Cutting Timber, Virginia, 1850s

Caption, timber for shingles to cover houses, Montgomery county; scene shows two black men sawing a tree tree trunk and a white man splitting logs.

Image Title

Cutting Timber, Virginia, 1850s

RegID

SI-OB-258

Date

1850-1860

Title

Cutting Timber, Virginia, 1850s

Source

Lewis Miller, Sketchbook of Landscapes in the State of Virginia, 1853-1867. Courtesy, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia; image 83-167c.

Language

English

Item sets

Miscellaneous Occupations & Economic Activities

Spatial Coverage

North America--Virginia

Reproduced In

Lewis Miller, Sketchbook of Landscapes in the State of Virginia, 1853-1867.

Researchers

Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May

Identifier

NW0133