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Caption reads: "Sections showing pruned branch stubs, 18 years after thinning." Photo taken in 1951, probably by Wilbur F. Mattoon, likely in the Urania, Louisiana area.
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: branch
pruning
Organisms: pine
Location: Urania, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "Sections showing pruned branch stubs, 18 years after thinning." Photo taken in 1951, probably by Wilbur F. Mattoon, likely in the Urania, Louisiana area.
Date: 1951

Caption reads: "Tree #62 being pruned from 17' to 34'. Chisholm Plot."
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: branch
pruning
Organisms: loblolly pine
Location: Urania, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "Tree #62 being pruned from 17' to 34'. Chisholm Plot."
Date: 10/31/1950

Caption reads: "View of tree #46 just pruned from 17' to 34'." Photo taken on October 31, 1950, probably by Wilbur F. Mattoon in the Urania, Louisiana area.
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: branch
pruning
Organisms: loblolly pine
Location: Urania, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "View of tree #46 just pruned from 17' to 34'." Photo taken on October 31, 1950, probably by Wilbur F. Mattoon in the Urania, Louisiana area.
Date: 10/31/1950

Caption reads: "Plot U-54 (Maxwell). Urania, La." Man in photo is identified as Hamlin Williston.
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: personnel
thinning
Organisms: loblolly pine
Location: LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "Plot U-54 (Maxwell). Urania, La." Man in photo is identified as Hamlin Williston.
Date: 9/29/1950

Maxwell plot #U-53, probably circa 1947.
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: thinning
Organisms: loblolly pine
Location: LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
Description: Maxwell plot #U-53, probably circa 1947.
Date: 1947?

Caption reads: "Maxwell Plot U-3. Handerkerchief [sic] on tree 89 which is dead. Tree #93 and #97 showing."
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: thinning
Organisms: loblolly pine
Location: LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "Maxwell Plot U-3. Handerkerchief [sic] on tree 89 which is dead. Tree #93 and #97 showing."
Date: 5/10/1941

Caption reads: "Maxwell Plot U-5. Ax in gum near tree 101. Trees #101 and including #106 in foreground. Nos. of trees 51 and 93 showing in background."
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: thinning
Organisms: loblolly pine
sweetgum
Location: LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "Maxwell Plot U-5. Ax in gum near tree 101. Trees #101 and including #106 in foreground. Nos. of trees 51 and 93 showing in background."
Date: 5/10/1941

Presumably, this picture is of Plot #15 of the Urania thinning study, probably in the early 1940s.
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: thinning
Organisms: loblolly pine
Location: LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
Description: Presumably, this picture is of Plot #15 of the Urania thinning study, probably in the early 1940s.
Date: 1940s?

Picture of Isom Strange Plot #80, probably in the early 1940s. Tree #173 is also shown in USFS image #241527.
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: thinning
Organisms: loblolly pine
Location: LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
Description: Picture of Isom Strange Plot #80, probably in the early 1940s. Tree #173 is also shown in USFS image #241527.
Date: 1940s?

Caption reads: "Heavy thinning in old field loblolly pine 45 years old--thinned 3 years ago. Plot U-116, Winn Parish, Louisiana."
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: thinning
oldfield
Organisms: loblolly pine
Location: Winn Parish, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "Heavy thinning in old field loblolly pine 45 years old--thinned 3 years ago. Plot U-116, Winn Parish, Louisiana."
Date: 8/16/1937

Caption reads: "Heavily thinned stand of old field loblolly pine 30 years old. Thinned from above [in] 1928 and 1933. Whitehead plot U-65, Winn Parish, Louisiana."
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: thinning
oldfield
Organisms: loblolly pine
Location: Winn Parish, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "Heavily thinned stand of old field loblolly pine 30 years old. Thinned from above [in] 1928 and 1933. Whitehead plot U-65, Winn Parish, Louisiana."
Date: 8/16/1937

Caption reads: "Hardwood understory that appears on better sites after cutting in stands of old field loblolly pine. Pine regeneration may be a serious problem here. Plot U-68 Nelson, Winn [LaSalle?] Parish, La."
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: thinning
Organisms: loblolly pine
Location: LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "Hardwood understory that appears on better sites after cutting in stands of old field loblolly pine. Pine regeneration may be a serious problem here. Plot U-68 Nelson, Winn [LaSalle?] Parish, La."
Date: 8/16/1937

Caption reads: "32 year old loblolly pine in old field stand after second thinning has reduced the stand to 85 trees per acre. Plot U78, Winn [LaSalle??] Parish, La."
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: thinning
Organisms: loblolly pine
Location: LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "32 year old loblolly pine in old field stand after second thinning has reduced the stand to 85 trees per acre. Plot U78, Winn [LaSalle??] Parish, La."
Date: 11/14/1933

Caption reads: "12 year old loblolly pine in old field stand contrasting pruned and unpruned trees. Plot U 109, Winn Parish, Louisiana."
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: branch
pruning
Organisms: loblolly pine
Location: Winn Parish, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "12 year old loblolly pine in old field stand contrasting pruned and unpruned trees. Plot U 109, Winn Parish, Louisiana."
Date: 11/14/1933

Caption reads: "Sub-plot A-1 after thinning. Plot U-102, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana, see #283852."
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: thinning
Organisms: loblolly pine
Location: LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "Sub-plot A-1 after thinning. Plot U-102, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana, see #283852."
Date: 5/31/1933

Caption reads: "A 31 inch cherry-bark oak on sub-plot I-1, #2A effectively and efficiently girdled. Plot U-102, LaSalle, Parish, La."
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: girdling
Organisms: cherrybark oak
Location: LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "A 31 inch cherry-bark oak on sub-plot I-1, #2A effectively and efficiently girdled. Plot U-102, LaSalle, Parish, La."
Date: 5/31/1933

Caption reads: "A 23 inch post oak on sub-plot P-6, #15 girdled effectively but at more labor than necessary. Plot U-102, LaSalle Parish, La."
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: girdling
Organisms: post oak
Location: LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "A 23 inch post oak on sub-plot P-6, #15 girdled effectively but at more labor than necessary. Plot U-102, LaSalle Parish, La."
Date: 5/31/1933

Caption reads: "Sub-plot A-1 before thinning. The trees marked to leave have white cloth tied around them at 6 feet, those marked to cut are blazed at 4 feet. Compare with #283861, Plot U-102, LaSalle Parish, La."
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: thinning
Organisms: loblolly pine
Location: LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "Sub-plot A-1 before thinning. The trees marked to leave have white cloth tied around them at 6 feet, those marked to cut are blazed at 4 feet. Compare with #283861, Plot U-102, LaSalle Parish, La."
Date: 3/29/1933

Caption reads: "A typical wolf hardwood removed by girdling on sub-plot C-1. This tree was a 20 inch post oak and very defective. Note the large crown and spreading limbs. Plot U-102, LaSalle Parish, La."
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: girdling
Organisms: post oak
Location: LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "A typical wolf hardwood removed by girdling on sub-plot C-1. This tree was a 20 inch post oak and very defective. Note the large crown and spreading limbs. Plot U-102, LaSalle Parish, La."
Date: 3/29/1933

Caption reads: "Contrast in pulpwood yields from 4 and 5 inch trees. The taller pile on the left was cut from 50 five inch trees, the smaller pile on the left was cut from 50 five inch trees, the smaller pile immediately to the right was cut from 100 four inch trees. Plot U-103, LaSalle Parish, La."
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Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Keywords: pulpwood
thinning
Organisms: loblolly pine
Location: LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
Description: Caption reads: "Contrast in pulpwood yields from 4 and 5 inch trees. The taller pile on the left was cut from 50 five inch trees, the smaller pile on the left was cut from 50 five inch trees, the smaller pile immediately to the right was cut from 100 four inch trees. Plot U-103, LaSalle Parish, La."
Date: 3/29/1933