Photo, Print, Drawing Image 25 of Wheelwrights and cartwrights Dale Thibault and Harvey Howes, Miles City, Montana

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • Wheelwrights and cartwrights Dale Thibault and Harvey Howes, Miles City, Montana

Names

  • Johnson, Paula J., 1954- (Collector)
  • Crummett, Michael, 1948- (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • Miles City, Montana, August 10, 1979

Headings

  • -  Wheelwrights
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  United States -- Montana -- Miles City

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography

Notes

  • -  Note: Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers.
  • -  Index data: Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: at the shop of wheelwrights Harvey Howes and Dale Thibault, Miles City MT: 2A-4A [3-5], wheelwrights Harvey Howes (cowboy hat) and Dale Thibault ("T-Bone" cap) measure and mark positions for spokes on a wheel under construction; 5A-8A [6-9], Howes and Thibault drill holes in wheel rim; 9A [10], Howes and fieldworker Paula Johnson discuss repair of old wagon wheel; 10A-11A [11-12], Howes and fieldworker Paula Johnson discuss the "dish" of a wheel; 12A-13A [13-14], Howes, Thibault, and Johnson measure the wheel; 14A-17A [15-18], Howes and Johnson look at individual wheel spokes; 18A [19], Harvey Howes; 19A-20A [20-21] Dale Thibault, photographer's note states "T-Bone plunks every bit of profit back into buying more tools, etc."; 21A [22], Thibault marks other half of wheel; 22A [23], Howes drills hopes for spokes; 23A-27A [24-28], Howes and Thibault line up holes with spokes and pound the wheels together as far as possible; 28A-33A [29-34], Howes and Thibault clamp the wheel halves together to permit making an accurate cut with a hand saw; 34A-35A [35-36], Dale Thibault with wagon wheel; 36A [36a], Dale Thibault and fieldworker Paula Johnson with wagon wheel. Initial frame numbers as typed in photographer's log sheets; frame numbers in square brackets as assigned at time of scanning.

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/005: 1_22928

Source Collection

  • Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image

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Credit line: Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Johnson, Paula J, and Michael Crummett. Wheelwrights and cartwrights Dale Thibault and Harvey Howes, Miles City, Montana. United States Miles City Montana, 1979. Miles City, Montana. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_01_22928/.

APA citation style:

Johnson, P. J. & Crummett, M. (1979) Wheelwrights and cartwrights Dale Thibault and Harvey Howes, Miles City, Montana. United States Miles City Montana, 1979. Miles City, Montana. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_01_22928/.

MLA citation style:

Johnson, Paula J, and Michael Crummett. Wheelwrights and cartwrights Dale Thibault and Harvey Howes, Miles City, Montana. Miles City, Montana. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_01_22928/>.