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Vintage photographs depicting pulpwood yards, wood preservation facilities, and wartime gas and oil depots in various locations across the U.S. and Europe.

Aerial view of Yard #3 in Kearney, N.J., showcasing the inventory of water and oil tanks, locomotives and railway equipment in storage. The image is captured by Sgt. Steiniger on July 23, 1919.
Aerial view of Yard #3 in Kearney, N.J., showcasing the inventory of water and oil tanks, locomotives and railway equipment in storage. The image is captured by Sgt. Steiniger on July 23, 1919.
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Manufacture of gases at Edgewood Arsenal, MD for use by American Forces abroad. This image depicts a mustard gas plant, taken on July 10, 1918.
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Pulp and Paper Woods - Mississippi. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Pulp and Paper Mills - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Description: Construction work. Recreation hall. Location: Gibraltar Camp, Jamaica Date: 1940-1941 jamaica, caribbean, gibraltarcamp, caribbeanthroughalens
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Miscellaneous Wood Products - Multiple Products. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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This photograph captures a scene from the pig farm at the Chutei New Life Hamlet in Vietnam on June 2, 1966. The building in the image was made by the Vietnamese using scrap materials and serves as a storage area for grain and other food for the pigs. The photo was taken by Pfc. Norman and is part of the Defense Department's collection. (Image reference: GVB-268, 1D-15-153-66, 1stMarDiv Vietnam, Photog: Pfc. Norman, CHULAI NEW LIFE HAMLET)
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Description: Manchu Iron Works - Anshan, Manchuria. Photographed by U.S. Signal Corps, 18 June 1946. Top of newest battery of coke ovens from which accessory equipment including charging lorries, pushers and valve mechanism were removed during Soviet occupancy - rendering them inoperable. Location: Anshan, China Date: 18 June 1946 china, asia, asiathroughalens
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Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: Planting Oil Palms and Infrastructure Company Soemut. Collection Photo collection Deli Society, photo number 810_44. 1931. Deli, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra
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Small Sawmills (mold) - District of Columbia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Toluol recovery plant for government at the Nassau Works in Brooklyn, NY. The plant includes scrubbers and a pump house. The photograph was taken by the Brooklyn Union Gas Co. and received on March 12, 1919. The image, labeled as "FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY," is part of the Photographs of American Military Activities during World War One collection.
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Famous P. O. J. Sugar Cane, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. Original caption: Famous P. O. J. Sugar Cane, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana - on Old Spanish Trail - Photograph from Lafayette Chamber of Commerce. State: Louisana.
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Logging: Skidding with Animals - Alabama. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Miscellaneous Wood Products - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Description: Excavating Cable Trench Location: Jaffa, Palestine Date: 1922-1923
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Tea factory Kertamanah built by Machinefabriek Braat Surabaia 1934, Anonymous, 1934 photograph Album magazine with a photo of the Tea factory Kertamanah south of Bandoeng, under construction in 1934. Part of a photo album with photos of machines and constructions of the N.V. Machinefabriek Braat in Surabaya, Soekaboemi and Tegal from the period 1931-1937. Bandung photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print making the overground structures (~ building activities). factory-building Java. Ribbon
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Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: Planting Oil Palms and Infrastructure Company Soemut. Collection Photo collection Deli Society, photo number 810_24. 1931. Deli, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra
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Lt. William Fox, Sig.R.C took this photograph (111-SC-11842) on June 1, 1918, at an Army Supply Base Warehouse located at 58th street and 1st avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. The photo captures a general view of Warehouse "B", which is currently under construction. Please note that this image is classified as Not for Publication.
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Logging: Camps & Crews: Exterior. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Bldg 41 construction looking west , Armories, Ordnance industry, Building construction, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Factory and forest extraction on Padang Halaban, 1938, Anonymous, 1938 photograph Leaf with three photos of the oil factory in Padang Halaban and extraction of new fields, 1938. With labels with captions under the photos. Part of the photo album about the Pernantian and Brussels plantations of the Sumatra Caoutchouc Maatschappij on the east coast of Sumatra in the years 1935-1939. Sumatra photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print plantation. factory-building. (non-fruit) products of plants or trees: palm oil Sumatra
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Title: "Wire Entanglement Cutting Machine Demonstration for National Legislators, 1918" Caption: "A miniature tank wire entanglement cutting machine is demonstrated before Senators and Representatives of Congress in Washington, D.C. on July 29, 1918. The machine, invented by John E. Logan, easily maneuvers through obstacles, showcasing its effectiveness. Official Use Only
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Seasoning and Shipping Lumber - Kentucky. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Gravel And Lumber From Italian Sources Were Used In Construction Of The Foundation And Tower For This Prefabricated Steel Water Tank.
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Working on the land, Anonymous, 1935 - 1938 photograph Album magazine with six photos of the work on the field, a walking tour, train and apple in the courtyard. Boys from the Hitlerjugend of Landjahrlager 1935 in Wolmersdorf. Part of the Hitlerjugend photo album. Germany photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print harvest. passenger train. review, inspection (of company, unit, troop) Germany
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Description: Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Company Limited. General view of forging plant. Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Date: 1916 canada, americas, newbrunswickandnovascotia
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Hofors ironwork chronology.ur Carl Sahlin mountain historical collection.
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Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Wisconsin. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Höganäs coal grapes chronology.ur Carl Sahlin mountain historical collection.
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A large pile of motor vehicle spare parts, estimated to be 400,000 ship tons per month, is seen in Langres, Haute Marne, France. This photograph documents the extensive supply of motor vehicle spare parts during World War I. Caption information taken from subject number 51947, photographer W. Sears, S.C. The photograph was taken on January 4, 1919 and registered on April 14, 1919.
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Description: Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Company Limited. Machine Shop and open-hearth coke ovens Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Date: 1916 canada, americas, newbrunswickandnovascotia
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Construction workers working on the cooling water pump at the power house of the 21st Grand Division Transportation Corps at Camp Pullman, France. The photo was taken on May 15, 1919, by an official photographer. It is marked for official use only.
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Valves to irrigation gates. Main irrigation canal in Maricopa County, Arizona 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Maricopa County
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An image showing the construction progress of a torpedo boat destroyer at Mare Island, California during World War One. The destroyer, named "Ward," can be seen partially built five days after construction began and was launched 17 days after the keel was laid.
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Logging Camps and Crews - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Wood Utilization. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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A vessel being prepared for sea at the Sun Shipbuilding Company in Chester, Pennsylvania. This image was taken in December 1917 and is part of a collection depicting American military activities during World War One.
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WI - Sheboygan. Sheboygan Breakwater Light, Wisconsin. Tender Hyacinth landing on North Pier, near Keeper's dwelling, the pagoda-type wooden beacon tower (originally designed for hoisting lens lantern, but replaced by acetylene plant some years ago). Removed from outer end of North Breakwater. View looking SE, distance about 50 feet, more or less. South Pier in background. Photo by steward of Hyacinth.
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View taken inside a sharp freezer at the supply base in Brooklyn, New York. The operation seen is the loading of beef from the warehouse onto trucks, which will then be transported to the loading platform for shipment. Photograph taken on July 18, 1919.
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Railbaan from factory to Pernantian, Anonymous, 1924 photograph The narrow gauge of the factory to the Pernantian plantation under water during the Bandjir in April 1924. Two boats with people on the water. With label with caption at the bottom of the photo. Part of the photo album about the Brussels and Pernantian plantations of the Sumatra Caoutchouc Maatschappij on the east coast of Sumatra in the years 1910-1935. East Sumatra photographic support (non-fruit) products of plants or trees: rubber. plantation. flood Pernantin
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Bomb Damaged In Railroad Yard At Cologne, Germany.
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Men of the Motor Transport Corps, along with German prisoners, work together to construct a wall of solid tires in Langres, France. This pile of 85,000 tires is a valuable resource for the Allied Expeditionary Forces' motor vehicles stationed in Pranee. Image number: 111-SC-44921.
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The highline and hauling cables are in place. Original caption: The highline and hauling cables are now in place. The hauling cable is 7/8 inch diameter. The highline cable is 1 3/4 inch diameter on the back spans while in the main span there are two highline cables on each side, one of 1 3/4 inches diameter and another of 1 7/8 inches diameter. The highline cables will carry the traveler or work car to be used during future construction operations. No. 137-1 May 1943. State: Alaska.
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Construction workers carrying out construction work at Fort Wood in New York. The image was taken by Sumber 46595, a photographer from Columbia University. The description received mentions that the photo captures construction work at Fort Wood. Additional notes state that there were 3-400 construction workers involved in the process.
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Image depicts a Vietnamese fisherman and his family passing through the Trieu Phuoc Dan in Trieu Phong Province, expected to be completed in early September 1968. The dam, constructed by Vietosmosa with materials provided by the Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support, will separate the fresh water of the Cua Viet River from the saltwater of the Gulf of Tonkin, providing fresh water to 30,000 people in the district.
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Factory Workers Coming Out Of The Gate At The Belgrade Textile Factory In Yugoslavia, On Their Way Home.
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Description: Ramornie Filling the concrete silos with green maize. Location: New South Wales, Australia Date: 1920 australia, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens
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nd, Prater - Stadium - Praterstadion construction site, View against the construction of the grandstands, centrally photographed workers, Bruno Reiffenstein -, photographer
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Primitive Method of Moving Heavy Bodies with Lever and Rollers. Original caption: National Museum. Primitive method of moving heavy bodies. Lever and rollers. State: Washington, D.C.
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MI - Livingstone Channel. Livingstone Channel Lights, Michigan. Caissons for Lights #1, 2, 3, and #4. View of forms and reinforcing material for caissons during erection.
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Testing of a Wals, Anonymous, 1931 - 1937 photograph Album magazine with six photos of testing a waltz. Part of a photo album with photos of machines and constructions of the N.V. Machinefabriek Braat in Surabaya, Soekaboemi and Tegal from the period 1931-1937. Java photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print other motor-vehicles not meant or mentioned above Java
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Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Indiana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Corrupted grasse. .