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Chopping lower branches to enable him to get higher.

imageID: 30232
Description: Chopping lower branches to enable him to get higher.
Study: Topping
Keywords: harvesting of wood
felling and related operations
preparatory measures other than marking
felling season
lopping and topping in advance of felling
removal of buttresses etc
work science (work studies)
Original collection id: Oxford #: 322.5, negative #: 146
Original as submitted: 322_5_neg_146_147_148_149.tif
Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Location: Alaska
Date(yyyy): 1959
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

Wright, Brenda E.; Plumb, Pauline; Wright, John; Biles, Frances E. 2021. Historical photographs from U.S. Forest Service research and development activities in Alaska. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0084


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