Photograph
Burning Stumps
| Smoke surrounds several stumps in a field as they are burned to make way for a farm field. |
| Image ID: | 75094 |
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| Creation Date: | 03 16 1915 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Mobile |
| County: | |
| State: | Alabama |
| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company, Agricultural Extension Department photograph albums, 1902-1935 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 13Z, Album 38, Box 21, Folder 1 |
| Original Dimensions: | 7.75 x 6 inches |
| The original typewritten caption reads: "An easy and inexpensive method of getting rid of stumps. Mr. O.K. Hubbard is clearing this field and expects to plant it in potatoes. By digging around the stump so the fire can be started below the surface, they are burned out deep enough that what is left does not interfere with plowing. Near Mobile, Ala." Photograph taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. Folder: Soils |
| Fires |
| Farms |
| Outdoor photography |
| Clearing of land |
| Field crops |
| Fields (Agriculture) |
| Deforestation |
| Trees |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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