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Hurricane salvage; WPA roadside clearing, south of Sunset Lane; Petersham MA

• HF-ID: HFH-0933
• 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: 2037 - 5"x7".
  • 1 negative: 2037n - 5"x7".

• Keywords: hurricane damage
• Abstract:
  • South of Sunset Lane, Petersham MA
  • The Works Progress Administration (WPA) crew from Worcester piled and burned the slash from hurricane felled timber (Sept. 21 1938) along the sides of this woods road as a fire protection measure.

• Archives Location: 1938 Hurricane Photograph File, 30
• Access: Active
• Administrative Notes:
  • Original HF-ID: 2037