E.L. & E.J. Smart Woods Crew

Photographer

Creation Date

1892 - 1893

Preview

Description

Chocolate or brown print of the E.L. & E.J. Smart woods crew at Meadow Brook, Howland, Maine. The crew was operated by brothers Ernest Lester Smart and Elijah Johnston Smart. The photo includes two women and two children. The photo is taken next to the camp built of logs. There is snow on the ground. William D. Smart (1827-1907), standing, fourth man from the left, supports one of the children on top of a wooden table where he also half-sits. His left leg is missing at about mid-shin. Will Smart served with Company D. of the 30th Maine Volunteer Infantry and was wounded April 23, 1864 when crossing the Cane River, Louisiana in a canoe. People in the photograph include (not in order): Will Boober, Tom Smart, Lucien Dinsmore, Will Smart, Ernest Smart, Myrtle Smart, Janie Smart, Clara Smart, Elijah Smart & baby, El DeWitt, Silas Buck, Venus Goodrich, Nate McGray, Brad DeWitt, 1892-1893. See NA2462.

Topic

Forestry

Collection

MF072

Series Number

NA2462

Identifier

p08024

Recommended Citation

"E.L. & E.J. Smart Woods Crew" (2024). Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Image Gallery. 630.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/nafoh_gallery/630

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Existence and Location of Originals

Howland, Maine