Betler Farm Log house half dovetail notch construction

Half dovetail notch (an American invention only found after 1825) on log house Betler Farm Helvetia WV. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, May 1991. archive reference GM S2570 Project description: The Milnes Collection contains audio-visual recordings made and collected by the Augusta Heritage Center’s former Folk Arts Coordinator, Gerald Milnes. Throughout his career with Augusta, Milnes conducted field work to amass a large collection of photographs, oral histories, music, and event recordings. He recorded the bulk of the collection from the early 1970s to 2013, but the collection also includes tapes with earlier dates that others sent to him.

Categories: Milnes Collection Photography
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