US Forest Service photograph collection, 1910-1949.

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US Forest Service photograph collection, 1910-1949.

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94 black and white photographs and two negatives, taken from 1910 to 1949, with the majority from the 1920s, by the US Forest Service of Region 4. Included are images of recreation, landscape scenes, geological formations, Forest Service personnel, structures, towns, equipment, American Indians, and Forest Service projects. The photographs were mainly taken in the Wasatch, Sawtooth, Fish Lake, Cache, La Sal, Dixie, and Manti National Forests.

0.25 linear feet (1 box)

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7427888

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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United States. Forest Service. Intermountain Region

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United States. Forest Service

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