Artist Lavern Kelley (1928 - 1998)

Ford 9000 (Log Truck)

Date1990

DimensionsOverall: 10 × 24 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (25.4 × 61.6 × 16.5 cm)

Object numberF0035.1999

Credit LineCollection of The Farmers' Museum. Gift of Ellen Chamberlain in memory of Ralph Chamberlain.

Photograph by Richard Walker

Label Text Lavern Kelley was a dairy farmer, logger, and sawmill-worker from Oneonta, New York who used wood to document the disappearing lifestyle of the 20th-century family farmer of upstate New York. After an appendectomy, Kelley took up carving at the age of 7 and the hobby remained an important part of his life. Throughout his life, he was inspired by what he saw around him - farmyards, vehicles, people, and farm equipment.

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