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.