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United States Forest Service Historical Photographs, 1925

• HF-ID: HFP-066
• Category: Visual Materials
• Creator:
  • United States Forest Service

• Associated Person:
  • Fisher, R.T.

• Date: May 11-15, 1925
• Location: Erving State Forest (Erving MA), Harvard Forest, Prospect Hill Tract (Harvard Forest), Slab City Tract (Harvard Forest), Tom Swamp Tract (Harvard Forest)
• Media: Photographs
• Contents:
  • black and white photographs. 48 photographs. 6” x 8”.

• Keywords: harvard forest history, land use, management, planted trees
• Abstract:
  • Slab City
  
  
  • - S-4563-C Barre Woods (Slab City), Virgin Hemlock and White Pine on Harvard Forest, R.T. Fisher and his dog Johnny, May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo.
  • - S-4565-C, Slab City X, Stream in small presentation of virgin forest, May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo.
  • - S-4566-C, Slab City X, Stream in small presentation of virgin forest, May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo.
  • - S-4567-C Slab City X, White pine beside the Swift River, May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo; see also “250 yr old tree beside the Swift R.” By G. H. Collingwood (in Historical Photographs, box 1, White Pine)
  
  
  • Harvard Forest Operations
  
  
  • - S-4543-C, Abandoned farm land, stony and growing to brush. Field adjacent to Red Pine Plantation. Harvard Forest, May 12, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4549-C, Red Pine planted in spring of 1919. 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4551-C, Red Pine planted in spring of 1919. 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4552-C, Red Pine planted in spring of 1919 [1921?]. 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4568-C, Lumber sawed from log grown on the Harvard Forest.May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4571-C, Gray birch removed in order to release white pine, Harvard Forest. May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4572-C, Gray birch removed in order to release white pine, Harvard Forest. May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4573-C, Example of deformed trees as a result of larger spreading hardwoods, Harvard Forest. May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4574-C, Result of group selection cutting in uneven-aged white pine, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4575-C, Gray birch overtopping and suppressing white pine, Harvard Forest. May 12, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4576-C, Gray birch overtopping and suppressing white pine, Harvard Forest. May 12, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4580-C, Advanced hardwood growth following cutting of softwoods, Harvard Forest. May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4581-C, White pine reproduction following a partial opening in the stand, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4582-C, White pine reproduction following a partial opening in the stand, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4583-C, Selection cutting in Hemlock and white pine, Tom Swamp. May 12, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4584-C, Even-aged stand of white pine after the first operation of a shelterwood cutting, Harvard Forest. May 12, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4585-C, Selection cutting as applied to a spruce forest, Tom Swamp. May 11, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4586-C, Group slection cutting in white pine, Tom Swamp. May 11, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4587-C, Group slection cutting in white pine, Tom Swamp. May 11, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4588-C, Clear cutting in strips in white pine and hemlock, Harvard Forest. May 12, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4589-C, Clear cutting in strips in white pine and hemlock, Harvard Forest. May 12, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4590-C, Clear cutting in strips in white pine and hemlock, Harvard Forest. May 12, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  
  
  • Planting using spud tool
  
  
  • - S-4537-C, Forest planting with enlarged spud on the Harvard Forest. May 12-15, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4538-C, Forest planting with enlarged spud on the Harvard Forest. May 12-15, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4539-C, Planting white spruce, Harvard Forest. May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4540-C, Planting white spruce, Harvard Forest. May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4541-C, Forest planting showing detail of firming soil about the roots of the small tree, Harvard Forest. May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  
  
  • Harvard Forest Plantations
  
  
  • - S-4545-C, Red pine planted in abandoned farm land in spring of 1915. R.T. Fisher and his dog, Johnny. 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4548-C, Red pine planted in spring of 1919, Harvard Forest. May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4554-C, European larch set out in the spring of 1916 on a sandy knoll, Harvard Forest. R.T. Fisher and his dog, Johnny. May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4555-C, European larch set out in 1915 with two year old stock, Harvard Forest. R.T. Fisher and his dog, Johnny. 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4556-C, White spruce set out in spring of 1911 by Professor Jack, Harvard Forest. May 15, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4558-C, Norway spruce planted during 1915 - 2 years after white pine was cut - 1st weeding. Harvard Forest. May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4560-C, Norway spruce planted during 1915 - 2 years after white pine was cut - 1st weeding.May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4591-C, European larch planted in 1915 with two-year old stock, Harvard Forest. Grant Powell in the path. May 13, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  
  
  • Erving State Forest
  
  
  • - S-4529-C, Scotch pine, four-year old transplant grown in the Erving State Nursery. May 12, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4530-C, Scotch pine heeled-in preparatory to planting. Erving State Forest. May 12, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4531-C, Nursery on the Erving State Forest. May 12, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4532-C, Forest planting crews setting out four-year old pine on the Erving State Forest. May 12, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4534-C, Planting pines on idle land. 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4535-C, Planting four-year old Scotch pine, Erving State Forest. May 12, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4545-C, White pine planted under popple, Erving State Forest. May 12, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4569-C, The line where the fire stopped, Erving State Forest. May 12, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo
  • - S-4570-C, Land burned on the right and unburned on the left, Erving State Forest. May 12, 1925, 6” x 8” b&w photo

• Related Items:
  • Historical photo S-4563-C: Virgin Hemlock and White Pine
  • Historical photo S-4565-C: Stream
  • Historical photo S-4566-C Stream
  • Historical photo S-4567-C: White Pine
  • Historical photo file: HFH-0770 Plantations: Harvard Forest
  • Historical photo file: HFH-0054 Releasing, Harvard Forest
  • Historical photo file: HFH-0609 History of Treatment; Adams-Fay Lot (TS IX)
  • Historical photo file: HFH-0719 Shelterwood reproduction - white pine thinning plots; Harvard Forest, SC II
  • Historical photo file: HFH-0676 Cutting operations; Adams-Fay Lot (TS IX)
  • Historical photo file: HFH-0033 Planting, Harvard Forest
  • Historical photo file: HFH-0306 European larch plantation, Harvard Forest, Prospect Hill VII

• Archives Location: Map Room, stack 11, drawer 2
• Access: Active
• Provenance: Donated by United State Forest Service, NH Office, 2007
• Administrative Notes:
  • S-4563-C: olvwork410622.
  • S-4565-C: olvwork410625.
  • S-4566-C: olvwork410624.
  • S-4567-C: olvwork410623.