Historic Lumber Photos

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Images of Masten, Pa Circa 1910’s. (Krout Collection LM2019.7)

  • Caption: “Sawmills, Masten, Pa.”
  • Caption: “Flood Aug.. 8, 1917. Masten, Pa.”
  • Caption: “Flood Aug. 8, 1917. Masten, Pa.”
  • Caption: “Employe’s of Sone’s Mills, Masten, PA”
  • Back of the photo of the Employees at Sones’ Mill.

Lumber Camp Photos (Newell Photo Collection LM2019.4)

  • Fred Newell was a farmer and carpenter from Tioga Co. Pa. He worked in the Lumber Camps and was killed by a falling tree while working in Corbett, Pa (Potter Co.) in 1900.
  • Newell Family Farm
  • Written on the back: “Corbett, Potter Co.:
  • The back of the previous photo. This appears to have been sent from William Baldwin to his wife, Lydia in 1913. Lydia was Fred Newell’s widow.
  • Caption: “Hosband’s camp 1913” It is possible that the photos which postdate Fred Newell’s dead belonged to William Baldwin.

Lumber Camp photos from the museum’s collection.

  • Lick Island Run, First Fork, Potter Co. Late 19th Century (7.70.1.72)
  • Sullivan Co. Late 19th/ Early 20th Century (7.70.1.75)
  • Forksville, Sullivan Co., 1923 (7.70.1.76)
  • Forksville, Sullivan Co., 1923 (7.70.1.77)
  • Hammersley, Clinton Co. Late 19th/ Early 20th Century. (7.70.1.135)
  • Hammersley, Clinton Co. Late 19th/ Early 20th Century (7.70.1.136)
  • Mess Hall, Late 19th/ Early 20th Century (7.70.1.116)
  • Feeding the Camp Hogs, Nine Mile, Potter Co. Late 19th/ Early 20th Century (7.70.1.126)
  • Early 20th Century (7.70.1.130)
  • Mobile Lumber Camp, Hammersley, Clinton Co. Late 19th/ Early 20th Century. (7.70.1.133)
  • Mess Hall, Hammersley, Clinton Co. Late 19th/ Early 20th Century (7.70.1.134)
  • Lyman Run, Potter County, PA, Late 19th/ Early 20th Century
  • Unknown Location, Late 19th/ Early 20th Century
  • Teamsters showing off their horses. Unknown Location, Late 19th/ Early 20th Century.

Bunting Lumber- Hulmeville, PA. John Bunting and his father, Fred, founded Bunting Lumber in the 1950’s and operated until the early 1970s. The business was staffed by the two Buntings and as many as a dozen other employees. The business was strictly a wholesale operation, selling lumber to pallet companies and construction businesses. It was all rough-cut, construction grade material. (LM2018.10)

  • Sawmill, Bunting Lumber 1954
  • Sawmill, Bunting Lumber c1950s
  • Sawmill and Lumber Carriage c1950s/ 1960s
  • Sawdust Truck c1960s
  • Emptying the Sawdust Truck c1960s
  • Lumber Truck c1960s