Cotton gin
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cotton gin made by John Walker and used by the Walker Sisters when the photograph was taken. The basket of white oak splits was also made by John Walker. The portion of a horseshoe in front of the basket was later picked up... It was shaped so it could be used as a dog, used in laying flooring. Rollers made of hickory, the rest of the gin constructed of oak. Three people are required to operate it... one to feed the cotton and one to turn each of the rollers.Cotton Gin; Walker Sisters Place, III-A-Hse-12167, History - Artifacts
Cotton gin
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cotton gin made by John Walker and used by the Walker Sisters when the photograph was taken. The basket of white oak splits was also made by John Walker. The portion of a horseshoe in front of the basket was later picked up... It was shaped so it could be used as a dog, used in laying flooring. Rollers made of hickory, the rest of the gin constructed of oak. Three people are required to operate it... one to feed the cotton and one to turn each of the rollers.Cotton Gin; Walker Sisters Place, III-A-Hse-12166, History - Artifacts
Currying the hide.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Currying the hide.Tanning; Milas Messer Place; Cove Creek NC, III-F-12651, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Dark view of tree well at center, Newfound Gap Highway, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-A-Gen-1410, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Miscellaneous Minor Structures,Tree well, Newfound Gap Highway.
1935-12
Davenport Gap Parking Area
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Preparation for planting.Davenport Gap Parking Area, II-P-Gen-11417, Physical Facilities - Parking Areas - Miscellaneous Parking Areas
Detail of 46 tub wheel, Bunch Carey mill, Middle Prong, Little Pigeon River, Greenbrier, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of 46 tub wheel.",Bunch Carey Mill G-44, Middle Prong, Little Pigeon River, Greenbrier, Tennessee, III-M-9104, History - Mills and Milling
1936-12-09
Detail of barn lot, Houston Chambers Place, D-27, Rowans Creek, Cades Cove, Tennessee, restored at Johnny Cable Place, Abrams Creek, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-A-Gate-2016, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Gates,Gate, Cable Mill, Detail of barn lot. Houston Chambers Place, D-27, Rowans Creek, Cades Cove, TN. Restored at Johnny Cable Place, Abrams Creek.
Detail of construction
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of construction...Newfound Gap Highway Bridge No. 2; Little Pigeon River, II-F-(4)-NFG-11077, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Bridges on Newfound Gap Road
Detail of corner construction, Little Greenbrier School, Building No. 129, HABS No. Tenn. 116, 1936
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of corner construction. Note: Second log from bottom with a 28-inch face. Teacher Herman G. Matthews 4/13/1895-4/2/1984,Little Greenbrier School; Building No. 129; HABS No. Tenn. 116, II-B-(5)-3058, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
1936-03-02
Detail of corner, Indian Creek Log Cabin, Indian Creek, Greenbrier, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of corner showing poplar logs with 24 face. Indian Creek Log Cabin G-35, Indian Creek, Greenbrier, TN III-B-10293, History - Buildings
Detail of cribbing, before being repaired, Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of cribbing, before being repaired.Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-3091, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-05-19
Detail of door, west wall, Cook Place Barn, Coggins Branch, Cataloochee, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of door, west wall. Melted down. Cook Place Barn, Coggins Branch, Cataloochee, N.C. III-B-10160, History - Buildings
1935-06-19
Detail of fish rearing pools, Kephart Prong, man left of center, 1936
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of fish rearing pools, Kephart Prong. Fish Hatchery, Rearing Pools, I-E-Fish-915, Natural Features - Fauna - Fish.
Detail of floor, Rockford Shults Corn Crib, Head of Webb Creek, under Snag Mountain, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of floor, showing puncheons. NOTE the puncheon laying against the wall, showing how they are cut to fit over the joists, also, the rived oak boards ceiling the chinks. Rockford Shults Corn Crib I-5, Head of Webb Creek, under Snag Mountain III-B-10673, History - Buildings
1937-04-24
Detail of forebay and cribbing, Cable Mill, 1936
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1880, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings, Cable Mill, Detail of forebay and cribbing.
1936-05-26
Detail of gable (interior), Rockford Shults Corn Crib, Head of Webb Creek, under Snag Mountain, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of gable (interior). The gable logs are to the left. To the right are the rib poles, which take the place of rafters, and on which the rived oal roof boards are laid. Rockford Shults Corn Crib I-5, Head of Webb Creek, under Snag Mountain III-B-10671, History - Buildings
1937-04-24
Detail of guard rail joint, showing timber construction
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of guard rail joint. Showing timber construction. Note close fitted joints.Guard Rail; Long Branch Horse Trail Bridge; Big Creek - Mt. Sterling horse trail; Swallow Fork, II-A-GdRI-11951, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Guards Rails
Detail of gudgeon and bearing with bearing cap in place, Cable Mill, 1936
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1882, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, Detail of gudgeon and bearing with bearing cap in place. Cap is to keep sand and other foreign matter from getting in bearing and wearing down the spindle of the gudgeon.
1936-05-26
Detail of hopper, shoe, feeder, and millstone hoop, Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of hopper, shoe, feeder, and millstone hoop.Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-3064, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1935
Detail of overhang, Chandler Jenkins Indian Camp truck trail, Cosby, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Dtail of overhang. Chandler Jenkins Barn I-4 Indian Camp truck trail Cosby, TN III-B-10307, History - Buildings
1937-04-24
Detail of penstock, before being repaired, Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of penstock, before being repaired.Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-3089, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-05-19
Detail of stone masonry
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of stone masonry,Newfound Gap Highway Bridge No. 2; Little Pigeon River, II-F-(4)-NFG-11079, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Bridges on Newfound Gap Road
Detail, showing guard rail and decking
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail, showing guard rail and decking.Porters Creek Horse Trail Bridge, II-F-(2)-11008, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Horse Trail Bridges
Detail, upstream NE wing, Site No. 1
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail, upstream NE wing, Site No. 1,Newfound Gap Highway Bridge No. 1; Walker Prong, II-F-(4)-NFG-11076, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Bridges on Newfound Gap Road
Details of islands and parapet wall, Newfound Gap Parking Area
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Details of islands and parapet wall.Newfound Gap Parking Area, II-P-NFG-11433, Physical Facilities - Parking Areas - Newfound Gap Parking Area
Details of islands and parapet wall, Newfound Gap Parking Area
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Details of islands and parapet wall.Newfound Gap Parking Area, II-P-NFG-11431, Physical Facilities - Parking Areas - Newfound Gap Parking Area
Details of islands and parapet wall, Newfound Gap Parking Area
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Details of islands and parapet wall.Newfound Gap Parking Area, II-P-NFG-11432, Physical Facilities - Parking Areas - Newfound Gap Parking Area
Details, stone masonry guard rail, Newfound Gap Highway, road in foreground, trees in background, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-A-Wall-1422, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Walls,Walls; Highway; Detail, Details, stone masonry guard rail, Newfound Gap Highway.
1935-07
Distant view of Mt. Le Conte through trees from Boulevard Trail, 1934
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View of LeConte from Boulevard Trail. LeConte, Mt. From Boulevard Trail, I-A-LEC-422, Natural Features - Mountains - Views of and from Mt. LeConte.
Distant view of mountains through trees along Clingmans Dome Road, snow in foreground
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Along Clingmans Dome Road. Mountain Road, Winter, I-A-MR-396, Natural Features - Mountains - Views from Newfound Gap and Clingmans.
Door after restoration, Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway, Sugarlands, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Interior of the mill, looking toward the door, after restoration. Note the rib-pole roof. The boards for the door were split from a log with an axe. Also note the wooden hinges.Jim Carr Mill Newfound Gap Highway
Door detail, J. M. Conrad Barn, Head of Conrad Branch, Cataloochee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Door detail. Melted down. J. M. Conrad Barn, Head of Conrad Branch, Cataloochee III-B-10148, History - Buildings
1935-06-21
Door detail, west wall, Will Messer (Upper Place) Barn, Coggins Branch, Cataloochee, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Door detail, west wall. To be sold. Will Messer (Upper Place) Barn, Coggins Branch, Catalooche, N.C. III-B-10409, History - Buildings
1935-06-19
Downstream view of west side piers, Huskey Branch Horse Trail Bridge over Little River at Huskey Branch, above Elkmont
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Downstream view of west side piers, looking southwest... Work done by CCC... Masonry completed 1935, timber work in 1936, Cost: Labor -$2,455, Materials- $435.56., Eakin investigation photograph. Huskey Branch Horse Trail Bridge over Little River at Huskey Branch, above Elkmont II-F-(2)-10992, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Horse Trail Bridges
1937-01-22
Drag for breaking clods after plowing
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Drag for breaking clods after plowing.Drag; Milas Messer Place; Cove Creek, NC, III-A-Agric-12098, History - Artifacts - Agricultural Implements
Dressing or currying the hide
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Dressing (or currying) the hide: the hide is dressed only on the pelt side. Today, a currying knife with an edge similar to a cabinet scraper is used. The old tanners in the mountains often used a scythe blade for this operation...this tool not having the keen edge of the currying knife, left the hide rough and shaggy.Tanning; Milas Messer Place; Cove Creek NC, III-F-12650, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Eagle Rock Creek foot bridge site before construction, Eagle Rock Creek, Middle Prong Little Pigeon River, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Bridge site before cosntruction. Eagle Rock Creek, Middle Prong, Little Pigeon River.Eagle Rock Creek Foot Bridge, II-F-(1)-10926, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Foot trail bridges footlogs
East elevation. Ephraim Bales House, Roaring Fork, Building No. 135, HABS No. Tenn. 117, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
East elevation.Ephraim Bales House; Roaring Fork; Building No. 135; HABS No. Tenn. 117, II-B-(5)-4038, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
1935-07-16
Elevation from upstream side
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Elevation from upstream side... Full length of bridge... (from farther up the stream than in II-(F)-(2)-11003 and II-F-(2)-11004).Porters Creek Horse Trail Bridge, II-F-(2)-11005, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Horse Trail Bridges
Elevation from upstream side
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Elevation from upstream side... Full length of bridge.Porters Creek Horse Trail Bridge, II-F-(2)-11003, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Horse Trail Bridges
Elevation from upstream side
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Elevation from upstream side... Full length of bridge... (from farther up the stream than in II-(F)-(2)-11003).Porters Creek Horse Trail Bridge, II-F-(2)-11004, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Horse Trail Bridges
Elkmont foot bridge designed by C.W. Smith, Elkmont, Tennessee, 1960
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Designed by C. W. Smith 10/16/1935.Elkmont Foot Log, II-F-(1)-10934, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Foot trail bridges; footlogs
Elkmont foot bridge designed by C.W. Smith, Elkmont, Tennessee, 1960
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Designed by C. W. Smith 10/16/1935.Elkmont Foot Log, II-F-(1)-10933, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Foot trail bridges; footlogs
Ephraim Bales House, Roaring Fork, Building No. 135, HABS No. Tenn. 117, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Ephraim Bales House; Roaring Fork; Building No. 135; HABS No. Tenn. 117, II-B-(5)-4036, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
1935-07-16
Example of hand-placed rock embankment, Newfound Gap Highway, built by US BPR force account, completed 1935 to save rare specimen of tree
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-A-Wall-1435, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Walls,Walls; Newfound Gap Highway, Example of hand-placed rock embankment, Newfound Gap Highway, built by US BPR force account. Completed 1935 to save rare specimen of tree.
Excavation at site of stone masonry wall, Newfound Gap Highway 1A1, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Site of stone masonry wall, Newfound Gap Highway 1A1, showing excavation for stone masonry wall. Walls; Highway, II-A-Wall-1416, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Walls
Existing fallen log used for foot crossing above ford, Indian Creek Foot Log, Deep Creek, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Existing fallen log used for foot crossing above ford. Indian Creek Foot Log, Deep Creek, North Carolina II-F-(1)-10961, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Foot trail bridges, footlogs
1935-04-05
Fire damage, Shut-In Creek, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
This photograph shows the point of origin of the Shut-in Creek fire. At the lower right corner, the Chief Forester, Mr. J.D. Coffman, is standing on a pole of ashes were the donkey engine had been placed at the time the fire started. A upper left, Mr. Ralph Pritchard is standing by the log where the fire was first discovered.Shut-in Creek Fire, IV-D-13000, Miscellaneous - Disasters (Fires; floods; accidents; plane crashes; landslides; snow storm damage)
Fireplace, Chimneys Campground
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Fireplace; Chimneys Campground, II-A-Gen-11990, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Miscellaneous Minor Structures
Fireplace, Chimneys campground, with Mr. Yon in foreground, trees in background, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-A-Gen-1335, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Miscellaneous Minor Structures,Fireplace; Chimneys campground, Fireplace, Chimneys campground. Mr. Yon in foreground.
1935-09
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