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Clearing the Land

Date: 1905
Description: Man and woman using a double-handled saw to clear trees from their land.
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Three Men Extracting a Stump

Date: 
Description: Three men working with a two-horse team on a hill turning a winch to extract stumps, probably a Svenson Grubber sold by J.H. Carnahan.
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Tree Removal

Date: 07 22 1927
Description: A man uses a tractor and rope to fell a tree in an area that appears to have been cleared by fire.
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Clearing Hardwood Forest

Date: 08 02 1895
Description: A hardwood forest ten miles southwest of Florence, containing hard maple, birch, elm, oak, hemlock, and other types of timber. Two men are leaning against ...
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Draining Horicon Marsh

Date: 1914
Description: View of a drainage ditch in Horicon Marsh. A man is on a path along the left of the ditch.
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IH TD-15 Series B Tractor Crawler Clearing Trees

Date: 1969
Description: This photograph was likely taken by the International Harvester Overseas Division for promotional purposes, and shows a man driving an International Harves...
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Man Using Tractor to Pull Stumps

Date: 06 12 1925
Description: Right side profile view of a man using a tractor to pull stumps.
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Man Using Tractor to Pull Stumps

Date: 06 12 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a man using a tractor to pull stumps in a field.
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Man Driving 10-20 Tractor Pulling Plow in Rough Ground

Date: 06 16 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man driving a 10-20 tractor pulling a plow in rough ground. A man on the right is helping with a rope being used to ...
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Man Clearing Land

Date: 09 14 1925
Description: A man is driving a McCormick-Deering tractor to clear a field near a forest.
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View Down Cleared Section of Forested Hillside

Date: 08 08 1927
Description: View down steep hillside, a section of which appears to be recently cleared. Two men are standing near a horse, halfway down the hill in the cleared area. ...
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Tree Clearing for Road Construction

Date: 08 08 1927
Description: View from rear of a group of men clearing trees for road construction. A man is driving a continuous track tractor to pull a piece of construction equipmen...
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Farmall Tractor at Logging Operation for Stump Removal

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: A man is removing a stump with a Farmall tractor at Morris Bros. Ranch. Downed trees are in the background.
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Farmall Tractor at Logging Operation for Stump Removal

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: A man is removing a stump with a Farmall tractor at Morris Bros. Ranch. Downed trees are in the background.
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Farmall Tractor at Logging Operation for Stump Removal

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: A man is removing a stump with a Farmall tractor at Morris Bros. Ranch. Downed trees are in the background.
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Logging Operation at Sawmill

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: Man using a McCormick-Deering tractor among trees at the C.W. O'Halloran Co.
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Clearing Brush

Date: 06 09 1936
Description: Smoke is rising from piles of burning brush and stumps along a country road. Two men are walking near another pile of brush in the foreground on the right....
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TD-6 — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: View of a man sitting on a TD-6, and talking to a man standing on the right. Subject: "TD-6 — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photogr...
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TD-24 — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: View towards man using a TD-24 to pull a stump. Mountains are in the background. Subject: "TD-24 — Lumbering." Where Taken: "Pac." Information with photogr...
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Land Clearing — TD-14A

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Land Clearing — TD-14A." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "TD-14A owned by Winoski Soil Conservation District, Montpelier, V...

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