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1921 McCormick Deering Tractor

Bob White Covered Bridge in Woolwine, Va.

"Earl Plamer was with me on this trip" written on back.

Corn shocks in corn field

Corn shocks in corn field

"Earl Palmer was with me on this trip" written on back.

"Earl Plamer was with me" written on back.

Grandfather Mountain, N. C.

Written on back: "A fast-vanishing art among mountain families in the appalachian mountains, hog-killing was once a way of life. Here they are getting the water hot to scald the hog so the hair will come off. Water temperature is about 155 degrees."

Written on back: "This was took when Earl Palmer & I was on one of our trips"

"Earl Plamer was with me on this trip" written on back.

"Earl Plamer was with me on this trip" written on back.

Written on back: "All of the mountain families grew they ate and built everything on their farm with strong hands and a willing heart. Here Hubert Hensley and his wife are getting ready to milk his cow."

Written on back: Garden planting time in the Blue Ridge. Here Hubert Hensley, who still does his farm work by horses, is getting ready to plow his garden."

Indian Creek covered bridge

Jesse Stuart's home in West Hollow, Kentucky

Joe Carter, son of A.P. and Sara Carter

Written on back: "After working all day, the mountain man always found time for music. Here John N. Hylton from Floyd County, Va. finds time to play his homemade banjo."

John Newton Hylton grinding corn meal

John Newton Hylton's mill

Written on back: "The only way the farmer had to get his crops from the field to the farm was horse-drawn wagons or fled. Here is a 'Jolt' wagon in Floyd County, Va. They was called 'jolt' because they rode so rough."

Joyce Bowman's mother was raised in this cabin

Written on back: "Log building in Elliot Valley in Montgomery County, Va. was once used for a church."

Man and horse on postcard

"Earl Plamer was with me on this trip" written on back.

"Earl Plamer was with me on this trip" written on back.

"Earl Plamer was with me on this trip" written on back.

"Earl Plamer was with me on this trip" written on back.

Written on back: "Nestled in a cove in Greenup County, Ky. is Sophia Stuarts log home. Sophia was the late sister of Jesse Stuart, well known Kentucky writer."

Stone Face Mountain, Lee County, Virginia

Turner Chapel near Keystone, W. Va.

Wagon and wooden corn planter at Mabry Mill

Written on back: "Mountain people grew all the grain they used on the farm. On every creek there was a water powered grist mill where they got their corn, wheat, and buckwheat ground into flour. Here is the snow-covered water race of a grist mill in…

Written on back: "Landscape in the heart of the appalachian mountains of Kentucky. Willie Gibbons and his wife Nancy raised a family of 12 kids on this 85 acre farm and three room cabin."

Taken in Meadows of Dan, Patrick, Va.