Earl Palmer Appalachian Photograph and Artifact Collection, 1880-1989 (Ms1989-025)

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Title

Earl Palmer Appalachian Photograph and Artifact Collection, 1880-1989 (Ms1989-025)

Subject

Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
Photographs

Description

This collection contains the photographs of Earl Palmer, an award-winning photographer from Cambria, Virginia, whose work depicted the landscape and traditional culture of rural Appalachia in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Materials date frome 1880 to 1989, but are primarily from the 1940s to the 1970s. The collection is divided among the following series: photographs, duplicate photographs, written materials, oversize photographs, and artifacts.

Creator

Palmer, Earl, 1905-1996

Date

1880-1989

Rights

Items in this collection are protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use these items in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/

Is Part Of

Ms1989-025

Language

English

Type

Photographs

Identifier

Ms1989-025
ep000

Bibliographic Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Earl Palmer Appalachian Photograph and Artifact Collection, Ms1989-025, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Rights Holder

Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Collection Items

Sharp Top at the Peaks of Otter
Sharp Top at the Peaks of Otter

Cascades
Cascades

Moonshine Still
Moonshine Still

Earl Palmer Postcard
Earl Palmer Postcard

Earl Palmer Postcard
Earl Palmer Postcard

Wild Ginseng
Wild Ginseng

"Submarine" Moonshine Still
"Submarine" Moonshine Still

Wagon Train
Wagon Train

Brewing Moonshine
Brewing Moonshine

Mother and Daughter Making a Basket
Mother and Daughter Making a Basket

Old Houses
Old Houses

Buren Cockram with cow
Buren Cockram with cow

Children sit by a pot stove at the Decoy School
Children sit by a pot stove at the Decoy School

Moonshiners Playing Music
Moonshiners Playing Music

Cumberland Avenue in Middlesboro, Kentucky
Cumberland Avenue in Middlesboro, Kentucky

Mabry Mill, Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia
Mabry Mill, Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia

Children climbing on mill wheel at Mabry Mill, Virginia
Children climbing on mill wheel at Mabry Mill, Virginia

Montgomery County Regional Hospital, Virginia
Montgomery County Regional Hospital, Virginia

Earl Palmer Conversing with Local
Earl Palmer Conversing with Local

Man drinking coffee in cave
Man drinking coffee in cave

Town Parade
Town Parade

Foot Trail at Peaks of Otter
Foot Trail at Peaks of Otter

Photo of Earl Palmer
Photo of Earl Palmer

Earl Palmer and friend
Earl Palmer and friend

Earl Palmer at Frontier Land Amusement Park with woman
Earl Palmer at Frontier Land Amusement Park with woman

Transporting Grain
Transporting Grain

Appalachian Man
Appalachian Man

Man with fishing pole and fish
Man with fishing pole and fish

Apple Moonshine
Apple Moonshine

Gathering Maple Sap
Gathering Maple Sap

Lincoln Memorial University, Chair Used in Abraham Lincoln's Last Portrait
Lincoln Memorial University, Chair Used in Abraham Lincoln's Last Portrait

Lincoln Memorial University, Abraham Lincoln Portrait and Statue
Lincoln Memorial University, Abraham Lincoln Portrait and Statue

Written Prayer
Written Prayer

Laurel Leaves Award Presented To Earl Palmer
Laurel Leaves Award Presented To Earl Palmer

Kerosene lamp
Kerosene lamp

Woman Sitting On A Fence
Woman Sitting On A Fence

Cherokee, North Carolina, Frontier Land Amusement Park
Cherokee, North Carolina, Frontier Land Amusement Park

Woman On The Rocks
Woman On The Rocks

Woman In The Woods
Woman In The Woods

Man Walking on Mountain Trail
Man Walking on Mountain Trail

Rock Wall
Rock Wall

The Play "Long Way Home"
The Play "Long Way Home"

The Play "Long Way Home"
The Play "Long Way Home"

The Play "Long Way Home"
The Play "Long Way Home"

The Play "Long Way Home"
The Play "Long Way Home"

The Play "Long Way Home"
The Play "Long Way Home"

Harold Garnard Removing Limbs From A Red Cedar
Harold Garnard Removing Limbs From A Red Cedar

Harold Garnard Gathering Red Cedar Roots
Harold Garnard Gathering Red Cedar Roots

Grandfather and Granddaughter
Grandfather and Granddaughter

Lincoln "Bushrod" Cockram
Lincoln "Bushrod" Cockram
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