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.
Cutting Timber, Virginia, 1850s
SI-OB-258
1850-1860
Cutting Timber, Virginia, 1850s
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.
English
Miscellaneous Occupations & Economic Activities
North America--Virginia
Lewis Miller, Sketchbook of Landscapes in the State of Virginia, 1853-1867.
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
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