Logging and Forestry Work

Black and white images of logging activities, including foresters at work and small sawmills, capturing a historical perspective on resource management.

Foresters at Work - Colorado. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
Foresters at Work - Colorado. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Description: Temne basket worker. Description: Mende spinning local cotton. Description: Turning fufu. Description: Cooking soup. africa
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S & PF - Maine. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Logging: Felling - Georgia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Road Construction - Michigan. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Logging: Loading Logs - Wisconsin. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Seasoning and Shipping Lumber - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Logging: Scaling - Arizona. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Saw Products: Lumber Construction - Indiana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Foresters at Work - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Logging -Timber Management -Marking - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - New Mexico. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Tree Seeding - Maine. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Logging: Loading Logs - North Carolina. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Original caption: "Morongo - Irvin Waters, Blacksmith.". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs
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Farm Products - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Cpl. Shotwell, a photographer, captures an image of building construction in Archangel, Russia during World War One. Due to the cold climate, a special type of building is necessary with double walls, floors, and ceilings packed with sawdust insulation. The photo shows workers fitting inner boards and filling the space in between with sawdust. Notes indicate that this is photo number 39/42 in the series.
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Saw Products: Lumber Construction - Maryland. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Fire Suppression: Ground Handtools - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Description: Something like a third of the world's tin comes from Malaya. Most is worked by dredgers, but some of the smaller mines use the less expensive gravel pump as shown here. Much of the capital and most of the labour are Chinese. Location: Malaya, Borneo asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens
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Foresters at Work - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Fish Hatcheries - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Wood Utilization. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - District of Columbia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Logging Camps and Crews - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Mining - Kentucky. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Description: Free fuel on tap. Women taking the thick waste oil piped from an old umbar in the Oil-Fields. Description: At the Tembi Oil-Pumpimg-Station. Washing greens in the water outlet from the plant. Location: Tembi, Persia
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Range Improvement - Seeding - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Log Transportation: Rafts/ Rafting. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Extensive preparations at Roosevelt Field, L.I. for the arrival, anchoring, and repair of the British dirigible R-34 on July 6, 1919. A buried concrete anchor weighing 30 tons, measuring seven feet by seven feet square, and six feet deep was used. Eight of these anchors were used to securely fasten the cable moorings.
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Wood Utilization. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Miscellaneous Wood Products - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Foresters at Work - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Turpentine worker. Georgia. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Georgia, Turpentine industry and trade, Laborers, Turpentine industry workers
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Job Corps - Improvements - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Logging -Timber Management -Marking - Wyoming. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Culvert Maintenance. Original caption: 45-54: A oil-burning heating torch used inside of culvert to prevent icing. The ends of the culverts were coverd to conserve the heat. Original caption: 45-55: Water flows through the culvert and trenches protected by covering of plywood. State: Alaska.
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Tree Seeding - Maine. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Logging: Falling: Hand Saws. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Description: Nyanza Province. A European tea planter in his factory. The growing and manufacturing of tea as a commercial concern is one of the younger industries of the Colony. Location: Nyanza Province, Kenya tea, kenya, plantation, nyanza, africa
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Description: Cutting sisal. Location: Coast Province, Kenya africa
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Description: Ore of Awton Location: Awton africa
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Ray Bane cooking dog food at -50 degrees. Alaska Task Force Photographs
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Rotting foundations under the museum at Eagle. Alaska Task Force Photographs
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Ray Bane cooking dog food at 50 degrees below zero. Alaska Task Force Photographs
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Logging: Falling: Hand Saws. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History