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Description
Two log drivers (also known as river drivers) posed with the tools of their trade: a peavey, an ax, a pike pole, and a shovel. Their cheeks have been hand-colored in pink.
About This Item
- Title: Two log drivers, Bangor, ca. 1865
- Creation Date: circa 1865
- Subject Date: circa 1865
- Location: Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Tintype
- Dimensions: 5.1 cm x 4.1 cm
- Local Code: 2014.237.010
- Collection: Vickery-Shettleworth collection of early Maine photography
- Object Type: Image
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- Portrait photographs
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- River drivers
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- Working class
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