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. Wisconsin
Summary
Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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wisconsin
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library of congress
Date
01/01/1937
Contributors
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
Location
Wisconsin Dells (Wis.)
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43.62750, -89.77083
Source
Library of Congress
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Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html