This is a wood carving of a miner holding a pick axe created by Harold Bowden. The figure is dressed in a miner's outfit, and is wearing a cap with a carbide lantern. Note the lunch pails located at the figure's feet.
This is a wood carving of a miner created by Harold Bowden. The figure is dressed in a miner's outfit, and is wearing a cap with a carbide lantern while pushing a coal laden mine railroad car.
One typed page which contains a description of a wooden pitcher belonging to Mrs. Ben Brown of Brazil, Indiana. It describes the type of wood and how it is shaped. It came to Indiana with the Reffett family and was made early in America's history.