Logs left in the woods by logging operations, illustrating the great waste of timber accompanying private ownership and exploitation. It was common practice for operators to buy a forty-acre tract of timberland and steal timber from adjacent lands. Wis

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Title
Logs left in the woods by logging operations, illustrating the great waste of timber accompanying private ownership and exploitation. It was common practice for operators to buy a forty-acre tract of timberland and steal timber from adjacent lands. Wis
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lee, Russell

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1937-05
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 010851-B c.2
Topics
Wisconsin
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Content: FSA Collection includes two copies of this photograph.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 54997
TMS Object Number: 010851-B c.2
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4b0a0380-af97-0136-eb71-2b3128f38a4e
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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  • 1937: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Logs left in the woods by logging operations, illustrating the great waste of timber accompanying private ownership and exploitation. It was common practice for operators to buy a forty-acre tract of timberland and steal timber from adjacent lands. Wis" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1937. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/04f06730-af9a-0136-073e-0c917761ff31

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Logs left in the woods by logging operations, illustrating the great waste of timber accompanying private ownership and exploitation. It was common practice for operators to buy a forty-acre tract of timberland and steal timber from adjacent lands. Wis" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 5, 2025. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/04f06730-af9a-0136-073e-0c917761ff31

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1937). Logs left in the woods by logging operations, illustrating the great waste of timber accompanying private ownership and exploitation. It was common practice for operators to buy a forty-acre tract of timberland and steal timber from adjacent lands. Wis Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/04f06730-af9a-0136-073e-0c917761ff31

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/04f06730-af9a-0136-073e-0c917761ff31 | title= (still image) Logs left in the woods by logging operations, illustrating the great waste of timber accompanying private ownership and exploitation. It was common practice for operators to buy a forty-acre tract of timberland and steal timber from adjacent lands. Wis, (1937)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=January 5, 2025 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Logs left in the woods by logging operations, illustrating the great waste of timber accompanying private ownership and exploitation. It was common practice for operators to buy a forty-acre tract of timberland and steal timber from adjacent lands. Wis
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