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Blister Rust Eradication Supervisor
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Eradication of the blister rust threat to Wisconsin's white pine forest created a joint federal-state effort that was almost military in its proportions. Here Ray Weber, a supervisor of an eradication crew, records work done on time sheets.
October 1939
Publication Information
| Date Created | October 1939 |
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Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 11 x 8 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Wisconsin Plant Industry Division plant disease and disease control photographs |
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| Call Number | (W525)39061 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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Blister Rust Eradication Crew
1935
Slightly elevated view of a ribes eradication crew that was part of the white pine blister rust effort in a Barron County forest. The caption indicates that the crew, which was composed of "relief ...
White Pine Blister Rust Threat
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S.B. Fracker and H.N. Putman, two leaders of the white pine blister rust eradication effort in Wisconsin, are examining infected trees at the Rhinelander infection study plot.
White Pine Blister Rust Eradication Crew
Six-man crew at Camp Mercer looking for ribes (gooseberries), a stage essential for the transmission of blister rust to white pines, working in a marsh area with two checkers walking behind them.
Blister Rust Eradication Crew
1933
Native Americans hired to assist with the White Pine Blister Rust eradication effort on the Menominee Reservation are being trucked to their work site.
CCC Youth Crew
1938
A crew of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) youth starting for the field where they were working on ribes eradication as part of the effort to defeat the white pine blister rust threat.
Native American Blister Rust Crew
1933
One of the Native American crews hired to assist with the White Pine Blister Rust eradication effort on the Menominee Reservation. Joe Larock was identified as the crew chief.
