Lumber Industry Practices

Historic images depicting lumber processing activities such as seasoning, milling, and storing timber, highlighting the cultural and economic aspects of forestry.

Seasoning and Shipping Lumber - Wyoming. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Tennessee. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Seasoning and Shipping Lumber - Wyoming. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Mills, Milling and Log Storage - Mississippi. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - North Carolina. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Pulp and Paper: Pulpwood Yards - South Carolina. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Mills, Milling and Log Storage - West Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Fuelwood - North Carolina. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Scaling - Indiana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Sawmill Interiors - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - Georgia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Fuelwood - New York. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Scaling - Missouri. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Seasoning and Shipping Lumber - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Kentucky. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Small Sawmills - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Chemical Wood - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Seasoning and Shipping Lumber - Massachusetts. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Seasoning and Shipping Lumber - Tennessee. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Loading Logs: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Small Sawmills - Mississippi. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Wood Preservation - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Wood Preservation - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Flood Effects - Missouri. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - Missouri. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Sawmill Interiors - Massachusetts. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Pulp and Paper: Pulpwood Yards - Florida. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Mills, Milling and Log Storage - West Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Sawmill Interiors - Illinois. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Saw Products: Lumber Construction - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Nurseries: Planting Stock - Michigan. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

This photograph, taken on June 1, 1918, shows Lieutenant E.M. de Berri and Sergeant R.C. crating up Army motor trucks for overseas shipment at Camp Holabird in Maryland. The truck bodies, from Packard 3-ton trucks, are being prepared for transportation. The image was censored and released by the M.I.B. censor on June 21, 1918.

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - Alabama. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Pulp and Paper Woods - Vermont. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Nurseries: Planting Stock - Michigan. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Naval Stores - Florida. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Public Relations - Mississippi. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Civilian Conservation Corps - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Veneer and Plywood Making - Vermont. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Tennessee. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Nursery Work: Seed Beds - Wisconsin. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

S & PF - Maine. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Soil Erosion - Mississippi. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Range Fences - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Sawmill Interiors - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Maine. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Young boy packing shingles at small mill near Jefferson, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Jefferson, Texas , Marion County

Mills, Milling and Log Storage - Texas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Loading Logs - Arizona. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Seasoning and Shipping Lumber - West Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Sawmill Interiors - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Towns and Cities: Occupied - Alaska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Scaling - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - North Carolina. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Wood Preservation - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Workers at Thornhill Wagon Co. in Lynchburg, Virginia manufacturing wagons for the Army during World War One. This photo was taken in December 1918.

Wood Utilization. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Chemical Wood (mold) - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Seasoning and Shipping Lumber - New York. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Fuelwood - Missouri. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Scaling - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Fish Planting - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Sawmill Interiors - Massachusetts. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Saw Products: Dimensions - Vermont. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Scaling - Idaho. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Woodpile on farmstead in Sheridan County, Kansas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Kansas , Sheridan County

Forest Fire Equipment: Water Equipment - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Pile of soil pipe. Greenhills, Ohio. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Ohio , Greenhills, Ohio , Hamilton County

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

German cookstoves captured by American soldiers during their occupation of Rehon, Germany. These cookstoves were made by the Germans and were confiscated by the Americans during their march into Germany. This photograph was taken in December 1918 by a photographer from the Signal Corps.

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - South Carolina. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Christmas Greens - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Soldiers at Camp Holabird, Maryland, crating Packard 3-ton truck bodies for shipment overseas during WWI. Photo taken on June 1, 1918, by Lt. E. M. de Berri of Signal Corps. The photo was censored and released by the Military Intelligence Bureau on June 21, 1918.

Mills, Milling and Log Storage - Mississippi. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Nurseries: Planting Stock - Mississippi. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Luzon- Why the Gas Pumps Run Dry. Luzon- Why the Gas Pumps Run Dry. Hundreds of drums of gasoline rolling up on the sands of Luzon from Coast Guard-manned landing craft tell graphically why the home front motorists carry gas ration books and why occasionally the fuel pumps run dry. Millions of gallons of gasoline powered the planes and tanks and trucks that carried the war back to Luzon and mounted the mighty offensive to recapture Manila.

Nursery Work: Seed Beds - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Forest Fire Equipment: Tool Caches - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Bridges - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Chemical Wood - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Nursery Work: Seed Beds - Michigan. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Seasoning and Shipping Lumber - Michigan. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

German prisoner helping to handle and sort 85,000 solid tires for A.E.F. motor vehicles at a depot in Langres, Haute Marne, France. In one week, 20,000 of these tires, some weighing 400 pounds each, were processed. The photo was taken on January 4, 1919, by Lt. R. W. Sears.

Workers at the Kimble Wool and Mohair Company warehouse standing around the scale and checking desk. Junction, Texas 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Junction, Texas , Kimble County

Disease Control (Water Damaged) - Texas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Photograph of interior Wallabout Market, D.P. 4, Lot 25, Building 2024, 1209-10 Metz Streeet, Wall. Basin Storage Terminal, G.V. ground floor. View of large storage area filled with piles of sacks and a bale lifter with an entryway in background, printed from negative 1298..

Pile of sugar beets waiting for processing at sugar beet plant. Lewiston, Utah. Shasta County, California 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shasta County

Transportation of Livestock - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Thurston Nursery, white spruce seedlings, seed planted May 16, 1936, row #4, Enfield, Mass., Sep. 25, 1936 : Parcel no. 289-25 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, forestry, nurseries horticulture

Saw Products: Dimensions - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Improvised shower on farm of Elof Hansen. Yuba County, California 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Yuba County

Pulp and Paper: Pulpwood Yards - South Carolina. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Range Improvement - Seeding - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Vilnius. "Kaziuk". Bednar products - Balie, Onions, Barrels; Zdanowscy, Edmund and Boles; Before 1939 (1930-00-00-1939-00-00);

Pulp and Paper: Pulpwood Yards - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

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