Crawford Barn Raising: Saturday Afternoon
In the afternoon, bents 3 and 4 went up as scheduled, and the lines dispersed, as Longaberger distributed forms by which people could order their baskets by mail. The media arrived as the structure took form. Key: (1, 2) Pipe staging is erected so that framers could hoist up the purlin posts as well as to provide a platform for rafter installation. (3) Rudy Christian directs the raising of bent 3. (4) Pike poles help push the beam higher. (5) Delivery of the rafters by horse-drawn carriage. (6) Bent 4 going up. (7, 8) Shorter, then longer, pike poles being put to use. (9) Nancy Bernstein, a timber framer from upstate New York, makes friends with Dick and Dan. (10) Carroll ("Mr. Slate") Neidardt entertains the crowds with his extensive knowledge of slate and barns.
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