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Balsam fir saplings in an opening, photo point #2 (one-half chain from southwest boundary between cruise lines 1 and 2, tripod legs half extended) in MU17 on May 6 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam fir saplings in an opening, photo point #2 (one-half chain from southwest boundary between cruise lines 1 and 2, tripod legs half extended) in MU17 on May 6 1955
Date: 5/6/1955

Old clearing with balsam fir and eastern hemlock regeneration, one cull hemlock treated and two hemlock to be removed in a selection cutting, four pole-size spruce trees, photo point #5 (along the road 2.3 chains beyond permanent sample plot center post) in MU17 on May 6 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
plot
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
eastern hemlock
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Old clearing with balsam fir and eastern hemlock regeneration, one cull hemlock treated and two hemlock to be removed in a selection cutting, four pole-size spruce trees, photo point #5 (along the road 2.3 chains beyond permanent sample plot center post) in MU17 on May 6 1955
Date: 5/6/1955

Northern white-cedar stand on low ground with balsam fir regeneration, a red maple and a paper birch are marked for removal in a selection cutting, photo point #1 (south 60 degrees west, 1.8 chains from center of permanent sample plot 1/3) in MU17 on May 6 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
regeneration
plot
photo point
Organisms: northern white-cedar
red maple
paper birch
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Northern white-cedar stand on low ground with balsam fir regeneration, a red maple and a paper birch are marked for removal in a selection cutting, photo point #1 (south 60 degrees west, 1.8 chains from center of permanent sample plot 1/3) in MU17 on May 6 1955
Date: 5/6/1955

Spruce - eastern hemlock stand, some hemlock to be cut, cull maple, balsam fir thicket behind two hemlock marked for removal in a selection cutting, photo point #4 (near permanent sample plot 2/1) in MU17 on May 6 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
plot
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
spruce
maple
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Spruce - eastern hemlock stand, some hemlock to be cut, cull maple, balsam fir thicket behind two hemlock marked for removal in a selection cutting, photo point #4 (near permanent sample plot 2/1) in MU17 on May 6 1955
Date: 5/6/1955

High-order cutting practice (selection cutting) in the Cutting Practice Level Study, 5 years post cut, photo point #2 in MU1 on May 2 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU1
Cutting Practice Level Study
selection system
photo point
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: High-order cutting practice (selection cutting) in the Cutting Practice Level Study, 5 years post cut, photo point #2 in MU1 on May 2 1955
Date: 5/2/1955

After cutting, the large eastern white pine marked for cutting was missed by the logging crew, photo point #2 in MU6 on May 2 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU6
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
photo point
Organisms: eastern white pine
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: After cutting, the large eastern white pine marked for cutting was missed by the logging crew, photo point #2 in MU6 on May 2 1955
Date: 5/2/1955

Conifer stand in MU17 in 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Conifer stand in MU17 in 1955
Date: 1955

Post-cut, 15-inch dbh eastern hemlock and 8-9 inch dbh red maple marked, leaving red spruce 4-11 inches dbh, photo point #1 (in permanent sample plot 2/4) in MU10 on August 2, 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU10
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
plot
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
red maple
red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Post-cut, 15-inch dbh eastern hemlock and 8-9 inch dbh red maple marked, leaving red spruce 4-11 inches dbh, photo point #1 (in permanent sample plot 2/4) in MU10 on August 2, 1954
Date: 8/2/1954

Seed trap for seedbed study (plot #6) in fully stocked softwood stand, in MU5 on August 2 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU5
Compartment Management Study
selection system
personnel
regeneration
plot
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Seed trap for seedbed study (plot #6) in fully stocked softwood stand, in MU5 on August 2 1954
Date: 8/2/1954

After cutting, photo point #2 in MU5 on August 2 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU5
Compartment Management Study
selection system
photo point
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: After cutting, photo point #2 in MU5 on August 2 1954
Date: 8/2/1954

Good cutting practice (selection cutting) in the Cutting Practice Level study, eastern hemlock and spruce stand 4 years after improvement cutting, in MU1 on July 28 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU1
Cutting Practice Level Study
selection system
timber stand improvement
Organisms: eastern hemlock
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Good cutting practice (selection cutting) in the Cutting Practice Level study, eastern hemlock and spruce stand 4 years after improvement cutting, in MU1 on July 28 1954
Date: 7/28/1954

Arthur Hart in a red spruce stand after improvement cutting, peeled pulpwood trees on the ground, in MU12 on July 28 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU12
Compartment Management Study
selection system
logging
personnel
timber stand improvement
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Arthur Hart in a red spruce stand after improvement cutting, peeled pulpwood trees on the ground, in MU12 on July 28 1954
Date: 7/28/1954

Slow-growing red spruce regeneration in shade of dense stand, in MU17 on July 28 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
personnel
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Slow-growing red spruce regeneration in shade of dense stand, in MU17 on July 28 1954
Date: 7/28/1954

Stanley Jones marking a 12-inch dbh red spruce for removal in a selection cutting, this tree has coarse branches and is forked at about 12 feet, making it undesirable growing stock, in MU17 on July 28 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
personnel
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Stanley Jones marking a 12-inch dbh red spruce for removal in a selection cutting, this tree has coarse branches and is forked at about 12 feet, making it undesirable growing stock, in MU17 on July 28 1954
Date: 7/28/1954

7-inch dbh red spruce pruned and released by cutting 14-inch dbh red maple, in MU7 on July 27, 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU7
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
pruning
release
Organisms: red spruce
red maple
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: 7-inch dbh red spruce pruned and released by cutting 14-inch dbh red maple, in MU7 on July 27, 1954
Date: 7/27/1954

Opening made when eastern hemlock were cut 10 years ago, no regeneration, only ferns, photo point #5 in MU12 on July 16 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU12
Compartment Management Study
selection system
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
fern
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Opening made when eastern hemlock were cut 10 years ago, no regeneration, only ferns, photo point #5 in MU12 on July 16 1954
Date: 7/16/1954

Before cutting in balsam fir stand, photo point #6 (near corner of MUs 1, 8, 11, and 12, looking southeast) in MU12 on July 16 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU12
Compartment Management Study
selection system
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Before cutting in balsam fir stand, photo point #6 (near corner of MUs 1, 8, 11, and 12, looking southeast) in MU12 on July 16 1954
Date: 7/16/1954

Before cutting in eastern hemlock stand, in MU12 on July 16 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU12
Compartment Management Study
selection system
Organisms: eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Before cutting in eastern hemlock stand, in MU12 on July 16 1954
Date: 7/16/1954

Before cutting, photo point #3 (permanent sample plot 3/3 is 10 feet east) in MU12 on July 16 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU12
Compartment Management Study
selection system
plot
photo point
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Before cutting, photo point #3 (permanent sample plot 3/3 is 10 feet east) in MU12 on July 16 1954
Date: 7/16/1954

Pre-cut, spruce 6-8 inches dbh, balsam fir 4-12 inches dbh, eastern white pine 12 inches dbh by axe, seedlings of pine, eastern hemlock, spruce, and fir, photo point #1 (looking east) in MU12 on July 16 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU12
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
eastern white pine
eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pre-cut, spruce 6-8 inches dbh, balsam fir 4-12 inches dbh, eastern white pine 12 inches dbh by axe, seedlings of pine, eastern hemlock, spruce, and fir, photo point #1 (looking east) in MU12 on July 16 1954
Date: 7/16/1954