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Two unidentified employees add lumber to the large lumber stacks.

13. Workers Stacking Lumber at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.

Stacks of lumber tower over a building in the background.

14. Kirby Lumber Company Lumber Yard, Layland, W. Va.

An unidentified employee watches as the logs are taken into the sawmill.

15. Logs Set on a Conveyor Belt at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.

Arthur Harding Radford works the machinery. He is surrounded by blocks of wood.

16. Man Working Sawmill Machinery at Kirby Lumber Company, Layland, W. Va.

Looking from across the street at the company building and sawmill. Logs surround the pond that sits beside the building.

17. Kirby Lumber Company Grounds, Layland, W. Va.

Second from right is Odie Meador, the owner of the steak house located along Route 3. The steak house is now Cameo Club.

18. Meador Lumber Company Outside Kozy Kove Steak House, Summers County, W. Va.

A young boy is pictured sticking his head outside the window of the lumber carrying truck.

19. Meador Lumber Company Truck Outside of Kozy Kove Steak House, Summers County, W. Va.

View of train on M and K Railroad carrying workers and lumber across a bridge.

20. Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad

This is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.George B. Thompson worked at the Blackwater Boom and Lumber Company, which was established by Albert Thompson.  He later became manager when the company was acquired by the Babcock Lumber Company.

21. George B. Thompson, Tucker County W. Va.

This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker Country during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.

22. The Spruce Lumber Company Mills, Cass, W. Va.

Walter Lewis, marked on the far left, sits on a log with his coworkers.

23. Lumberjacks of Pardee & Curtin Lumber Co. Somewhere in West Virginia

Lumbermen sit on top of a tall, wooden structure. In the background are piles of lumber.

24. Men at Lumberyard Likely in Webster County, W. Va.