Split rail fencing

Image

cj3293.jpg

Title

Split rail fencing

Subject

West Virginia
Boys -- West Virginia
Dogs -- West Virginia

Description

Two bare-foot white boys walk down a dirt road holding a pail between them .They are looking at a dog walking alongside them which is sniffing the ground. Wooden split-rail fences run along the road on both sides and trees grow in the middle ground and background. Caption: "The boys and their dog are going on an errand in this region of high, split-rail fencing."

Creator

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940

Source

Image from opposite page 331 of Highways and Byways from the St. Lawrence to Virginia, 1913

Publisher

Jones Library Special Collections

Date

undated

Rights

This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.

Relation

From the Clifton Johnson Collection

Type

Photographs

Identifier

CJ3293

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

7 x 5

Citation

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940, “Split rail fencing,” Digital Amherst, accessed October 30, 2024, https://digitalamherst.org/items/show/5185.