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Hurricane salvage; WPA roadside clearing, Sunset Lane; Tom Swamp Tract

• HF-ID: HFH-0931
• Category: Visual Materials
• Creator: Rowlands, W.
• Date: January 21, 1939
• Location: Tom Swamp Tract (Harvard Forest), TS I
• Media: Photograph and negative
• Contents:
  • 1 black and white photo: 2035 - 5"x7".
  • 1 negative: 2035n - 5"x7".

• Keywords: hurricane damage
• Abstract:
  • Sunset Lane (TS-I), Petersham, MA
  • The Works Progress Administration (WPA) crew from Worcester cleaning up hurricane debris along both sides of Sunset lane as fire protection measure.

• Related Items:
  • Historical photo 2035: Hurricane damage on Sunset Lane 1939

• Archives Location: 1938 Hurricane Photograph File, 40
• Access: Active
• Administrative Notes:
  • Original HF-ID: 2035