Two room log cabin, Near head of Copeland Creek, Copeland Creek Barn, Pittman Center, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Two room log cabin G-90. Near head of Copeland Creek, Pittman Center, TN. View from the east, rear. Larger room to the right originally a schoolhouse. Copeland Creek Bark G-90, Pittman Center, TN III-B-10182, History - Buildings
1936-12-16
Aunt Sophie and Uncle Tom on porch of their cabin near Gatlinburg. She is smoking a hand made clay pipe. Campbell, Tom & Sophie, 1931
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Aunt Sophie and Uncle Tom on porch of their cabin near Gatlinburg. She is smoking a hand made clay pipe.Campbell, Tom & Sophie, Ill-P-4240, History - Mountain People
1931-11-10
Fire Tower Cabin, Spruce Mountain, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Fire tower cabin on Spruce Mountain in North Carolina. An ECW project; built by enrollees and skilled laborers. Note excellence of construction of cabin, and especially construction of corners and chinking. Completed during fiscal year 1936. Fire Tower Cabin, II-B-(1)-13500, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Administrative buildings (ranger stations and outbuildings; warden stations; fire towers; checking stations; Geological Survey gauging stations; possession cabin
Ashley Rayfield Log Cabin, Near head of Injun Creek, Greenbrier Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of logs and corners. Note how the upper outside edge of each log has been chamfered to shed the water dripping from the upper logs. Ashley Rayfield Log Cabin, G-34B, Near head of Injun Creek, Greenbrier TN III-B-10589, History - Buildings
1936-11-30
Heaping the stones using bull dozer, reconstructing the North Gate Section of Camp Sumter's Stockade, Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia
Andersonville National Historic Site
Maintenance Crew Projects; 4x7, Projects/Work
Old log section of house on Tow String Creek. Built about 1845. Maisie Queen identified as George Bradley House (?). House on Toe String Creek, circa 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Old log section of house on Tow String Creek. Built about 1845. Maisie Queen identified as George Bradley House (?). House on Toe String Creek, III-B-4504, History - Buildings
Circa 1937
Mrs. Proffitt and daughter Hazel, note mixed log and frame construction, lack of yard, flowers growing profusely, 1930
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: Mrs. Proffitt and daughter Hazel (Has brother named Ellis) Note mixed log and frame construction, lack of yard, flowers growing profusely. House still standing ; Proffitt House Rt. 321, across from Wa-Floy Retreat; III-B-18124.Mrs. Proffitt and daughter Hazel (Has brother named Ellis) Note mixed log and frame construction, lack of yard, flowers growing profusely. House still standing, Proffitt House Rt. 321, across from Wa-Floy Retreat, III-B-18124
1930
Abandoned Cabin in Cades Cove
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
(Building Identified by A. Randolph Shields) Taken for use in Exhibit #25 of Sugarlands Visitor Center. Horizontal. Abandoned Cabin in Cades Cove; Rev. Will Oliver Shop Building, III-B-5772, History - Buildings
Making puncheons
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Making puncheons: Splitting the puncheons... After the log is split in half, each half is split into slabs three to four inches thick, making the puncheons. The number of puncheons made from one log depends upon the size and splitting qualities of the log... Four puncheons were obtained from the log shown in this series of pictures.Hewing and Riving, III-L-12573, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
Carrying wooden beams with bulldozer, Reconstruction of the North Gate Section of Camp Sumter's Stockade, Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia
Andersonville National Historic Site
Maintenance Crew Projects; 4x7, Projects/Work
The fireplace and stairs, Jim Hannah House, Little Cataloochee, Building No. 147, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Interior view of the first floor of the log house looking northeast toward the fireplace and stairs. The floor constructed of puncheons, some of them 24 inches wide, is one of the finest examples in the Park.Jim Hannah House; Little Cataloochee; Building No. 147, II-B-(5)-3050, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
1937-12
Sherman Myers, Cades Cove, snaking out log with team of mules, circa 1920
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: Sherman Myers, Cades Cove, snaking out log with team of mules. Snaking Out Log with Team of Mules; III-L-16576, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling .Sherman Myers, Cades Cove, snaking out log with team of mules. Snaking Out Log with Team of Mules, III-L-16576, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
Riving boards
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Riving boards (shakes) for the Kate Lawson House: Uncle Tom Hearon riving boards... Riving the bolt... by applying pressure to one side of the split or the other, the direction of the split can be controlled.Hewing and Riving, III-L-12569, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
Logging railroad grade north of Flat Creek, North Carolina, showing cut over timber land, Mount Sterling in distance, 1931
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: Logging railroad grade north of Flat Creek, N.C. showing cut over timber land. Mt. Sterling in distance. Railroad cuts; III-L-16466, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling .Logging railroad grade north of Flat Creek, N.C. showing cut over timber land. Mt. Sterling in distance.Railroad cuts, III-L-16466, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
1931
Clay bank and hole where mud is made to chink the house
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Kate Lawson House, Cades Cove; Clay bank and hole where mud is made to chink the house.Chinking, III-A-Gen-12218, History - Artifacts - Miscellaneous (Davis pen; chinking; traps; playhouses; gold mining)
View of house, bee gums, apple house, cribs, and barn from near Oconaluftee Visitor Center, 1982
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: view of house, bee gums, apple house, cribs, and barn from near Visitor Center; Oconaluftee Visitor Center; II-B-(5)Ocon-17788.view of house, bee gums, apple house, cribs, and barn from near Visitor Center,Oconaluftee Visitor Center, II-B-(5)Ocon-17788
1982
Barney Ogle sitting on walnut logs ready for snaking out, Baskins Creek
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A different kind of poaching. Barney Ogle sitting on Black Walnut logs which have been made for snaking out. Baskins Creek.Walnut Logs; Baskins Creek, I-F-Tree-4876, Natural Features - Flora - Trees
Standing in front of house, Granville Calhoun. Note different types of shingles on roof of house and roof of porch. Calhoun Place, Bone Valley, circa 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Standing in front of house, Granville Calhoun. Note different types of shingles on roof of house and roof of porch.Calhoun Place; Bone Valley, III-B-4300, History - Buildings
Circa 1938
Showing one of several hundred piles of slash remaining along White Rock Trail
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Showing one of several hundred piles of slash remaining along White Rock Trail from 2nd and 3rd periods (CCC) before the forestry division took over work in Big Creek, N.C. CCC Camp NP-7, Mt. Sterling, N.C.Fire Hazard Reduction, III-C-CCC-4950, History - Campgrounds and Picnic Areas - Cataloochee CCC Camp
1935-07
Twelve men and one woman standing and sitting by box cars used as houses, Champion Fibre employees, circa 1915-1920
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: 12 men and one woman standing and sitting by box cars used as houses. Champion fibre employees; III-L-17558.12 men and one woman standing and sitting by box cars used as houses.Champion fibre employees, III-L-17558
Circa 1920
Uncle Tom and Jerry Hearon splitting sections of logs
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Uncle Tom and Jerry Hearon splitting sections of logs into bolts. The log sections are cut the length of the finished boards. Henry Whitehead Cabin CC-100; Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, Tenn.Hewing and Riving, III-L-12563, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
Whistling Gap Log Cabin, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
General view from the west, Inez McCaully Adams: Harvey Payne built this house up the branch from George Caughran place in the direction of Whistling Gap. I believe Caughrons owned it at time of sale to park. KLM 15Mar1984; Whistling Gap Log Cabin, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN; III-B-10755, History - Buildings;General view from the west, Inez McCaully Adams: Harvey Payne built this house up the branch from George Caughran place in the direction of Whistling Gap. I believe Caughrons owned it at time of sale to park. KLM 15Mar1984
View from the south showing the frame kitchen to the rear and the rear porches, Jim Hannah House, Little Cataloochee, Building No. 147, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View from the south showing the frame kitchen to the rear and the rear porches.Jim Hannah House; Little Cataloochee; Building No. 147, II-B-(5)-3049, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
1937-12
Final appearance after rehabilitation, Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Final appearance after rehabilitation work. Work order No. B-58- rehabilitation of historical structures Completion report photo.Henry Whitehead House; Rehabilitation; Building No. 176; Cades Cove, Tenn. II-B-(5)-6830, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Laurel Lick Creek logging bridge, logs were snaked down the creek from here, W.L. McDonald, Sr., W.L. McDonald, Jr., Mrs. W.G. McC, 1920
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Laurel Lick Creek. W.L. McDonald, Sr. W.L. McDonald, Jr. Mrs. W.G. McC (daughter of L.S. Hall). W.L. Jr. is grandson of L.S. Hall. The logs were snaked down the creek from here. ; Laurel Lick Creek; Logging Bridge; III-L-16345, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling .
1920
Gate Sawmill and Tub Mill
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
1 - The lever for communicating the motion from the saw gate to the carriage to move the log; 2 - The roller into which the lever is mortised; 3 - Block framed into roller and mortised to receive the upper end of the hand pole; 4 - The hand pole to regulate the feed; by setting the hand pole nearer the center of the roller, less feed is given . . . and farther off gives more. Gate Sawmill and Tub Mill; near Cashieres Valley, NC, III-L-12580, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
Gate Sawmill and Tub Mill
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
1 - the lever for communicating the motion from the saw gate to the carriage to move the log; 2 - the fender post; 3 - the gate; 4 - The saw; 5 - Upper iron... The saw is hung between this iron and the lower iron. Gate Sawmill and Tub Mill; near Cashieres Valley, NC, III-L-12581, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
Park Ranger Fred Boyles with Proctor & Gamble Representatives, Reconstruction of the North Gate Section of Camp Sumter's Stockade, Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia
Andersonville National Historic Site
Fred Boyles with P&G Reps; 5x7, Miscellaneous
Log cabin with frame addition, Building No. 331, Russ Whitehead Cabin, Cades Cove, Tennessee, Upper Cove Road
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Also known as Shields House, Log cabin with frame addition., Rehabilitated in 1956 for exhibit purposes., Building No. 331. Russ Whitehead Cabin CC-30, Cades Cove, Tennessee, Upper Cove Road III-B-(5)-10745, History - Buildings
Clyde skidder. Family cow shared life in Smokies Logging Camp, Tennessee Travels by Vic Weals The Knoxville Journal, October 18, 1976. circa before 1920
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Clyde skidder. Family cow shared life in Smokies Logging Camp, Tennessee Travels by Vic Weals The Knoxville Journal, October 18, 1976. This was a Clyde log-skidding machine of the kind Curtis McCarter worked on, from 1916 when he was 16 years old, until about 1923 when he was a husband and a father. from Maryville Times.Clyde Overhead Skidder; Little River Lumber Co. III-L-4173, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
Circa 1918
Making puncheons
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Making puncheons: Splitting the log . . . The split is started in the end of the log by tapping ga wedge lightly alon ga straight line thru the center of the log. Two or more wedges are used to split the log.Hewing and Riving, III-L-12571, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
Park Ranger Fred Boyles with Proctor & Gamble Representatives, Reconstruction of the North Gate Section of Camp Sumter's Stockade, Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia
Andersonville National Historic Site
Fred Boyles with Proctor & Gamble Reps; 5x7, Miscellaneous
View of selectively logged upland pine section of Beidler Tract, Congaree National Park, South Carolina
Congaree National Park
Upland pine section of Beidler Tract - has been selectively logged. Area used for nesting by Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers. End of Road J. View S; PFS 5/12/77; 31
Front view after completion of work, John Ownby House, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Front view of cabin after completion of work. Front porch completely rebuilt. Work Order No. B-58 rehabilitation of historical structures Completion report photo.John Ownby House; Sugarlands Nature Trail; Building No. 604; Rehabilitation, II-B-(5)-6828, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
W.L. McDonald, grandson of L.S. Hall, taken in the Laurel Lick section when LeConte Hardwood Co. was logging there, circa 1920
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
W.L. McDonald, grandson of L.S. Hall, taken in the Laurel Lick section when LeConte Hardwood Co. was logging there. This tree had been cut several years before this picture was taken, to get a possum that had climbed it. It was in good condition when cut into logs and sawed, yielding many thousand feet of good lumber. McDonald W.L. Jr. III-L-16349, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling .
Circa 1920
Indian Gap Lodge constructed in 1924 for the private use of Mr. Reuben D. Robertson, President of Champion Fibre Company, pre-1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: Indian gap Lodge constructed in 1924 for the private use of Mr. Reuben D. Robertson, president of Champion Fibre Co. The lodge stood at Indian Gap until it burned in the mid 1950's. Timber Top Lodge; III-B-17428.Indian gap Lodge constructed in 1924 for the private use of Mr. Reuben D. Robertson, president of Champion Fibre Co. The lodge stood at Indian Gap until it burned in the mid 1950's.Timber Top Lodge, III-B-17428
Circa 1930
Drainage improved around the Smokehouse, Henry Whitehead place, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Drainage improved around the Smokehouse at the Henry Whitehead place. Work Order No. B-58 rehabilitation of historical structures Completion report photo.Henry Whitehead Smokehouse; Cades Cove, Tenn. Rehabilitation, II-B-(5)-6823, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Mrs. Proffitt and her children, baby Varnell, Helen, Dean, and Creed on front porch of cabin, note flowers and corn stalks, 1930
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: Mrs. Proffitt and her children, baby Varnell, Helen, Dean, and Creed on front porch of cabin. Note flowers and corn stalks. Proffitt, Mrs. Golden; III-P-18139.Mrs. Proffitt and her children, baby Varnell, Helen, Dean, and Creed on front porch of cabin. Note flowers and corn stalks.Proffitt, Mrs. Golden, III-P-18139
1930
Cabin and pig pen, view from the west, Indian Camp truck trail, Cosby, Tennessee, Chandler Jenkins House, Building No. 145, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cabin and pig pen, view from the west. Indian Camp truck trail, Cosby, TN. Used in Smoky Mountain Folks and Their Lore by Joseph S. Hall, page 70.Chandler Jenkins House; Indian Camp Creek; Building No. 145, II-B-(5)-3034, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
1937-03-26
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