Snaking logs.
Title |
Snaking logs. |
Creator |
Matlack, Claude Carson, 1878-1944 (collector) Matlack, Claude Carson, 1878-1944 (photographer) |
Description |
Five yoke of oxen haul a butt log to the river. The logs were rafted down river to market in spring. Oak, beech and chestnut were the principal trees timbered. Cattle were worked until the early 1930s. |
Subject |
Ox teams Lumber industry Mountains Men |
Location Depicted |
Clay County (Ky.) |
Date Original |
1903? - 1916? |
Object Type |
Photographic prints |
Source |
3 x 5.5 in. b&w photographic print. Item no. 1982.01.136.p in the Claude C. Matlack Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives. |
Citation Information |
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Related Images |
Physical collection includes 3 x 5 in. b&w negative (Item no. ULPA 1982.01.136.n). |
Appears In Publications |
Thomas, Samuel W., ed. Dawn comes to the mountains. Louisville, Ky.: George Rogers Clark Press, 1981, p.122. |
Collection |
Claude C. Matlack Collection |
Collection Website |
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/matlack/ |
Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Photographic Archives |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Ordering Information |
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Image Number |
ULPA 1982.01.136 |
Rating |
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