Sawmill workers holding cant hooks or Pipeliners holding lay tongs

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Sawmill workers holding cant hooks or Pipeliners holding lay tongs

Entry/Object ID

2020.6.6

Description

The men are holding either (1) "cant hooks" used in sawmill or logging work or (2) "lay tongs" used to put pipes and tubing together. (Information provided by (1) Connie (Crawford) Hoyle and (2) Robert A. Berdine, 2020). Original, candid.

Collection

Donna Louise (Finch) Evans Collection

Made/Created

Artist

No artist / photographer / studio listed.

Notes

Date: 1900s - 1910s ca

Lexicon

Search Terms

Cant hooks, Occupation, Oil and gas industry, Sawmill, Unidentified

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Other Number: KIND0005

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Miscellaneous Series - Donna Louise (Finch) Evans Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Notes

The Donna Louise (Finch) Evans Collection was passed from Donna Louise (Finch) Evans [1933-2019] to her son Robert A. Berdine who owned and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2019. Donna was the daughter of John Milton Finch [1889-1946] and Mona Voorheis [1897-1962]. Her paternal grandparents were William Finch [1848-1907] and Lydia Elizabeth McVay [1854-1934]. Her maternal grandparents were Joseph Voorheis [1870-1944] and Viola Evans [1873-1929]. Source Citation: Sawmill workers holding cant hooks or Pipeliners holding lay tongs, item no. KIND0005, Donna Louise (Finch) Evans Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).