
Lumber Mill Operations Take a Pause For Photograph
Date:
Undated
Description:
Piles of cut timber awaits further processing.

7. Lumber Mill Workers Stand Around Machinery

IDNO:
047962
Title:
Lumber Mill Workers Stand Around Machinery
Date:
Undated
Williams was a circular saw filer at the lumber company starting in 1898.This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role int he 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.

8. Portrait of Frank Williams, an Employee of the Blackwater Lumber Company in Davis, W. Va.

IDNO:
050785
Title:
Portrait of Frank Williams, an Employee of the Blackwater Lumber Company in Davis, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1880-1910
Description:
Williams was a circular saw filer at the lumber company starting in 1898.This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role int he 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.
Walter Lewis, marked on the far left, sits on a log with his coworkers.

9. 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.

10. Sawmill Crew at Work

IDNO:
000205
Title:
Sawmill Crew at Work
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Two unidentified employees pictured in the background working the sawmill.

11. Sawmill at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.

IDNO:
048237
Title:
Sawmill at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1955
Description:
Two unidentified employees pictured in the background working the sawmill.
Two unidentified employees add lumber to the large lumber stacks.

12. Workers Stacking Lumber at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.

IDNO:
048239
Title:
Workers Stacking Lumber at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1955
Description:
Two unidentified employees add lumber to the large lumber stacks.