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| Date: | 08 1937 |
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| Description: | Interior view of building, looking towards open door and small window. Debris is on the floor, and the back corner on the right has broken shelves and a st... |
| Date: | 08 1937 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of front and right side of log building. Wood steps lead up to the open doorway on the right, and the steps continue inside up to the floor l... |
| Date: | 08 1937 |
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| Description: | Interior view of log building. There are openings to the outdoors between the log structure and the floor above. |
| Date: | 08 1937 |
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| Description: | Interior view towards side of log building. In the right corner are steps leading down to the right towards a door. Beams are supporting the wood floor abo... |
| Date: | 08 1937 |
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| Description: | Interior view of log building. A window opening is just below the ceiling. Debris is on the floor. There are openings between the logs to the outdoors. |
| Date: | 08 1937 |
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| Description: | Interior view of log building, with peaked roof. Daylight is coming through the wall boards. |
| Date: | 08 1937 |
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| Description: | Interior view looking towards front or back wall, with peaked roof. The lower left side of the building is open to the outdoors. |
| Date: | 08 1937 |
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| Description: | Interior view of building, looking towards side wall, which has a hole open to the outdoors just below the ceiling. Debris is on the floor, and the back co... |
| Date: | 09 1937 |
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| Description: | View down wooden walkway towards the front of the mill, which is built into a hill. The roof has been removed, and the interior stairway to the second floo... |
| Date: | 09 1937 |
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| Description: | View looking up towards the back of the log mill building, which is built into the side of a hill. There are three small horizontal openings in the log wal... |
| Date: | 01 1938 |
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| Description: | Men are standing on scaffolding working on the roof near the top of the chimney. A tree is near the log building on the right, and mountains are in the dis... |
| Date: | 01 1938 |
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| Description: | Men are standing on scaffolding working on the roof near the top of the chimney. A tree is near the log building on the right. Handwritten on back: "Slave ... |
| Date: | 01 1938 |
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| Description: | View of the end of the building showing scaffolding around the the log walls, and the peaked roof above. Handwritten on back: "Slave Quarters in process of... |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Man standing outdoors using a frow to split shingles. |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Man using an axe to split wood for shingles. |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on back: "3. Man at right is cutting off sap wood. R. Man at left is using a frow (knife) to split block into thinner sections." |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on back: "7. A pile of completed split shingles. 7500 of these were made for the slave cabin and the mill." |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | A man is making split shingles. Handwritten on back: "5. A thin section of block being split to shingle thickness with the aid of the frow[sic]." |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men are sawing a log. Handwritten on back: "1. Sawing white oak log the required length." |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on back: "2. Man at right is taking out the heart wood. 6. Man at left is finishing completed shingles with draw knife." |
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