Detail of the lower portion of the gate
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of the lower portion of the gate, showing the saw and pitman fastened to it... The pitman, by means of a crank, causes the gate with the saw to reciprocate with a vertical motion.Gate-Saw Mill; near Cashiers Valley, NC, III-L-12587, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
Aunt' Sophie and Tom Campbell lived on Mt. with only foot trail to their cabin, lived there to be old, over 80+, circa early 1930s
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Aunt' Sophie and Tom Campbell lived on Mt. with only foot trail to their cabin, lived there to be old, over 80+. Carried off for burying by C.C.C. Boys. Quote from back of print.Campbell, Sophie, Ill-P-4236, History - Mountain People
Circa 1932
Detail of chinking, Cars Tipton Cabin, Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of chinking... NOTE how the larger chinks have been filled with sort sections of split rails. After the split rails are driven in tight, the remainder of the chink is filled with mud. Cars Tipton Cabin CC-47, Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10718, History - Buildings
Harry Wolfe, Mrs. Maney and daughter, Mrs. Edna Wycle, on porch of one of the oldest cabins in the Smokies, 1930
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: On porch. One of the oldest cabins in the Smokies Harry Wolfe. Mrs. Maney & daughter, Mrs. Edna Wycle; III-P-18130.On porch. One of the oldest cabins in the Smokies Harry Wolfe.Mrs. Maney & daughter, Mrs. Edna Wycle, III-P-18130
1930
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; NPS-49-C; #14
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; NPS-48-C; #13
Business correspondence
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1917
Detail of corner joints of Pinnacle Creek Cabin, Pinnacle Creek, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of corner... Note that the upper edge of the log is notched to receive the next log this method is the reverse of the method usually used when the upper log is notched to fit over the lower log.
Interior view of one of the large cabins, the double decker beds are double beds so that each room will accommodate 4 guests, LeConte Lodge, circa 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Interior view of one of the large cabins; the double decker beds are double beds so that each room will accommodate 4 guests. ; LeConte Lodge; II-B-(6)-LeC-16333, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Permittee and Concessioner buildings - LeConte Lodge buildings.
Circa 1937
Mule stands inside skid road with logs just behind him while men rest on the log sides of the skid road, circa 1920
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: Mule stands inside skid road with logs just behind him while men rest on the log sides of the skid road. Skid Road; III-L-17503.Mule stands inside skid road with logs just behind him while men rest on the log sides of the skid road.Skid Road, III-L-17503
Circa 1920
Detail view of new brick chimney, Whitehead place, Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail view of new brick chimney. 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)-6814, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Rear view of John Ownby cabin, before start of replacement work, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Rear view of log cabin, before start of replacement of roof rafters, sheeting, and wood shake shingles. Work Order No. B-58 rehabilitation of historical structures Completion report photo. John Ownby House; Sugarlands Nature Trail; Building No. 604, II-B-(5)-6825, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Rehabilitation work completed on stone chimney, Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Rehabilitation work completed on stone chimney, as well as brick chimney, and the ground area restored. Roof, of split-wood shakes, repaired around both chimneys. 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)-6820, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Wearing overalls and a man's cap, Mrs. McCauley pets a dog at a cabin on Rich Mountain owned by John Abbott, circa 1920
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: Wearing overalls and a man's cap, Mrs. McCauley pets a dog at a cabin on Rich Mountain owned by John Abbott. McCauley, Dulcie Abbott; III-P-17471.Wearing overalls and a man's cap, Mrs. McCauley pets a dog at a cabin on Rich Mountain owned by John Abbott.McCauley, Dulcie Abbott, III-P-17471
Circa 1920
This picture was made standing on the banister of the viaduct shown in Plate I (foregoing picture) and looking up the southeast, or left bank, of Abrams Creek.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Wilburn's Historical Paper No. IV, Plate II. This picture was made standing on the banister of the viaduct shown in Plate I (foregoing picture) and looking up the southeast, or left bank, of Abrams Creek. The cabins in the background, according to the local tradition, stand at or near the site of Abrams Cabin in which he and the others were massacred. The same tradition also points out a flat rock at the edge of the water, opposite to the cabins, upon which the Indians are said to be executed. This does not...Abraham or Ooskuah of Chilhowee, III-P-5205, History - Mountain People
Men slitting logs for use in rehabilitation work, John Ownby House, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Splitting logs for use in rehabilitation work on the John Ownby cabin. 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)-6826, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Rehabilitation work in progress, interior view of front room, Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Interior view of front room showing replacement of floor rafters. Stone fireplace and hearth removed along with chimney. Work Order No. B-58 rehabilitation of historical structures Completion report photo. Henry Whitehead House; Rehabilitation; Building No. 176; Cades Cove, II-B-(5)-6809, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Front view of John Ownby cabin with roof and front porch removed, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Front view of log cabin with roof and front porch removed. Work Order No. B-58 rehabilitation of historical structures Completion report photo. John Ownby House; Sugarlands Nature Trail; Building No. 604, II-B-(5)-6824, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Three men working on rebuilding stone chimney on back cabin, Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Rebuilding stone chimney on back cabin. 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)-6818, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Rehabilitation work, brick-fireplace and concrete hearth in front room completed, Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Reconstruction of brick-fireplace and concrete hearth in front room completed. Work Order No. 5-58 rehabilitation of historical structures Completion report photo.Henry Whitehead House; Rehabilitation; Building No. 176; Cades Cove, Tenn. II-B-(5)-6811, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Rehabilitation work, stone fireplace and hearth in adjoining log cabin completed, Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Reconstruction of stone fireplace and hearth in adjoining log cabin completed. 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)-6812, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Crank of sash saw and lower part of the pitman
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Crank of sash saw and lower part of the pitman: The crank is at one end of the water wheel shaft... The pitman, which is a wooden bar, connects the crank to the saw gate and imparts motion to the saw.Jim Cable Sash Sawmill; Cades Cove, III-L-12592, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
Crank of sash saw and lower part of the pitman
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Crank of sash saw and lower part of the pitman: The crank is at one end of the water wheel shaft... The pitman, which is a wooden bar, connects the crank to the saw gate and imparts motion to the saw.Jim Cable Sash Sawmill; Cades Cove, III-L-12591, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
Rehabilitation work in progress, Brick chimney razed, Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Brick chimney razed, and new concrete slab foundation placed. Corner of house jacked up, sill logs replaced, and replacing floor rafters in room. 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)-6808, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Riving the board, the direction of the split can be controlled by the direction of pressure applied to the froe and pressure with the hand, 1965
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: Riving the board. The direction of the split can be controlled by the direction pressure is applied to the froe and pressure with the hand. Hewing & Riving; III-L-18190.Riving the board. The direction of the split can be controlled by the direction pressure is applied to the froe and pressure with the hand.Hewing & Riving, III-L-18190
1965
The cabin of Uncle Tom and Aunt Sophie Campbell near Gatlinburg. Uncle Tom and Aunt Sophie with two of their grandchildren on the porch, 1931
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The cabin of Uncle Tom and Aunt Sophie Campbell near Gatlinburg. Uncle Tom and Aunt Sophie with two of their grandchildren on the porch. Bee gums can be seen beyond the house.Campbell, Tom & Sophie, Ill-P-4239, History - Mountain People
1931-11-10
Men working on rebuilding stone chimney on back cabin, Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Rebuilding stone chimney. Note the metal straps being placed to form the arch top of the fireplace. 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)-6819, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Old wood-log gutter on back cabin before replacement, Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Old wood-log gutter on back cabin before replacement. 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)-6815, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Replacement of floor rafters and floor completed in back cabin, Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Interior view of fireplace and hearth in back cabin. Replacement of floor rafters and floor completed interior 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)-6821, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Back and side view, new shake roof and boards, John Ownby House, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Back and side view of cabin after completion of work. Note new shake roof and boards in gable end. 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)-6827, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
View from opposite side of house, showing new wood gutter, Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View from opposite side of house, showing new wood gutter, hand-hewn from a log. 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)-6816, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Rehabilitation work, interior view of front room showing replaced floor, Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Interior view of front room showing replaced flooring. The opening for fireplace was boarded up until bricks were secured for the new chimney. Work Order No. B-58 Completion report photo.Henry Whitehead House; Rehabilitation; Building No. 176; Cades Cove, Tenn. II-B-(5)-6810, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Warping bar on rear wall of the back cabin, Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Warping bar on rear wall of the back cabin rebuilt in accordance with instructions by Mr. Grossman. Work Order No. B-58 rehabilitation of historical structures Completion report photo. Dotty Lewis, NPS Maint worker, learned to weave here as a child. She explained the use of the warping bar to me (measuring warp by winding on the pegs), but did not know what the small ladder-like devices had to do with it. She had never seen or used such a thing. ELT May '93.Henry Whitehead House; Rehabilitation; Building No. 176; Cades Cove, Tenn. II-B-(5)-6822, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Correspondence and records relating to the Chevelier Corporation and the Hopkins/Chevelier Tract
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1937
Left side of Oconaluftee farmstead pig pen on site at Chandler Jenkins Place, near Indian Camp Creek, Tennessee, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
On site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, immediately prior to moving to Luftee: Left side, right corner or front corner.Oconaluftee Farmstead Pig Pen; Building No. 128, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6000, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Logs stacked for reconstruction of Cable Mill Flume, Cable Mill Area, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Rehabilitation of Historical Structures, Cable Mill Work Order No. B-41 GRSM: Rebuilding the log piers for supporting the log beams of the mill flume...The mill in the background...Completion report photo-,Cable Mill Flume, II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-7317, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings
Rehabilitation work on chimneys completed, View of front and back cabins of the Whitehead place, Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View of front and back cabins of the Whitehead place, showing the completed work on the brick chimney and the stone chimney. Work order No. B-68 rehabilitation of historical structures Completion report photo.Henry Whitehead House; Rehabilitation; Building No. 176; Cades Cove, Tenn. II-B-(5)-6813, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
View of back cabin and stone chimney before start of project, Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View of back cabin and stone chimney before start of project. Note slope on log sills, either side of chimney, caused by deterioration and failure of stone foundation supports. 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)-6817, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
View of grading of walkway using a machine grader, a small cabin in the background, Cable Mill area, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Rehabilitation of Historical Structures, Cable Mill Work Order No. B-41 GRSM. Machine grading on old sol-gravel surfaced walk in preparation for widening and surfacing with a soil-cement mixture. Completion report photo.Cable Mill-Entrance, II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-7311, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings
Henry Whitehead House, damaged chimney and sidings can be seen to the right, four men from rehabilitation team discussing before starting the work, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1963
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View of chimney and corner of house before start or work. Failure in foundation of chimney and in footings and log sills of hours allowed uneven settlement and separation of chimney from house. NPS personnel from left to right: Noah Watson, seasonal Carpenter, Charles Grossman, Architect EODC, Glenn Shultz, Maintenance Supervisor; Reaford McCarter, Foreman III (B&U). 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)-6807, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Reconstruction of Cable Mill Flume, All log beams and bottoms of frames placed, Cable Mill Area, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Rehabilitation of Historical Structures, Cable Mill Work Order No. B-41 GRSM: All log beams and bottoms of frames replaced and ready to start laying the double floor of flume: Completion report photo.Cable Mill Flume, II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-7318, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings
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