Two lumber workers in swamp, Ponchatoula, Louisiana, 1946.
Title
Two lumber workers in swamp , Ponchatoula , Louisiana , 1946 .
Creator
Eagle, Arnold (photographer)
Description
Logging operations in the Ponchatoula cypress swamp for the Louisiana Cypress Lumber Company . This is one of the last large scale logging operations of the practically extinct red swamp cypress . Timberfellers , K . Kramer and Joe Pinjon . Together they are paid 75 cents for felling a tree and buckling " it cutting it into 16 foot logs .
Subject
Lumber industry Laborers Employees
Volume Number
075
Tab Heading
Cypress Loading
Group
Louisiana Images
People Pictured
Pinjon, Joe Kramer, K.
Location Depicted
Ponchatoula (La.)
Region
Southeast
Date Original
1946-10
Object Type
Safety film negatives
Source
2.25 x 2.25 in. b&w safety film negative. Item no. SONJ 44726 in the Standard Oil (New Jersey) Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
Standard Oil (New Jersey) Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/sonj/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
44726
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