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Men Fighting Forest Fire

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Description: Several men fighting a small forest fire. One man has a water pack on his back.
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Forest Rangers in Charred Forest

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Description: Forest rangers look over charred ruins of timber in a forest where "Smokey," a black bear cub was found suffering from third degree burns.
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Well Jetting Equipment

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Description: Well jetting equipment with three hose lines extinguishing forest fires.
Postcard

Forest Protection Lookout Tower

Date: 1913
Description: View towards tower, with a man standing on the platform on the top. This postcard has a handwritten notation on the back: "One of the first forest protecti...

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