Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard Photograph Collection, 1882-1905
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard
Title: Mountain Photograph Collection, 1882-1905
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 13 boxes, 342 photographs
Location Number: 947PC1
Scope and Content Note
The Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston Mountain Photograph Collection consists primarily of photographs taken in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia. In 1882 Thruston was hired as a geological assistant under Crandall of the Kentucky Geological Survey. The Survey’s goal was to explore and record the natural resources in Appalachian counties. Thruston helped survey, photograph, and document the region. The photographs in this exhibit were produced during the mid-1880s when Thruston and Crandall worked for the Kentucky Geological Survey; and from the 1890s through the early 20th century when Thruston continued to work and document Appalachia during his time with the Kentucky Union Land Company.
RCBT-MT-001-018: Bath County, Kentucky [Box 1]
RCBT-MT-019-061: Bell County, Kentucky [Box 2 &3]
RCBT-MT-062-065: Boyd County, Kentucky [Box 3]
RCBT-MT-066-77: Breathitt County, Kentucky [Box 4]
RCBT-MT-078-95: Breckinridge County, Kentucky [Box 4]
RCBT-MT-096: Olive Hill, Carter County, Kentucky [Box 5]
RCBT-MT-097-112: Elliott County, Kentucky [Box 5]
RCBT-MT-113-119: Floyd County, Kentucky [Box 5]
RCBT-MT-120-192: Harlan County, Kentucky [Box 6 & 7]
RCBT-MT-193-195: Johnson County, Kentucky [Box 8]
RCBT-MT-196-210: Knox County, Kentucky [Box 8]
RCBT-MT-211-219: Letcher County, Kentucky [Box 8]
RCBT-MT-220-221: Magoffin County, Kentucky [Box 9]
RCBT-MT-222-239: Pike County, Kentucky [Box 9]
RCBT-MT-240-241: Powell County, Kentucky [Box 9]
RCBT-MT-242: Pulaski County, Kentucky [Box 9]
RCBT-MT-243-275: Whitley County, Kentucky [Box 10 & 11]
RCBT-MT-276-289: Wolfe County, Kentucky [Box 11]
RCBT-MT-290-291: Tennessee [Box 12]
RCBT-MT-292-323: Big Stone Gap, Virginia [Box 12]
RCBT-MT-324-331: Miscellaneous, Kentucky [Box 13]
RCBT-MT-332-342: Procter Coal Company, Red Ash, Whitley County, Kentucky [Box 13]
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Historical Note
The Mountain Photograph Collection consists primarily of photographs taken in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia. In 1882 Thruston was hired as a geological assistant under Crandall of the Kentucky Geological Survey. The Survey’s goal was to explore and record the natural resources in Appalachian counties. Thruston helped survey, photograph, and document the region. The photographs in this exhibit were produced during the mid-1880s when Thruston and Crandall worked for the Kentucky Geological Survey; and from the 1890s through the early 20th century when Thruston continued to work and document Appalachia during his time with the Kentucky Union Land Company. The counties featured in this exhibit include: Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Breckinridge, Carter, Elliott, Floyd, Harlan, Knox, Letcher, Pike, Whitley, and Wolfe in Kentucky, and Wise and Lee in Virginia.
Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston (1858-1946)
A member of one of Louisville’s most prominent families, Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston was an engineer by education and vocation, and historian and photographer by avocation. Thruston was also a benefactor and longtime president of The Filson Historical Society (1923-1946).
Albert Rogers Crandall (1840-1926)
A native New Yorker, Albert Rogers Crandall was ranked as a leading educator of Wisconsin and a Professor of Natural History at Milton College. Professor Crandall was widely known in educational and scientific circles for his published works on the geology and botany of eastern Kentucky.
RCBT Mountain Collection Timeline
*Based on dates on images and letters RCBT wrote to Minnie C. Fox
1876-1880—Graduated from Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College
1880s—After school he returned to Louisville and got a position in the auditor’s office of the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway.
1882—July 1st he began work at the Kentucky Geological Survey.
1883—Assigned to the coal fields of the Cumberland River. Crandall and Thruston went from there to Pikeville, Pike County, KY.
1884—October 27th at his mother’s request, Rogers Clark Ballard had his name legally changed to Thruston, by an act of the County Court in Fayette County, Kentucky to, carry on the Thruston Name.1
1884—Thurston also spent time on the head waters of the Cumberland River in Harlan and Letcher Counties.
1884-1885—Thruston was called in from his work to take charge of the Exposition in Louisville and then to New Orleans for the Exposition of 1884-1885. He featured photographs at both expositions.
1886—Thruston took ill, the mountain fare being too much for him. When he recovered, he was too weak to travel alone, so he took a guide with him and they traveled to Browney’s Creek, about the boundary line between Bell and Harlan Counties.
1887—Thruston left the Survey.
1888—Thruston still traveled between Harlan and Pennington’s Gap (not sure why?)
1887-1888—Thruston notes in his letter to Minnie that, “The book which started in 1887 reached such proportions that in late 1888 we built what was known as the Tent Hotel in Big Stone Gap. I doubt if any of it was left so that you could see it unless it was possibly the platforms on which the tents stood. I had one there 16’ x 24’. In it was my safe, my desk, two coats and a stove. I occupied it from about the 10th of July 1888 to about the 20th of June, 1889.”2
1888-1889—July 10th-June 20th 1889, Thruston stayed in a tent in Big Stone Gap.
1889—Thruston states that he left Big Stone Gap to take charge of the Land Bureau of the Kentucky Union Land Company and while in that capacity took many photographs in the Kentucky River Section.3
1901—John Fox Jr. publishes “The Southern Mountaineer” in Scribner’s Magazine (part 1 April 1901 and part 2 May 1901) both articles feature images from Thruston.
1919—Retired after a successful career as an engineer and geologist active in the eastern Kentucky mining fields, he retired to devote all of his time to Kentucky history and genealogy.”4
1919—Thruston offered The Filson Historical Society $50,000 as the beginning of an endowment fund and to donate his own private collections and manuscripts if The Filson would procure a house with a fireproof room to house its collections. A few years earlier, in 1913, The Filson’s founder Reuben T. Durrett died, and the society seemed to be on the brink of failure.
Photograph List
| Object ID | Description | Place | Date | Photographer |
| RCBT-MT-001 | Men working in the Bath County iron ore mines. Iron ore 5 feet thick. Photograph taken at Olympia Station C. & O. R. R. [Chesapeake and Ohio Railway] | Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia / Olympia Railroad Station | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-002 | Men working in the Bath County iron ore mine, two men look from above. Iron ore strata 15 feet thick. | Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia / Licking River | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-003 | View of men working in the Bath County iron ore mines, field of crops in background. | Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia / Licking River | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-004 | Landscape view of Bath County from the iron ore knob looking northward. Crops in the foreground. | Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-005 | View of screening and loading incline at Bath County iron mines. | Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia / Licking River | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-006 | Men working at ore strata along edge of crop field at Bath County iron ore mines. | Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia / Licking River | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-007 | Iron ore (15 feet thick) in a mountainside in Bath County, Kentucky. A shovel, two pickaxes, and a spading fork lie on the ground around the mining site. | Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-008 | Face of iron ore at Bath County iron ore mines showing red ore strata [top layer] and blue ore strata [bottom layer] with equipment lying around the site, near Olympia, Kentucky. | Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-009 | General view of iron ore mine’s rail tracks. | Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-010 | View of ore tipple at iron mine. | Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-011 | View of pulley driven iron ore reduction equipment at iron ore mines. | Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-012 | Close up view of iron ore processing building with wheel barrels and equipment. | Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia | 1884 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-013 | Landscape view, iron ore processing building and tipple in the background. | Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-014 | View of iron ore processing buildings. | Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-015 | Left half of panoramic view of iron ore mine processing buildings, tipple, and N. N. & M. V. Co. [Newport News and Mississippi Valley] rail cars in foreground which later became part of the C. & O. [Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]
[SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-016 for right view of panorama] |
Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia | 1884 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-016 | Right half of panoramic view of iron ore mine processing buildings, tipple, and N. N. & M. V. Co. [Newport News and Mississippi Valley] rail cars in foreground which later became part of the C. & O. [Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]
[SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-014 for left view of panorama] |
Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia | 1884 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-017 | Close up view of N. N. & M. V. Co. [Newport News and Mississippi Valley] rail cars at iron ore mines. | Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia | 1884 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-018 | Close up view of N. N. & M. V. Co. [Newport News and Mississippi Valley] rail cars at iron ore mines. | Kentucky / Bath County / Olympia | 1884 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-019 | Cabins belonging to J. and F. R. Barner depicting tilled, hilly fields, and split rail fencing in background located on Yellow Creek half way between Cumberland Gap and Pineville, Kentucky. | Kentucky / Bell County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-020 | Hill top chapel surrounded by pine trees at Cannon Creek near Rocky Face. | Kentucky / Bell County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-021 | Valley vista looking up Saylor’s Creek from Saylor’s Hill. | Kentucky / Bell County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-022 | Valley vista looking up the Cumberland River from Saylor’s Hill. | Kentucky / Bell County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-023 | Umbrella tree located in the upper Cumberland River basin. | Kentucky / Bell County | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-024 | Image of King of Tompkins County [species of apple tree] Elys, Kentucky [border of Knox and Bell County]. | Kentucky / Bell County | 1884 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-025 | Interior of log cabin owned by Robert Wilson located in upper Cumberland Valley on Browney’s Creek near the mouth of Cubbage Branch. Woman sits posed on chair with beds, quilts, and clothing behind her. Photographer notes on the verso, “This is one of the first attempts at taking such views with artificial light. It was a 3 minute exposure, burning magnesium ribbon. 1886.” NOTE: This image appears to be reversed since the photographers original number is backwards. | Kentucky / Bell County | 1886 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-026 | Right half of panoramic view looking north east, east, and south east with Pine Mountain on left, Brush Mountain on the right, a spur of Cumberland Mountain, and the gap between heads of Browney’s Creek and Martin’s Fork of Cumberland River. Farm fields in foreground. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-027 for left view of panorama] | Kentucky / Bell County | 1886 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-027 | Left half of panoramic view looking north east, east, and south east showing part of Pine Mountain. Farm fields in foreground. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-026 for right view of panorama]. | Kentucky / Bell County | 1886 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-028 | Farmer breaking flax on Browney’s Creek in the upper Cumberland Valley. | Kentucky / Bell County | 1886 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-029 | View looking east from head of Golden’s Fork of Poplar Creek. | Kentucky / Bell County | 1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-030 | View of “old” Pineville in Pineville Gap, Kentucky along the Cumberland River. Front note reads, “Pineville (in the gap.) or “Stringtown Village.” | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-031 | Rock Chestnut Oak trees located 1000 feet above drainage, with an unidentified man sitting on cliff ledge. | Kentucky / Bell County | ca. 1887-1890 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-032 | View of giant old growth tulip poplar tree above Straight Creek with men beside it to illustrate its size. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-033 | View of giant old growth White Oak tree above Straight Creek with men and a horse beside it to illustrate its size. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard or Albert Rogers Crandall |
| RCBT-MT-034 | Close-up view of a giant old growth White Oak tree above Straight Creek with men beside it to illustrate its size. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard or Albert Rogers Crandall |
| RCBT-MT-035 | Beech tree grove above Straight Creek. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-036 | Unidentified man poses next to a large beech tree with scar from lightning strike above Straight Creek. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard or Albert Rogers Crandall |
| RCBT-MT-037 | Beech tree grove above Straight Creek. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-038 | Catalpa trees on the Upper Cumberland River, possibly Bell County, Kentucky. | Kentucky / Bell County | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-039 | Northern end of Rocky Face Mountain with farm buildings and split rail fence in the distance. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-040 | Valley view of the mouth of Clear Creek Springs, a home and stacks of lumber in the far right corner. | Kentucky / Bell County / Clear Creek Springs | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-041 | Group of individuals sit on balconies at Gibson’s home, Thomas Hunt Morgan, top left balcony. Note on bottom left front reads, “Balcony left Thom. Hunt Morgan [illegible] – die Dec. 1945.”
NOTE: Thomas Hunt Morgan (1886-1945) was the nephew of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and a 1933 Nobel Prize winner (Physiology or Medicine). |
Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1884-1890 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-042 | View of Pineville at the mouth of Straight Creek. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | 1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-043 | Crowd of men stand in front of the Bell County Courthouse. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-044 | Pineville Banking Company, drug store, and offices building including: Pine Mountain Iron and Coal Company, Rice and Duffield, and Western Union Telegraph Office. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-045 | Right side of panoramic view of Pineville.
[SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-046 for left view of panorama] |
Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | 1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-046 | Left side of panoramic view of Pineville. Buildings visible: Residence of Mr. Mars on left side of image [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-047]; Pineville Hotel on extreme left [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-048], and Courthouse on right side of image [SEE ALSO: RCBT-043].
[SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-045 for right view of panorama] |
Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | 1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-047 | Close-up view of residence of Mr. Mars in Pineville. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-048 | Close-up view of hotel at Pineville. Guests and staff sitting and standing on veranda. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | 1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-049 | “New” Pineville adjacent to the Renfro Farm with Roundtop Mountain in the background. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | 1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-050 | View of early Pineville with hotel at the base of Roundtop Mountain in background, far right. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-051 | Asher’s Mill and Lumber Yard at mouth of Straight Creek at lower end of Pineville Gap. Louisville and Nashville [L & N] Railroad cars in foreground with track under construction. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-052 | View of county bridge looking down stream across the Cumberland River at “new” Pineville, Kentucky. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-053 | View of Pineville from the opposite side of the Cumberland River at the lower end of the Pineville Gap. The Louisville and Nashville [L & N] Railroad Bridge is seen crossing Straight Creek. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-054 | Men stand in the doorway of People’s Bank building in Pineville. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-055 | View of the Cumberland River from the right of Pineville Gap with Pine Mountain on left. View shows the Louisville and Nashville [L & N] Railroad under construction and “Old” Pineville beyond the Cumberland River bend on right. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-056 | Virginia House Hotel in “new” Pineville. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-057 | Log boom and coke oven on Straight Creek at lower end of Pineville Gap. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-058 | Mouth of Clear Creek at the upper end of Pineville Gap. The mill is visible in the background on the right. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-059 | Looking up at “new” Pineville from the lower end of Pineville Gap crossing the mouth of Straight Creek, visible is the Louisville and Nashville [L & N] Railroad track under construction. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-060 | Louisville and Nashville [L & N] railroad cars in front of coke ovens at Straight Creek. Note on front reads, “coke ovens – Stewart Brothers.” | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-061 | Residence of Mr. Hensley with two women on the porch. | Kentucky / Bell County / Pineville | ca. 1887-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-062 | Woods at Hood’s Creek near Bellefonte Furnace. | Kentucky / Boyd County / Greenup County | ca. 1880s | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-063 | White oak forest near Mead’s Station at Hood’s Creek between Ashland, Kentucky and Ironton, Ohio. | Kentucky / Boyd County / Greenup County | ca. 1880s | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-064 | Valley of Hood’s Creek from near Bellefonte Furnace, coal measures. | Kentucky / Boyd County / Greenup County | ca. 1880s | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-065 | Landscape view near Bellefonte Furnace at Hood’s Creek. | Kentucky / Boyd County / Greenup County | ca. 1880s | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-066 | Coal miners stand in the mouth of the Kentucky Union Land Company coal mine at Elkatawa on Cane Creek. | Kentucky / Breathitt County / Elkatawa | 1890 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-067 | Group of men stand in front of the old Henley Haddix house, [standing left to right:] Charles Hendrie, W. B. Dixon, Henley Haddix, and G. W. Sewell. | Kentucky / Breathitt County / Elkatawa | 1890 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-068 | Group of men sit in front of the Kentucky Union Land Company’s coal mine office. | Kentucky / Breathitt County / Elkatawa | 1890 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-069 | Group of men sitting and standing with their lunch pails outside the Kentucky Union Land Company’s blacksmith shop and coal dump, “whilst opening up the mine.” | Kentucky / Breathitt County / Elkatawa | 1890 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-070 | Incomplete incline and tip house at Kentucky Union Land Company mine. | Kentucky / Breathitt County / Elkatawa | 1890 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-071 | View of the North Fork Kentucky River. Front reads, “‘Pan bowl’ at Jackson from cliffs at the ‘Pan Handle’.” | Kentucky / Breathitt County / Jackson | 1890 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-072 | Landscape view of Jackson from the cliffs opposite town. | Kentucky / Breathitt County / Jackson | 1890 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-073 | A family stands on the front porch of Mr. Davis’s house, the mine boss of the Kentucky Union Land Company mine. | Kentucky / Breathitt County | 1890 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-074 | Landscape view of the “Pan Handle” Mill on the Kentucky River. | Kentucky / Breathitt County / Jackson | 1890 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-075 | Two men carry horses and a wagon across the Kentucky River on a ferry near Jackson. | Kentucky / Breathitt County / Jackson | 1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-076 | Kentucky Union Land Company’s tipple house and incline with railroad tracks passing on the right. | Kentucky / Breathitt County / Elkatawa | February 1891 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-077 | Ferry crossing the Kentucky River at Jackson. | Kentucky / Breathitt County / Jackson | June 1891 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-078 | Orchard near Irvington. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County / Irvington | ca.1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-079 | DeJarnett’s place on the road from Hardinsburg, Kentucky to Stephensport, Kentucky. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-080 | Asphalt Rock Quarry near Garfield, Kentucky. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-081 | Landscape view of Irvington from Jolley’s Hill. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-082 | Landscape view of Tar Springs with Chester Sandstone among the trees. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County / Tar Springs | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-083 | Landscape view of Tar Springs. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County / Tar Springs | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-084 | Landscape view of Tar Springs with Chester Sandstone in the background. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County / Tar Springs | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-085 | Landscape view from Jolley’s Hill near Irvington, Kentucky looking toward Webster Station. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County / Irvington | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-086 | Cluster [illegible] Valley, six miles south of Hardinsburg, Kentucky. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County / Hardinsburg | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-087 | Sheep in farm field south of Hardinsburg, Kentucky. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County / Hardinsburg | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-088 | Landscape view of river bottom six miles above Cloverport, Kentucky with hemp stacks in the distance. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County / Cloverport | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-089 | Landscape view of field with hemp stacks from hill near Holt’s, six miles above Cloverport, Kentucky. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County / Cloverport | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-090 | View of Holt’s Avenue with horse and buggy on the side, six miles above Cloverport, Kentucky. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County / Cloverport | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-091 | Landscape view from hill at Timmians Vineyard, Holt’s Bottom. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County / Holt Bottom | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-092 | Landscape view of Stephensport from River Hill with the Ohio River and Rome, Indiana in the background. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County / Stephensport | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-093 | Ohio River view two miles above Cloverport. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County / Cloverport | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-094 | View up the Ohio River two miles above Stephensport, Kentucky. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County / Stephensport | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-095 | Bennett’s house and bridge at the mouth of Sinking Creek along the Ohio River at Stephensport. | Kentucky / Breckinridge County / Stephensport | ca. 1880-1890s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-096 | View of downtown Olive Hill. | Kentucky / Carter County / Olive Hill | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-097 | Front view of home of R. M. Bowling, with a man and two women standing in the front yard. | Kentucky / Elliott County / Newfoundland | ca. 1885-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-098 | Topography below Martin Greens on Caney Creek. | Kentucky / Elliott County | ca. 1885-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-099 | Topography at the head of Gimblet Creek, Elliott County. | Kentucky / Elliott County | ca. 1885-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-100 | Left side of panoramic view on the Little Sandy River at the old Van Zandt Mill. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-101 for right view of panorama] | Kentucky / Elliott County | ca. 1885-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-101 | Right side of panoramic view on the Little Sandy River at the old Van Zandt Mill. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-100 for left view of panorama] | Kentucky / Elliott County | ca. 1885-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-102 | Open fields and wooded valley across Big Caney Creek. | Kentucky / Elliott County | ca. 1885-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-103 | Wooded cliff region near the mouth of Laurel Creek. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-106, for additional area view] | Kentucky / Elliott County | ca. 1885-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-104 | View of cliffs with split rail fence at the base on the Little Sandy at Old Vanzandt Mill. | Kentucky / Elliott County | ca. 1885-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-105 | View of farmstead of Martin Greens near the forks of Caney Creek. Building on right appears to be under construction with large unchinked logs, their size revealed when compared to men standing next to the building. | Kentucky / Elliott County | ca. 1885-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-106 | View of a split rail fence lined dirt road at cliff region below mouth of Laurel Creek. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-103, left view] | Kentucky / Elliott County | ca. 1885-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-107 | Landscape view showing split rail fence surrounding a terraced field at forks of Caney Creek. | Kentucky / Elliott County | ca. 1885-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-108 | Landscape view on the Little Sandy River above the mouth of Laurel Creek. | Kentucky / Elliott County | ca. 1885-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-109 | Landscape view of cliff three miles up Laurel Creek from the Little Sandy River. | Kentucky / Elliott County | ca. 1885-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-110 | View of Kentucky Gap as seen from above. | Kentucky / Elliott County | ca. 1885-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-111 | View of Kentucky Gap from below. | Kentucky / Elliott County | ca. 1885-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-112 | View of Kentucky Gap from below Caney Creek. | Kentucky / Elliott County | ca. 1885-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-113 | Horse grist mill on Abner Branch of Left Beaver Creek. Verso note reads, “Stone wheel on track gave it power. In center is wooden cog wheel to change direction of power”. | Kentucky / Floyd County | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-114 | Burial grounds at mouth of Dry Creek, on right is Beaver Creek. | Kentucky / Floyd County | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-115 | Large old growth Black Walnut tree near Captain Halls. | Kentucky / Floyd County | 1884-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-116 | Elevated view of Prestonsburg surrounded by mountains and farm fields. | Kentucky / Floyd County / Prestonsburg | 1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-117 | New courthouse surrounded by construction material with men in foreground. | Kentucky / Floyd County / Prestonsburg | 1884-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-118 | View of the northern part of the Prestonsburg at the mouth of Middle Creek on Big Sandy River. Fenced farm fields in foreground. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-119] | Kentucky / Floyd County / Prestonsburg | 1884-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-119 | View of the southern part of Prestonsburg on the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River. Fenced farm fields in foreground. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-118] | Kentucky / Floyd County / Prestonsburg | 1884-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-120 | Jonathan K. Bailey and family, along with their dog, posed at Mount Pleasant [now Harlan]. | Kentucky / Harlan County / Harlan | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-121 | Group of men standing in front of courthouse at Mt. Pleasant [now Harlan]. | Kentucky / Harlan County / Harlan | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-122 | Woman spinning flax in front of clapboard sided log home. Men seated on porch, boy seated in chair. Grindstone leaning upon chimney. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-123 | Winged Elm tree along the Upper Cumberland River. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-124 | View of the Cumberland River with Black Mountain in background from Saylor’s Hill. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-125 | Primitive cotton gin at John L. Cornett’s on Poor Fork, Cumberland River that was later on display at the Southern Exposition, Louisville in 1884. Verso reads, “Denver Cornett’s grandfather’s home. Woman is Denver’s Aunt.” [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-132] | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-126 | Preparing warp for weaving at home of A. B. Lewis, Jr. along Poor Fork, Cumberland River. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-127 | Home of George Turner. [probably the “Turner Mansion” built by George Turner whose family was involved in the feuds of Harlan County, Kentucky] | Kentucky / Harlan County / Harlan | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-128 | Saw and grist mill owned by Elkana Winn on Clover Fork of Cumberland River. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-129 | Young man “gritting” corn with a hand mill in front of log cabin. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-130 | Home of William R. Bailey with family sitting on log bridge over the Clover Fork of Cumberland River. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-131 | Mount Pleasant [now Harlan] from elevated point on Big Black Mountain looking up Martin’s Fork. | Kentucky / Harlan County / Harlan | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-132 | Hand corn mill at John L. Cornett’s farm [possibly John Cornett in image] on Poor Fork of Cumberland River. This mill was later on display at the Southern Exposition, Louisville in 1884. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-125] | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-133 | Large Chinquapin [Chinkapin] Oak on S. S. Branson’s property on Clover Lick Creek. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-134 | W. D. Howard’s grist mill (under shot wheel) on Clover Fork of Cumberland River. Mill is powered via water wheel [“undershot wheel”, type of horizontal axis water wheel]. | Kentucky / Harlan County / Harlan | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-135 | Large Yellow Poplar tree [tulip poplar tree] on Clover Lick Creek. Trunk size illustrated via two men and dog standing at base. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-136 | Large Black Walnut tree on Clover Lick Creek. Trunk size illustrated via two men and dog standing at base. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-137 | Group of men going to Circuit Court from Clover Fork of Cumberland River. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-138 | Large Yellow Pine tree on south side of Pine Mountain near J. L. Cornett’s land on Poor Fork, Cumberland River. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-139 | Large Wild Black Cherry tree, 9 feet 8 inches in circumference, near head waters of Clover Lick Creek. Three men standing at base of trunk to illustrate size. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-140 | Saw mill and turning lathe belonging to John Creech on Clover Fork of Cumberland River. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-141 | Home of Honorable Wright Kelly on Clover Fork of Cumberland River. [Possibly Wright Kelly standing in foreground with family members seated and standing on porch.] | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-142 | Home of David Creech on Clover Fork of Cumberland River. Row of bee hives on rock ledge behind home. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-143 | A woman stands by a spinning wheel, spinning woolen yarn at the home of A. B. Lewis Jr. on Poor Fork Cumberland River, with another women seated holding a baby, and man on porch in background. [Note grinding wheel leaning against chimney.] | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-144 | Stable and barn belonging to prosperous farmer G. W. Smith at the head of Cranks Creek. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1886 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-145 | Funeral procession lead by two men bearing a hand made coffin with hinged lid near the head of Browney’s Creek. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1886 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-146 | Fowler’s Grist mill, turning lathe, and various farm buildings near the head of Martin’s Fork of the Cumberland River. Men and women stand posed in yard. | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1886 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-147 | Landscape view of downtown Harlan Court House [later called Mt. Pleasant and now called Harlan] | Kentucky / Harlan County / Harlan | 1887 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-148 | Grist mill on Cranks Creek of Martin’s Fork of Cumberland River powered by wooden aqueduct near Pennington Gap. Verso reads, “A large part of the product of this mill goes into the manufacture of ‘Moonshine.'” | Kentucky / Harlan County | 1888 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-149 | Men on horseback by an ash tree, 27 inches diameter, at side of path on Razors Fork of Clover Fork of Cumberland River. | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 26, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-150 | Young man leaning against a Yellow Birch tree, 28 inches in diameter, and beyond to the left, a Wild Cherry tree 32 inches in diameter on the north side of Middle Ridge near the head of Razor’s Fork of Clover Fork of the Cumberland River. | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 26, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-151 | Young man leaning against a Yellow Birch tree, 28 inches in diameter, and beyond to the left, a Wild Cherry tree 32 inches in diameter on the north side of Middle Ridge near the head of Razor’s Fork of Clover Fork of the Cumberland River. | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 26, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-152 | Verso reads, “Yellow Birch tree 11.3 feet in circumference, and Wild Cherry tree beyond 11 feet in circumference, near Slemp’s upper field and near head of Razors Fork of Clover Fork of Cumberland River.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 26, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-153 | Verso reads, “At the junction of the Big and Little Black Mountains looking northeast. A large northern red oak (Quercus Rubra) on right, 2 maples in the foreground, and W. S. Palmer standing at the double chestnut, one fork of which is now gone, corner to the John W. Slemp 500 acre patent and to the Fish Surveys or Dodge Patents.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 26, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-154 | Two men stand by timber on top of Middle Ridge looking northeast toward the junction of the Big and Little Black mountains. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-157] | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 26, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-155 | Verso reads, “Cucumber Magnolia tree on the corner of William Wilson’s 400 acre patent and a line tree in James Farmer’s 200 acre patent standing in the bed near the head of Razor Fork of the Clover fork of the Cumberland River.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 26, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-156 | Verso reads, “Small growth trees on the Middle Ridge side of the Razors Fork of the Clover Fork of the Cumberland River. There are probably not over four or five trees in this view that would exceed 24 inches diameter.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 26, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-157 | Verso reads, “W. S. Palmer standing at the maples on top of the Middle Ridge between two cliffs of rocks, corner to three patents: James Farmer 200 acres, John W. Slemp 500 acres, and S. S. Slemp 600 acres. On the left is a yellow or golden birch tree.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 26, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-158 | Verso reads, “Ash tree on left, 9.3 feet in circumference and Yellow Birch tree on right, 7.3 feet in circumference. The three pronged Cucumber Magnolia tree in center is small on Razors Fork of the Clover Fork of the Cumberland River.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 26, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-159 | Joshua Gilliam’s meadow and barn on top of Benham’s Spur looking southeast. His house is in the hollow on the right that heads at the barn. | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 25, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-160 | Landscape view, verso reads, “Looking southeast a portion of the Creech fields on top of the Big Black Mountain showing the cabin of the Widow Henry Morris (see #291) at the head of Cherry Fork of Luna Creek. In the wooded hollow on the right is the Cherry Tree Spring. Beyond are high points of the Big Black Mountain along the state line between Kentucky and Virginia above which is a dark streak due to the smoke from 1100 coke ovens at Inmand and Mud Lick each 5 miles distant, and Stonega, 7 miles distant. These ovens are all in Virginia and beyond the crest of the Big Black Mountain seen at about 1700 feet lower elevation.” [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-163 and 170] | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 25, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-161 | Landscape view with man sitting on log and cows grazing. Verso reads, “Looking northeast across Gap Branch of Luna’s Creek from the Widow Scott’s field on top of Benham’s Spur, Harlan County, Kentucky. In the foreground on the left is one prong of the Ragged Spur and on the right the point of the Big Fork Ridge. In the center is the Big Black Mountain with Luna’s Ridge to the left. Heading in Luna’s ridge are (beginning on the left) 1st, Joe Blair Br., 2nd, Laurel Hill Br. and 3rd, Long Rock Br. that heads at the butt of Luna’s Ridge. In the Big Black Mountain we see the heads of Barnett’s Br. and the old Trace Fork. In the distance can be seen Lewis Ridge, Sam’s Ridge and some high points of the Big Black Mountain.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 25, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-162 | Man poses in front of cabin. Verso reads, “Garrison Rockhouse on top of Big Black Mountain one-half mile west of the path from Rockhouse fork of the Razor’s fork to the right hand fork of Clober Lick Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky. This plate was reversed in the camera and to correct that error the print was made with the paper reversed – hence the blurred appearance.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 22, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-163 | Morris family posed in front of their cabin. Front reads, “Cabin and family of Widow of Henry Morris in Creech fields on top of Big Black Mountain at head of Cherry Fork of Luna Creek.” Handwritten verso reads, “This cabin stands at about 3850 feet above sea leave and two miles from the highest points in Kentucky. At one time all of this Morris family were down with typhoid fever except one of the two girls then about 12 years of age.” [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-160 and 173] | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 25, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-164 | Group stands on porch and in front of cabin. Printed front reads, “Looking west down the right hand fork of Clover Lick Creek from near the top of Benham’s Spur showing the home of Joshua Gilliam and the Big Black Mountain in the distance.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 25, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-165 | Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston standing in coal mine demonstrating the height of the coal seam. Verso reads, “High Splint coal (opening A4 on coal outcrop map) near the McKnight fields, 6 feet 1 inch thick without parting. Right hand at top of coal and right foot resting on top of under clay. Near the head of Razor Fork of the Clover Fork of Cumberland River.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 26, 1903 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-166 | Mrs. Jackson sits by spinning wheel on porch. Printed front reads, “Mrs. Jason Jackson spinning flax on her porch 1 1/2 miles above Poor Fork Post Office.” [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-167 and 168] | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 15, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-167 | Two women sit on front porch. Printed front reads, “‘Carding’ [fiber] on porch of Jason Jackson 1 1/2 miles above Poor Fork Post Office.” [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-166 and 168] | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 15, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-168 | Two women stand by spinning wheel on porch. Printed front reads, “Spinning yarn on porch of Jason Jackson 1 1/2 miles above Poor Fork Post Office.” [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-166 and 167] | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 15, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-169 | Man poses with rifle in woods. Verso reads, “Winter scene on top of Middle Ridge between the forks of the Clover Fork, Harlan County, Kentucky. Showing the shortness of the timber on top of Ridges….U. S. Bureau of Forestry negative #58713” | Kentucky / Harlan County | December 20, 1904 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-170 | Winter landscape view. Printed back reads, “View on top of Big Black Mountain at the Creech Fields looking southeast, showing the Widow Morris’ house. The Big Black [Mountain] in distance with a line of smoke from the coke ovens on Looney and Pigeon Creeks. Harlan County, Kentucky.” [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-160.] | Kentucky / Harlan County | December 20, 1904 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-171 | Verso reads, “John D. Bush, 12 years of age, squirrel hunting on Razor Fork of Clover Fork of Cumberland River. Young Bush carries a “long rifle,” with double set trigger, as well as a powder horn and accompanied by a dog.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | December 20, 1904 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-172 | Winter landscape view. Verso reads, “Taken from a point on the Big Black [Mountain] near the mouth of Razor Fork and looking up the Right Hand Fork of the Clover Fork, showing the Shuler bottom with Middle Ridge on the left and Little Black [Mountain] on the right. Harlan County, Kentucky.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | December 21, 1904 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-173 | Morris’ family stands in front of cabin. Verso reads, “Widow Morris’ Cabin, Creech field on top of Big Black Mountain. Harlan County, Kentucky. U. S. Bureau of Forestry negative #58715.” [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-160 and 163.] | Kentucky / Harlan County | December 21, 1904 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-174 | E. C. Blair’s homestead at the Blair Bottom. Verso reads, “The Blair Bottom at the Forks of Clover Fork. Take from a point a little below the mouth of the Trace Branch showing E. C. Blair’s home and out houses. Big Black [Mountain] on the left, Middle Ridge in center and the Little Black [Mountain] on the right. Harlan County, Kentucky.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | December 20, 1904 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-175 | View of trees effect my ground fires. Verso reads, “Showing the effect of ground fires. The Black cherry and sugar [maple] trees are badly scarred and reproduction is unsatisfactory with a rank growth of golden-rod and ferns. Most of the young seedlings have been destroyed by ground fires, and the rank growth of weeds is too dense for other than sugar maple growth. At a knob on the Big Black Mountain at the butt of Yellow Buck Spur between Sugar and Chestnut Gaps, Harlan, Kentucky, 2:30 P.M. September 21st, 1905. Dark. Exposure by G. M. Homans of the U. S. Bureau of Forestry.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 21, 1905 | Homans, G. M. [U.S. Bureau of Forestry] |
| RCBT-MT-176 | Buckwheat field. Verso reads, “Buckwheat Field showing where the ferns have been killed out by direct sunlight as a result of clearing, and where the black locust is taking possession. On top of Big Black Mountain a half-mile east of Garrison Gap. Harlan County, Kentucky, Noon, September 21, 1905. Bright sunlight. Exposure by G. M. Homans of the U. S. Bureau of Forestry.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 21, 1905 | Homans, G. M. [U.S. Bureau of Forestry] |
| RCBT-MT-177 | Landscape view. Verso reads, “The ridge type showing the second growth chestnut with young hickory to the left. The ground cover has been repeatedly damaged by ground fires. As a result there is much fallen timber which increases the danger from future forest fires as the green timber would be burned entirely through. On top of Big Black Mountain between Cherry Gap and Sugar Gap and near the butt of the Big Fork Ridge between the forks of Clover Lick Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky, 1:50 P.M. September 21, 1905. Dark. Exposure by G. M. Homans of the U. S. Bureau of Forestry.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 21, 1905 | Homans, G. M. [U.S. Bureau of Forestry] |
| RCBT-MT-178 | Man stands among young sugar maple trees. Verso reads, “Fine stand of young sugar maple [trees] 5 years old from 3 to 5 feet high, beneath large chestnut and sugar maple [trees]. The reproduction is abundant as a result of no grazing at this point. Chestnut, red oak and sugar maple in background from 8 to 27 inches in diameter. On top of Big Black Mountain about a half-mile west of the butt of Benhams Spur and near Chestnut Gap. Harlan County, Kentucky, 10 A.M., September 21, 1905. Subdue light. Exposure by G. M. Homans of the U. S. Bureau of Forestry.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 21, 1905 | Homans, G. M. [U.S. Bureau of Forestry] |
| RCBT-MT-179 | Landscape view of red oak seedlings. Verso reads, “Red oak seedlings one year old beneath the seed trees. Theses acorns are bitter and are eaten by hogs and cattle only until better acorns and chestnuts are ripe, consequently there is an abundant reproduction of this species over the entire section. Between Cherry Flat and Buckwheat Field on top of Big Black Mountain. Harlan County, Kentucky. 11:50 A.M., September 21st 1905. Exposure by G. M. Homans of U. S. Bureau of Forestry.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 21, 1905 | Homans, G. M. [U.S. Bureau of Forestry] |
| RCBT-MT-180 | Landscape view of trees. Verso reads, “Second growth coppice chestnut, from two to seven sprouts to a stump, 5 to 13 inches in diameter and 60 feet high. This shows what may be expected after lumbering the present stand of matured chestnut and allowing the sprouts to grow. On top of Big Black Mountain about midway between Cherry Flat and Garrison Gap. Harlan County, Kentucky. 11:30 A.M., September 21st, 1905. Subdued light. Exposure by G. M. Homans of U. S. Bureau of Forestry.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 21, 1905 | Homans, G. M. [U.S. Bureau of Forestry] |
| RCBT-MT-181 | Landscape view of winter ferns. Verso reads, “Dense ground cover of what is locally known as winter ferns whose leaves are often 4 to 5 feet long. This growth is peculiar to the north and west slopes with slight variations in this region, and denotes excessive moisture with but little sunlight. There is no reproduction of any species in such of these ferns. Near the Junction of Bigh and Little Black Mountain about 300 feet north of the butt of Middle Ridge. Harlan County, Kentucky. 9:35 A.M., September 22, 1905. Partly shaded. Exposure by G. M. Homans of the U. S. Bureau of Forestry.” | Kentucky / Harlan County | September 22, 1905 | Homans, G. M. [U.S. Bureau of Forestry] |
| RCBT-MT-182 | View of Harlan Court House [Mount Pleasant] looking up Martins Fork from point of hill. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-191] | Kentucky / Harlan County / Harlan | ca. 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-183 | Large water oak assumed to be on J. L. Cornets property. | Kentucky / Harlan County | ca. 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-184 | Sassafras tree 40 inches in diameter located in the Upper Cumberland Valley. | Kentucky / Harlan County | ca. 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-185 | Mountain Birch or Black Birch tree assumed to be located on J. L. Cornets property. | Kentucky / Harlan County | ca. 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-186 | Linden tree located on the Upper Cumberland River. | Kentucky / Harlan County | ca. 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-187 | Black Locust tree on Clover Lick Creek on west side of mountain. | Kentucky / Harlan County | ca. 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-188 | King of Tompkins County [species of apple tree]. Assumed to be located on Howards property three miles above Harlan. | Kentucky / Harlan County / Harlan | ca. 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-189 | Section of coal cut for the Exposition at New Orleans located at the Razor Fork of the Clover Fork of the Cumberland River. | Kentucky / Harlan County | ca. 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-190 | Young man stands in front of a cabin using a hand mill with two women and a child standing next to him on a porch, on Poor Forks. | Kentucky / Harlan County | ca. 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-191 | Landscape view of Mount Pleasant [Harlan Court House] looking up Martins Fork. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-182.] | Kentucky / Harlan County / Harlan | ca. 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-192 | Man sits on rocks, calcareous concrete in sandrock, Clover Fork. | Kentucky / Harlan County | ca. 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-193 | Left side of panoramic view of the lower part of Paintsville. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-194 for right view of panorama] | Kentucky / Johnson County / Paintsville | ca. 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-194 | Right side of panoramic view of the upper part of Paintsville. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-193 for left side of panorama] | Kentucky / Johnson County / Paintsville | ca. 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-195 | New school building under construction. | Kentucky / Johnson County / Paintsville | ca. 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-196 | Moore’s cabin near Flat Lick with family sitting on porch. | Kentucky / Knox County / Flat Lick | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-197 | Residence of Oliver P. Ely, 1 1/2 miles above Flat Lick. Thruston’s headquarters while in Knox County with the Kentucky Geological Survey. | Kentucky / Knox County / Flat Lick | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-198 | Oliver P. Ely’s Mill on the Cumberland River near Flat Lick. | Kentucky / Knox County / Flat Lick | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-199 | Back view of Miller’s cabin on Black Top Mountain with family sitting on porch. Grinding wheel in foreground. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-200] | Kentucky / Knox County / Flat Lick | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-200 | Front view of Miller’s cabin on Black Top Mountain with family sitting on porch. Cast iron cookware stacked on bench in front of porch. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-199] | Kentucky / Knox County / Flat Lick | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-201 | Group enjoying refreshments at Oliver P. Ely’s home near Flat Lick, left to right: Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston, Mrs. Ely, James Renfro, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Oliver P. Ely. [NOTE: On verso Thruston describes Civil War history of the Ely house, mentions Thomas Hunt Morgan’s 1933 Nobel Prize award, and comments on their trip together to Tennessee to gather shells “in those limestone waters.”] | Kentucky / Knox County / Flat Lick | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-202 | Large Winged Elm tree on the Cumberland River. | Kentucky / Knox County | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-203 | Umbrella Magnolia tree on the Cumberland River. | Kentucky / Knox County | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-204 | Tulip-tree [Tulip Poplar tree] and scaly-bark [Shagbark Hickory tree] with 31 inch diameter trunks, on Oliver P. Ely’s property. | Kentucky / Knox County / Flat Lick | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-205 | White Oak trees averaging 40 inches in diameter. On Oliver P. Ely’s property, with possibly him standing by tree, lower right. | Kentucky / Knox County / Flat Lick | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-206 | Corn grinding on Lick Branch. Log pole supporting leaning chimney. Photographer assumed to be Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston. | Kentucky / Knox County / Flat Lick | ca.1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-207 | Home of Adoninger [Adonijah] Fox on head of Goldens Creek of Poplar Creek, family sits on porch. Home is 1000 feet above bed of creek, near Jellico, Tennessee. | Kentucky / Knox County | 1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-208 | Man mounted on horse sits in front of courthouse at Barbourville looking up river. Golden House Drugs and Medicine on left. | Kentucky / Knox County / Barbourville | ca. 1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-209 | Courthouse at Barbourville looking down river. W. W. Sawyers General Cash Merchandise on the far left. | Kentucky / Knox County / Barbourville | ca. 1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-210 | Group of men and boys stand in front of Barbourville Courthouse during court day. | Kentucky / Knox County / Barbourville | ca. 1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-211 | Group of school children in front of log constructed school house at Rockhouse. [NOTE: Image housed with Letcher County photographs, but Rockhouse is part of Pike County.] | Kentucky / Letcher County | ca. 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-212 | View on North Fork of the Kentucky River south of Whitesburg. | Kentucky / Letcher County / Whitesburg | ca. 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-213 | Large Chestnut trees on Pine Mountain. Photographer assumed to be Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston. | Kentucky / Letcher County | ca.1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-214 | Group of Yellow Poplars (Liriodendron Tulipifera) of Camp Branch of Rockhouse Fork of the Kentucky River. | Kentucky / Letcher County | ca. 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-215 | Home of Joe E. Day, men and women pose on upper and lower porch. | Kentucky / Letcher County | 1884 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-216 | Group of men, women, and children pose in front of J. D. Caudill’s store and post office, Caudill standing in front with papers in hand. Verso reads, “Crandall about that time, possibly a year later, got a larger camera, a 6 1/2″ x 8 1/2”. He got copies of all of my photographs and I got copies of many of his, but not all of them. In that year he took the photograph of the Rockhouse Post Office and Store in Letcher County, used as an illustration by John [Fox, Jr.] on page 48 of “Bluegrass and Rhododendron.” I was not with him when the photograph was taken but the old man standing at and leaning against the nearest post in the picture with a bundle of papers in his hand was old man Caudill, the keeper of the store and the postmaster. The Rockhouse Fork of the North Fork of the Kentucky River was so named from a fairly small rockhouse on the south bank of the stream near this Post Office. Caudill told me that his grandparents, I think they were, lived under that rockhouse for over a year before they decided where to build their cabin and start life.” | Kentucky / Letcher County / Rockhouse | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-217 | Wedding party on head of Smoot Creek. Bride and groom appear to be seated together in front row. | Kentucky / Letcher County | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-218 | View of Whitesburg, with crop fields surrounding, looking east. | Kentucky / Letcher County / Whitesburg | ca. 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-219 | View of Whitesburg, looking northward, with North Fork of the Kentucky River in foreground. | Kentucky / Letcher County / Whitesburg | ca. 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-220 | Right side of panoramic view of Salyersville on the Licking River. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-221 for left side of panorama] | Kentucky / Magoffin County / Salyersville | ca. 1880s | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-221 | Left side of panoramic view of Salyersville on the Licking River. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-220 for right side of panorama] | Kentucky / Magoffin County / Salyersville | ca. 1880s | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-222 | View of Pikeville looking up the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River. | Kentucky / Pike County / Pikeville | 1883 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-223 | Two men stand in front of section of Elkhorn coal from Elkhorn Creek that was cut for the 1883 Southern Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1883 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-224 | Man stands in front of section of Elkhorn coal cut for the 1883 Southern Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1883 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-225 | Pawpaw trees with fruit. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1883 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-226 | Pawpaw trees with hanging fruit. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1883 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-227 | Mullen’s coal from the Elkhorn seam at the head of Elkhorn Creek. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-228 | Cliff near top of mountain at Breaks [Big Sandy River Valley]. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1883-1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-229 | View of Russell Fork above Grassy Creek of the Big Sandy River Valley. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1883-1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-230 | View in the Breaks of Sandy [Big Sandy River Valley] near the Kentucky and Virginia state line. The Towers are visible in the distance. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1883-1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-231 | View of pool at Breaks of Sandy [Big Sandy River Valley]. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1883-1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-232 | View of pool at the Breaks of Sandy [Big Sandy River Valley] with two men standing atop nearly submerged bolder. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1883-1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-233 | Russell Fork flowing out of the Breaks [Big Sandy River Valley] with man standing in foreground. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1883-1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-234 | View of cliffside and pool along the Breaks of Sandy [Big Sandy River Valley]. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1883-1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-235 | Breaks of Sandy [Big Sandy River Valley] cliff opposite Potters Mill. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1883-1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-236 | View of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River above Pikeville. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1883-1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-237 | Down the Big Sandy River from Breaks of Sandy. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1883-1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-238 | View of pool at Breaks of Sandy [Big Sandy River Valley]. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1883-1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-239 | Two men in foreground at pool of the Breaks of Sandy [Big Sandy River Valley]. | Kentucky / Pike County | 1883-1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-240 | O. D. Forkner’s house near Slade at Dundee Station along the Kentucky Union Railroad. Photographer assumed to be Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-241] | Kentucky / Powell County / Slade | June 1891 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-241 | Near view of O. D. Forkner’s house near Slade at Dundee Station along Kentucky Union Railroad. Photographer assumed to be Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-241] | Kentucky / Powell County / Slade | June 1891 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-242 | Cumberland Railroad Coal Company’s yard at Beaver Creek. Two men standing in background under building. Photographer assumed to be Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston. | Kentucky / Pulaski County | ca. 1880s | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-243 | Courthouse at Williamsburg looking east with hotel in background on left. | Kentucky / Whitley County / Williamsburg | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-244 | Courthouse at Williamsburg looking north. [Possibly designed by Henry P. McDonald architect of McDonald Brothers Architects, Louisville, Kentucky] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Williamsburg | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-245 | Left side of panoramic view of Williamsburg from bluff across the Cumberland River. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-246 for right side of panorama] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Williamsburg | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-246 | Right side of panoramic view of Williamsburg from bluff across the Cumberland River. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-245 for left side of panorama] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Williamsburg | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-247 | Left side of panoramic view of Williamsburg off the steps of the Williamsburg Academic School. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-248 for right side of panorama] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Williamsburg | ca. 1882-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-248 | Right side of panoramic view of Williamsburg off the steps of the Williamsburg Academic School. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-247 for left side of panorama] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Williamsburg | ca. 1882-1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-249 | Group of men from the Teachers Institute of Whitley County stand in front of the Williamsburg Academic School. | Kentucky / Whitley County / Williamsburg | 1890 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-250 | Right side of panoramic view of Pleasant View in Whitely County. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-251 for left side of panorama] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Pleasant View | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-251 | Left side of panoramic view of Pleasant View with a willow oak and church. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-250 for right side of panorama and RCBT-MT-252 for close up view] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Pleasant View | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-252 | Close up view of willow oak and church in Pleasant View. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-251] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Pleasant View | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-253 | Men and boys sit and stand in front of “Cheap Store” in Pleasant View. | Kentucky / Whitley County / Pleasant View | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-254 | Large congregation gathered outside a church for a Baptist meeting at Wolf Creek. | Kentucky / Whitley County / Pleasant View | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-255 | View in Clear Fork water gap near Boston and Pine Mountain. | Kentucky / Whitley County | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-256 | View in Clear Fork Narrows near Boston. | Kentucky / Whitley County | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-257 | Group sits on porch and a young boy stands by front gate of M. E. Mahan home on Wolf Creek. | Kentucky / Whitley County / Pleasant View | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-258 | Family of Esquire Earley, Mahan Station. | Kentucky / Whitley County / Pleasant View | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-259 | African American teacher and students sit and stand outside school near Mahan Station. | Kentucky / Whitley County / Pleasant View | ca. 1886 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-260 | African American teacher and students sit and stand outside school near Mahan Station. | Kentucky / Whitley County / Pleasant View | ca. 1886 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-261 | Left side of panoramic landscape view eastward from Peak Mountain. View of Jellico Mountain, Jellico, and Pleasant Valleys. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-262 for right side of panorama. Same panoramic view as RCBT-MT-263 and 264] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Peak Mountain | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-262 | Right side of panoramic landscape view from Peak Mountain. View of Jellico Mountain, Jellico, and Pleasant Valleys. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-261 for left side of panorama. Same panoramic view as RCBT-MT-263 and 264] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Peak Mountain | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-263 | Left side of panoramic landscape view eastward from Peak Mountain. View of Jellico Mountain, Jellico, and Pleasant Valleys. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-264 for right side of panorama. Same panoramic view as RCBT-MT-261 and 262] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Peak Mountain | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-264 | Right side of panoramic landscape view from Peak Mountain. View of Jellico Mountain, Jellico, and Pleasant Valleys. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-263 for left side of panorama. Same panoramic view as RCBT-MT-261 and 262] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Peak Mountain | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-265 | Left side of panoramic landscape view of Flat Woods country northward from Peak Mountain. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-266 for right side of panoramic view. RCBT-MT-329 same image] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Peak Mountain | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-266 | Right side of panoramic landscape view of Flat Woods country northward from Peak Mountain. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-265 for left side of panoramic view] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Peak Mountain | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-267 | Peak Knob looking west from Jellico Mountain at the head of Paint Creek. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-272, same image] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Peak Knob | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-268 | Left side of panoramic landscape view of Paint Creek Valley and Flat Woods country, west of Jellico Mountain with Shelley’s cornfields on the left. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-275 for right side of panoramic view. RCBT-MT-274, same image] | Kentucky / Whitley County | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-269 | Landscape view of main Jellico mining village at Kensee [probably Kensee Hallow area by Red Ash]. | Kentucky / Whitley County / Kensee | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-270 | Left side of panoramic landscape view of Jellico as seen from the west. Split rail fence in the foreground with fields behind them with a faint view of Jellico in the distance [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-271 for right side of panoramic view] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Jellico | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-271 | Right side of panoramic landscape view of Jellico as seen from the west. Split rail fence in the foreground with fields behind them with a faint view of Jellico in the distance [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-270 for left side of panoramic view] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Jellico | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-272 | Peak Knob looking west from Jellico Mountain at the head of Paint Creek. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-267, same image] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Peak Knob | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-273 | Landscape view of the topography looking east from Jellico Mountain. | Kentucky / Whitley County / Jellico Mountain | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-274 | Left side of panoramic landscape view of Paint Creek Valley and Flat Woods country, west of Jellico Mountain with Shelley’s cornfields on the left. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-275 for right side of panoramic view. RCBT-MT-268, same image] | Kentucky / Whitley County | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-275 | Right side of panoramic landscape view of Paint Creek Valley and Flat Woods country, west of Jellico Mountain with Shelley’s cornfields on the left. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-274 for left side of panoramic view] | Kentucky / Whitley County | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-276 | Kentucky Union Railroad line on left with Lime Kiln on right, east side of Graining Block Fork between the Yellow Rocks and Townsend Rocks. | Kentucky / Wolfe County | June 1891 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-277 | Landscape view with cabin in center of image at the mouth of Sinking Fork of Graining Block Fork of the Red River looking down stream. | Kentucky / Wolfe County | June 1891 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-278 | Rural landscape view with the Old Brewer house in distance on Graining Block Fork. | Kentucky / Wolfe County | June 1891 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-279 | Waterfall, in the distance men stand in a stable under the Rockhouse [center left of the waterfall]. | Kentucky / Wolfe County | June 1891 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-280 | Men stand around an ox being shoed on Mill Creek of Middle Fork of Red River near the Wolfe and Powell county line. | Kentucky / Wolfe County | April 1892 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-281 | View of railroad track cutting through the landscape. Joel Chenault’s tie chute below the mouth of Hotel Cave Branch of Graining Block Fork of Middle Fork of the Red River. | Kentucky / Wolfe County | April 1892 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-282 | View of men standing in front of a small portable steam saw mill on Mill Creek near Middle Fork of the Red River. | Kentucky / Wolfe County | 1892 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-283 | Joel Chenault’s tie chute opposite a point in Vanderpool’s field, showing the lead at the top above the cliffs and down to where it crosses Graining Block Fork. The tie chute is in bad repair and out of use. It is below Waterfall Branch and not far below Hotel Cave Branch on Graining Block Fork. | Kentucky / Wolfe County | September 27, 1893 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-284 | Verso reads, “G. W. Birch house, now occupied by Kinchen Spencer, on west side of Graining Block [Fork,] opposite mouth of Dark Hollow. Group consists of surveying party: G. W. Sewell, R. C. Ballard Thruston [Rogers Clark,] Kirby S. Woolery, Charley Sewell, Edward Woolery and Goolman Spencer.” | Kentucky/ Wolfe County | 1893 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-285 | View of men standing on railroad tracks. Verso reads, “Scene on Graining Block [Fork] showing the Surveying Party: Kirby S. Woolery, Ed Woolery, Charles Sewell and G. W. Sewell at Bridge Number 74 of the K. U. R. R.[Kentucky Union Railroad.] [Joel] Chenault’s fence from foot of hill to abutment of bridge and the water gap. Looking down stream.” | Kentucky / Wolfe County | ca. 1893 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-286 | Landscape view, verso reads, “Looking down the “Poor Bottom”, showing the cliffs on both sides of the Coal Bank Branch east of Graining Block [Fork] from a cabbage patch on the top of a low point at the upper end of the Poor Bottom, in a corn field that is being cultivated under [Joel] Chenault.” | Kentucky / Wolfe County | September 27, 1893 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-287 | Railroad bridge over the Graining Block Fork. Verso reads, “Looking up Dark Hollow showing the cliffs on both sides of its mouth, the railroad bridge across Graining Block [Fork] below the mouth of Dark Hollow and above the mouth of Bee Branch, and a cabin on the right was built on the waste from the railroad cut. Joel Chenault told G. W. Sewell and Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston, two years ago, that he built this cabin in 1878 or 1879. This was over ten years before the railroad was built through here. | Kentucky / Wolfe County | 1893 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-288 | Verso reads, “View from top of cliff (Station 133F of survey) looking down Graining Block [Fork], showing Kentucky Union Log Switch Number 6 and cliffs on both sides of Graining Block [Fork]. Those on the left are: 1st, Italian Rock (#37F), 2nd, adjoining it and looking like one cliff is point above Spencer Branch, 3rd, cliff below Spencer Branch, the point of cliff being hidden by timber though a light spot in the cliff is where the upper Brewer line on the west side of Graining Block [Fork] crosses this cliff to the one above, 4th, Cliffs below Sinking Creek, 5th, The Upper Yellow Rocks. On the right is the cliff over which [Joel] Chenaults tie chute passes. It shows a portion of Vanderpool’s clearing and houses on Spencer Branch and a stack of J. W. Martin’s lumber.” | Kentucky / Wolfe County | 1893 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-289 | Verso reads, “Cabin at mouth of Sinking Creek of Graining Block [Fork], Wolfe County, Ky. in which Lawrence Ponder lives and into which [Joel] Chenault or some one under him is said to have forced an entrance and to have taken forcible possession.” | Kentucky / Wolfe County | 1893 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-290 | Left side of panoramic landscape view of Jellico. Split rail fenced farm fields in foreground with Jellico in background. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-291 for right side of panoramic view] | Tennessee / Campbell County / Jellico | ca. 1880 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-291 | Right side of panoramic landscape view of Jellico. Split rail fenced farm fields in foreground with Jellico in background. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-290 for left side of panoramic view] | Tennessee / Campbell County / Jellico | ca. 1880 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-292 | Left side of panoramic landscape view from Stone Mountain looking southeast over Flanary’s field. [SEE ALSO RCBT-MT-293 for right side of panoramic view] | Virginia / Wise County / Big Stone Gap | 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-293 | Right side of panoramic landscape view from Stone Mountain looking southeast over Flanary’s field. View of homes in the distance. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-292 for left side of panoramic view] | Virginia / Wise County / Big Stone Gap | 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-294 | Three men in lying down on the north side of Poplar Hill. | Virginia / Wise County / Big Stone Gap | 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-295 | Men pose at the roaring Fork of Powell River in Big Stone Gap. Individuals identified left to right: Judge Henry Clay McDowell, Jr., and Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston, unknown individual holding geological hammer, and unknown individual far right on rock. | Virginia / Wise County / Big Stone Gap | 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-296 | Men pose around rapids in the Big Stone Gap. Individuals identified left to right: Judge Henry Clay McDowell, Jr., and Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston. | Virginia / Wise County / Big Stone Gap | 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-297 | Group at foot of Powell Mountain near Cracker’s Neck. Individuals identified: Young Ewing Allison, Judge Adolphus Edward Richards, John Robert Procter and the sons of Richards and Procter. | Virginia / Wise County / Big Stone Gap | 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-298 | Group of men sit and stand around a wagon review map. Verso reads, “The tail end of my buckboard wagon was called the ‘Real Estate Exchange’. On it there are seated …..Gerow [possibly Captain James W. Gerow], [Judge] Henry Clay McDowell, Jr. and John Robert Procter. A mountaineer standing and holding his rifle and pointing to the map, and a mountain boy on a donkey.” | Virginia/ Wise County / Big Stone Gap | 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-299 | View of tree line on the bank of the South Fork of the Powell River. | Virginia / Wise County | 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-300 | View of wooded hills, looking east from Horton Hill at Big Stone Gap. | Virginia / Wise County / Big Stone Gap | 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-301 | Landscape view looking north through the gap from Wallen’s Ridge with town in background. | Virginia / Wise County / Big Stone Gap | 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-302 | Rocky field in foreground looking east from Horton Hill. | Virginia / Wise County / Big Stone Gap | 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-303 | Landscape view looking west from Horton Hill, Stone Mountain on the right. | Virginia / Wise County / Big Stone Gap | 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-304 | Six unidentified men stand at the top of Horton Hill looking northeast. | Virginia / Wise County / Big Stone Gap | 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-305 | Henry Clay McDowell, Jr. seated by a cow in field, looking east from Poplar Grove. | Virginia / Wise County / Big Stone Gap | 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-306 | View of the South Fork of the Powell River near Duff’s stable. | Virginia / Wise County | ca. 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-307A | Left side of panoramic landscape view of a country road lined with split rail fences, a car on the far right. Looking west from Gladesville Road two miles east of the Big Stone Gap. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-307B for right side of panoramic view] | Virginia / Wise County / Big Stone Gap | ca. 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-307B | Right side of panoramic landscape view of a country road lined with split rail fences. Looking west from Gladesville Road two miles east of the Big Stone Gap. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-307A for left side of panoramic view] | Virginia / Wise County / Big Stone Gap | ca. 1887 | Procter, John Robert |
| RCBT-MT-308 | Snowy landscape view, verso reads” View of most of the coke oven site from a point south of where the county road crosses divide between Big and Little Crab Orchard [Craborchard] Creeks.” | Virginia / Lee County / Crab Orchard Creek | April 20, 1900 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-309 | Snow covered landscape view with old Morris store and residence in the distance. Verso reads, “Looking up the West Morris branch from a point near the office site showing the little valley above the coke oven site, where it is proposed to locate the tipples, engine and boiler house, blacksmith and carpenter shop and coal bins. Here are now located the old Morris store, residence and stable, also, the Company’s office in the center.” | Virginia / Lee County / Crab Orchard | April 20, 1900 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-310 | Two unidentified men with surveying equipment stand in front of a snow covered office on Morris’ tract. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-311] | Virginia / Lee County / Crab Orchard | April 20, 1900 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-311 | Two unidentified men with surveying equipment stand in front of a snow covered office on Morris’ tract. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-310] | Virginia / Lee County / Crab Orchard | April 20, 1900 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-312 | Landscape view of a valley with crops and bee hives in the foreground. Verso reads, “Looking west up the Pound Fork of the Big Sandy River from porch of John F. Stidham. Big Black Mountain in distance.” | Virginia / Wise County | September 10, 1903 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-313 | Opening in the McConnell bed on the Wilson tract six feet, ten inches thick. W. S. Palmer’s left hand is at the top of coal seam. A few inches of the seam bottom are hidden by water. | Virginia / Lee County / Crab Orchard | September 29, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-314 | Two horses tied up by a group of Rock Chestnut Oaks on the road spur of the Little Black Mountain near Morris Gap. | Virginia / Lee County | September 28, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-315 | Group of timber including: chestnut oak, poplar, chestnut. White oak, and chestnut with diameters from 22 inches to 26 inches on the Wilson Tract. | Virginia / Lee County | September 29, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-316 | View of trees, on the right is a chestnut tree 42 inches in diameter; in center, with man leaning against it, is a rock chestnut oak 38 inches in diameter; on the left is a double chestnut tree, with man leaning against it, whose trunks are 27 inches and 30 inches in diameter. Trees on Wilson tract. | Virginia / Lee County | September 29, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-317 | W. S. Palmer’s residence at the old Jessee Moore house. | Virginia / Lee County | September 29, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-318 | Old growth yellow poplar tree, five feet in diameter, with man leaning against it. Near mouth of proposed main entrance of the McConnell Bed coal seam, left, on the A. C. Morris tract. | Virginia / Lee County | September 29, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-319 | Group of white oaks at southwest corner of the 100 acre Reasor tract. Man leaning against large tree in background. | Virginia / Lee County | September 29, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-320 | Group of yellow poplar trees 34 to 36 inches in diameter on the Wilson tract. | Virginia / Lee County | September 29, 1903 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-321 | Distribution of yellow poplar seed on the snow on the McConnell tract on the southern face of Little Black Mountain at Big Crab Orchard Creek. Large diameter fallen tree in background. Verso notes, U. S. Bureau of Forestry negative #23744. | Virginia / Lee County | December 19, 1904 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-322 | Distribution of yellow poplar seed on the snow on the McConnell tract on the southern face of Little Black Mountain at Big Crab Orchard Creek. Verso notes, U. S. Bureau of Forestry negative #23274. | Virginia / Lee County | December 19, 1904 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-323 | Landscape view of Pennington’s Gap showing “Niggerhead” on the Powell River. | Virginia / Lee County / Powell River | ca. 1904 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-324 | View of buildings on the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky [now the University of Kentucky]. | Kentucky / Fayette County / Lexington | 1880 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-325 | American Linden tree [Basswood tree] on the upper waters of the Cumberland River. | Kentucky | 1884 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-326 | Landscape view of the Yellow Creek Valley as viewed from the Pinnacle Overlook; today known as the Middlesboro Basin. | Kentucky / Bell County / Middlesboro | 1875 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-327 | Geological Office with Honorable John R. Procter at his desk. Procter was the Kentucky State Geologist from 1880-1893, and president of the United States Civil Service Commission from 1893 to 1903. | Kentucky / Franklin County / Frankfort | ca. 1880 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-328 | Unidentified two story home with large dog sitting at rain barrel. | Unknown | ca. 1880 | Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard |
| RCBT-MT-329 | Left side of panoramic landscape view of Flat Woods country northward from Peak Mountain. Dr. Shepherds in front. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-266 for right side of panoramic view. RCBT-265 same image] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Peak Mountain | ca. 1882-1887 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-330 | Views in Kentucky including [top to bottom, left to right]: Hazel Green, Wolfe County; Rocks at Whitesburg, Letcher County; Breaks of Sandy [River];In Breaks of Sandy [River]; On the Russell Fork of Levisa Fork of Big Sandy River. | Kentucky / Letcher County / Wolfe County | ca. 1880 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-331 | Views in Kentucky including [top to bottom, left to right]: Little Sandy River at Martinsburg, Elliot County; Kentucky Gap, Elliot County; Mount Savage Furnace, Carter County; Martinsburg Court House, Elliot County; bottom two locations obscured by typing tape. | Kentucky / Carter County / Elliott County | ca. 1880 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |
| RCBT-MT-332 | Men stand and work around the tip house at Procter [Proctor] Coal Company. | Kentucky / Whitley County / Red Ash | ca. 1882 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-333 | Group of miners at store of Procter [Proctor] Coal Company. | Kentucky / Whitley County / Red Ash | ca. 1882 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-334 | Tip house and coal yard from below at Procter [Proctor] Coal Company. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-335 for valley view from tip house] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Red Ash | ca. 1882 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-335 | View from Procter [Proctor] Coal Company tip house looking down the valley showing the railroad safety switch, with logs along the tracks. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-334 for view of tip house] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Red Ash | ca. 1882 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-336 | View of Procter [Proctor] Coal Company mining village, office, store, and boarding houses. Split rail fence, with laundry draped across, surrounds village. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-337] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Red Ash | ca. 1882 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-337 | View of Procter [Proctor] Coal Company mining village, store, and office on right with tip house in distance on left. Mine is near Jellico, Tennessee. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-336] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Red Ash | ca. 1882 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-338 | Procter [Proctor] Coal Company locomotive with two E. T. V. & G. [East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia] railway cars at trestle, with men standing atop with shovels, along side of boarding house on left. | Kentucky / Whitley County | ca. 1882 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-339 | Men sit and stand by a Procter [Proctor] Coal Company locomotive. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-340] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Red Ash | ca. 1882 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-340 | Officers and clerks of the Procter [Proctor] Coal Company. Man holds image of the locomotive in RCBT-MT-339, titled “Baldwin [Galdwin] Locomotive Works” proudly displayed on right. [SEE ALSO: RCBT-MT-339] | Kentucky / Whitley County / Red Ash | ca. 1882 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-341 | Officers and clerks at the Procter [Proctor] Coal Company store, one man holding a muzzled dog. | Kentucky / Whitley County / Red Ash | ca.1882 | Unknown |
| RCBT-MT-342 | Store and office buildings of Procter [Proctor] Coal Company’s mines. | Kentucky / Whitley County / Red Ash | ca. 1882 | Crandall, Albert Rogers |