Woodrow Russell talks with Kip Lornell about his father and White Top Fiddler's convention. This interview takes place in Woodrow's home in Marion, Virginia. Woodrow is the son of Sam Russell, a well known dulcimer player and builder. Woodrow...
Woodrow Russell talks with Kip Lornell about old square dances in the area. This interview takes place in Woodrow's home in Marion, Virginia. Woodrow is the son of Sam Russell, a well known dulcimer player and builder. Woodrow continues these...
Woodrow Russell talks with Kip Lornell about his father's dulcimer playing until he died at the age of 92, and his recording for the Library of Congress. This interview takes place in Woodrow's home in Marion, Virginia. Woodrow is the son of Sam...
Woodrow Russell talks with Kip Lornell about his father's and grandfather's fife playing. This interview takes place in Woodrow's home in Marion, Virginia. Woodrow is the son of Sam Russell, a well known dulcimer player and builder. Woodrow...
Apple trees in bloom frame the photo of an orchard on a hillside. A house is visible in the distance between two apple trees. Cleared fields surround the house and separate the building from the orchard.
Side view of a log gristmill. The water wheel is visible on the side of the building. Vines grow inside the water races, although water still flows from the races into the stream below. This is either the George Correll Mill (built 1852,...
A two page photo story on the Tom Agee gristmill in "Friends" magazine titled "Old Mill in the Hills." Photos of the structure and operations of the mill are shown and include captions. Palmer titled this photo "Tom Agee...
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...
Overall view of the Agee Mill and millpond in Patrick County, Virginia. The photo was taken from across the millpond, facing the side of the mill with the water wheel and races. A woman stands beside the water wheel, just off the dirt path that...
Side of the large Agee gristmill located in Patrick County, Virginia. The water wheel and races are visible along the side of the building. The mill has a wood shingle or shake roof. The photo was probably taken from underneath the water races.
An unidentified man stands on the water races of the Agee gristmill in Patrick County, Virginia. Water pours from the side of the races into the creek below. The back of the large gristmill is visible in the photo. Photo taken during the summer...
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...
An unidentified man carries a long wood pole on his left shoulder as he walks through a field toward a barn or outbuilding. A rail fence divides the barn lot and field.
A two-story farmhouse, barn, and outbuildings sit in a valley in the mountains. Rail fences surround plowed fields and pastures on the hills around the house. Palmer's note with photo reads, "Mountain home below Green Wade's home on road...