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Eastern white pine from commercial clearcut stacked along the road in MU22,  December 1988
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU22
Compartment Management Study
commercial clearcut
equipment
logging
road
Organisms: eastern white pine
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Eastern white pine from commercial clearcut stacked along the road in MU22, December 1988
Date: Dec-88

Logging truck loading sawlogs at the landing in the Logging Study, in MU2 in 1984
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Logging Study
shelterwood system
equipment
logging
road
vehicle
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Logging truck loading sawlogs at the landing in the Logging Study, in MU2 in 1984
Date: 1984

Truck being loaded with chips at the landing in the Logging Study, in MU2 in 1984
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Logging Study
shelterwood system
equipment
logging
road
vehicle
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Truck being loaded with chips at the landing in the Logging Study, in MU2 in 1984
Date: 1984

Equipment used for cutting conifers along the road in the Logging Study, in MU2 in 1984
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Logging Study
shelterwood system
equipment
logging
road
Organisms: balsam fir
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Equipment used for cutting conifers along the road in the Logging Study, in MU2 in 1984
Date: 1984

Fran Lawlor with the snow machine in the 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
equipment
road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Fran Lawlor with the snow machine in the 1980s
Date: 1980s

U.S. Forest Service vehicle on road, chainsaw, 1970s or 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: vehicle
road
equipment
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: U.S. Forest Service vehicle on road, chainsaw, 1970s or 1980s
Date: 1970s or 1980s

University of Maine students from Ralph Griffin's class, PEF tour with U.S. Forest Service staff, 1970s or 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: vehicle
road
personnel
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: University of Maine students from Ralph Griffin's class, PEF tour with U.S. Forest Service staff, 1970s or 1980s
Date: 1970s or 1980s

Gate across the road near Blackman Stream, vehicle, 1970s or 1980s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
vehicle
infrastructure
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Gate across the road near Blackman Stream, vehicle, 1970s or 1980s
Date: 1970s or 1980s

Snow machine on a forest road driving through a pine and spruce stand near in MU23 in 1975
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
equipment
road
Organisms: pine
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Snow machine on a forest road driving through a pine and spruce stand near in MU23 in 1975
Date: 1975

Vehicle on the road next to a strip clearcut in MU33 in the 1960s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU33
Biomass Harvesting Study
strip clearcut
road
vehicle
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Vehicle on the road next to a strip clearcut in MU33 in the 1960s
Date: 1960s

A metal seed trap near the road in a strip clearcut in MU33 in the 1960s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU33
Biomass Harvesting Study
strip clearcut
regeneration
road
plot
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: A metal seed trap near the road in a strip clearcut in MU33 in the 1960s
Date: 1960s

PEF tour given by USFS personnel in MU33 in the 1960s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU33
Biomass Harvesting Study
personnel
strip clearcut
road
vehicle
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: PEF tour given by USFS personnel in MU33 in the 1960s
Date: 1960s

Photo taken from the road of a strip clearcut in the biomass harvesting study in MU33 in the 1960s
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU33
Biomass Harvesting Study
strip clearcut
road
Organisms: spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Photo taken from the road of a strip clearcut in the biomass harvesting study in MU33 in the 1960s
Date: 1960s

Wood cut in spring of 1958 stacked along woods road near western boundary, in MU2 in May 1958
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
logging
road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Wood cut in spring of 1958 stacked along woods road near western boundary, in MU2 in May 1958
Date: May-58

Person walking down the main road (Harper Drive) at the Penobscot Experimental Forest in March 1958
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
personnel
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Person walking down the main road (Harper Drive) at the Penobscot Experimental Forest in March 1958
Date: Mar-58

Harper Drive (Government Road) in February 1958
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Harper Drive (Government Road) in February 1958
Date: Feb-58

Gravel pit, Blackman Stream, in 1957
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Gravel pit, Blackman Stream, in 1957
Date: 1957

Observer making fire weather reading, on September 29 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
infrastructure
road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Observer making fire weather reading, on September 29 1956
Date: 9/29/1956

Swamp section of road, in 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Swamp section of road, in 1956
Date: 1956

Forest stand and wooden post, swamp section of road, in 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Forest stand and wooden post, swamp section of road, in 1956
Date: 1956

Person in forest stand, swamp section of road, in 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Person in forest stand, swamp section of road, in 1956
Date: 1956

Lorain shovel excavator, swamp section of road, in 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
equipment
road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Lorain shovel excavator, swamp section of road, in 1956
Date: 1956

Automobile, swamp section of road, in 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
vehicle
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Automobile, swamp section of road, in 1956
Date: 1956

Opening with tractor skid road about 50 feet from a red spruce, paper birch, and eastern hemlock seed source, photo point #3 in MU9 on May 18 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU9
Compartment Management Study
selection system
road
photo point
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Opening with tractor skid road about 50 feet from a red spruce, paper birch, and eastern hemlock seed source, photo point #3 in MU9 on May 18 1954
Date: 5/18/1954

Open type fire weather station on September 29 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
infrastructure
road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Open type fire weather station on September 29 1952
Date: 9/29/1952

Pre-cut black spruce, eastern white pine, and balsam fir in wet flat to swamp, looking south 20 degrees west from knoll in woods road in MU5 on August 14 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU5
Compartment Management Study
selection system
road
Organisms: black spruce
eastern white pine
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pre-cut black spruce, eastern white pine, and balsam fir in wet flat to swamp, looking south 20 degrees west from knoll in woods road in MU5 on August 14 1952
Date: 8/14/1952

First-year twitch trail that may be improved into a sled road and eventually into a truck road for hauling wood, in MU2 on October 18 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU2
Farm Woodlot Study
road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: First-year twitch trail that may be improved into a sled road and eventually into a truck road for hauling wood, in MU2 on October 18 1951
Date: 10/18/1951

View of muddy portion of new road south of garage, on September 12 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: View of muddy portion of new road south of garage, on September 12 1951
Date: 9/12/1951

Chemo Road straightening, widening, and ditching (photo shows preliminary clearing by D7), on September 6 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Chemo Road straightening, widening, and ditching (photo shows preliminary clearing by D7), on September 6 1951
Date: 9/6/1951

New Chemo Road after smoothing with D7, looking northwest from forest boundary near Boyton campsite on September 6 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: New Chemo Road after smoothing with D7, looking northwest from forest boundary near Boyton campsite on September 6 1951
Date: 9/6/1951

Old Chemo Road (curves, narrow, no drainage), on September 6 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Old Chemo Road (curves, narrow, no drainage), on September 6 1951
Date: 9/6/1951

Water hole on main road extension south of Chemo Road, on September 6 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Water hole on main road extension south of Chemo Road, on September 6 1951
Date: 9/6/1951

Test hole in gravel bank along Blackman Stream on August 22 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Test hole in gravel bank along Blackman Stream on August 22 1951
Date: 8/22/1951

Main Penobscot Experimental Forest access road and entrance sign, winter of 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
sign
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Main Penobscot Experimental Forest access road and entrance sign, winter of 1951
Date: Winter 1951

Main Penobscot Experimental Forest access road in winter of 1951. Vehicle driving away from camera down the road. Snow on road and high snowbanks on either side, in winter 1951
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
vehicle
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Main Penobscot Experimental Forest access road in winter of 1951. Vehicle driving away from camera down the road. Snow on road and high snowbanks on either side, in winter 1951
Date: Winter 1951

Main access road in winter of 1951. Road is plowed with high snowbanks along road.
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Main access road in winter of 1951. Road is plowed with high snowbanks along road.
Date: Winter 1951

Excavator in use during road construction, picture 1, in June 1950
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
equipment
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Excavator in use during road construction, picture 1, in June 1950
Date: Jun-50

Bulldozer clearing road in the background, picture 2, in June 1950
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
equipment
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Bulldozer clearing road in the background, picture 2, in June 1950
Date: Jun-50

Bulldozer driving down recently cleared road, road construction, picture 3, in June 1950
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
equipment
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Bulldozer driving down recently cleared road, road construction, picture 3, in June 1950
Date: Jun-50

Men building bridge at the Penobscot Experimental Forest, picture 4, in June 1950
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
road
infrastructure
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Men building bridge at the Penobscot Experimental Forest, picture 4, in June 1950
Date: Jun-50

Men building bridge at the Penobscot Experimental Forest, picture 5, in June 1950
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
road
infrastructure
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Men building bridge at the Penobscot Experimental Forest, picture 5, in June 1950
Date: Jun-50

Bulldozer driving away from camera down recently cleared road, picture 6, in June 1950.
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
equipment
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Bulldozer driving away from camera down recently cleared road, picture 6, in June 1950.
Date: Jun-50

A vehicle driving into the Penobscot Experimental Forest, with the entrance sign visible
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: vehicle
road
sign
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: A vehicle driving into the Penobscot Experimental Forest, with the entrance sign visible
Date: 1950s

Robert M. Frank standing on PEF road next to strip clearcut, hardwood regeneration present, in MU33
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU33
Biomass Harvesting Study
strip clearcut
personnel
road
regeneration
Organisms: red maple
eastern white pine
aspen
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Robert M. Frank standing on PEF road next to strip clearcut, hardwood regeneration present, in MU33
Date:

Two personnel hammering a post into shallow water
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Two personnel hammering a post into shallow water
Date:

Road at the Penobscot Experimental Forest in winter
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Road at the Penobscot Experimental Forest in winter
Date:

Person standing on a plowed forest road in winter
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
road
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Person standing on a plowed forest road in winter
Date:

Main road (Harper Drive) at the Penobscot Experimental Forest
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: road
Organisms: spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Main road (Harper Drive) at the Penobscot Experimental Forest
Date: