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| Description: | Cutover stump land showing a small wooden building on the lefthand side of the image. |
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| Description: | Forest destroyed by destructive logging followed by a fire. The right-hand side of the image shows where soil erosion has begun. |
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| Description: | Expanse of land with tree stumps with trees and buildings in the background. |
| Date: | 03 16 1915 |
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| Description: | Smoke surrounds several stumps in a field as they are burned to make way for a farm field. |
| Date: | 02 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a terraced farm field belonging to M.L. Jackson. Multiple tree stumps are scattered throughout the foreground and farm buildings are in th... |
| Date: | 03 13 1915 |
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| Description: | Several children clearing land for a new school playground. Three boys are using axes to chop a log, and other children are gathered near the fire. Three b... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Caption on negative sleeve reads, "Mining (?) town with view of saloon, restaurant and general store." A boardwalk runs along the fronts of the buildings. ... |
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