An unidentified woman looks at items on a long shelf inside a general store in Meadows of Dan, Virginia. Jars of candy, honey, and other foods sit on the shelf. Baskets, rolling pins, pipes, butter churns, and barrels of goods are also visible in...
A woman walks down an aisle in a general store in Meadows of Dan, Virginia. Glass jars of candy sit on the counter to the right; wooden barrels full of goods sit on the floor below the shelves. Two butter churns sit in front of a pot bellied...
Rufus Woods plays a dulcimer he made for an interview in his home in Meadows of Dan, Virginia. This is the same tune as used in the murder ballad Poor Ellen Smith.
Rufus Woods plays the autoharp and sings a ballad about a white man falling in love with a Native American woman. This interview takes place in his home in Meadows of Dan, Virginia. This song follows the same tune as On Top of Old Smokey.
Close up of the front of the water wheel and races of Tom Agee's gristmill. Water springs from leaks in the side of the races. The larger mill building is not visible in this photo. Palmer's note with the photo places the mill on the Laurel Fork...
Water flows from the races down onto the water wheel of the Tom Agee gristmill. Most of the water runs over the side of the wheel instead of turning it forward. Palmer's note with the photo places the mill on the Laurel Fork Creek running through...
Close up photo of the broad side of the mill's water wheel. Races are above the wheel, and the beams holding up the races and wheel are visible in the photo. Palmer's note with the photo places the mill on the Laurel Fork Creek running through...
Close up photo of Tom Agee's water wheel and part of the races beside the gristmill. The wheel is stationary as the water flows out of the races before reaching the wheel. Palmer's note with the photo places the mill on the Laurel Fork Creek...
Side view of the Agee gristmill with its water wheel and races visible. Water runs from the side of the races into the stream below instead of flowing over the water wheel. Palmer's note with the photo places the mill on the Laurel Fork Creek...
Interior view of the Cockram Mill and its milling machinery. Flourescent lights hang from the ceiling above the millstones, metal garbage cans sit to the right of the machinery, and stacks of white bags of ground flour are visible against the back...