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Crystal Lake CCC Camp
1935
Barracks buildings at the Crystal Lake Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp.
Blister Rust Eradication Crew
1935
Slightly elevated view of a ribes eradication crew that was part of the white pine blister rust effort in a Barron County forest. The caption indicates that the crew, which was composed of "relief ...
White Pine Blister Rust Threat
June 1938
S.B. Fracker and H.N. Putman, two leaders of the white pine blister rust eradication effort in Wisconsin, are examining infected trees at the Rhinelander infection study plot.
Blister Rust Eradication Supervisor
October 1939
Eradication of the blister rust threat to Wisconsin's white pine forest created a joint federal-state effort that was almost military in its proportions. Here Ray Weber, a supervisor of an eradicat...
White Pine Blister Rust Eradication Crew
Six-man crew at Camp Mercer looking for ribes (gooseberries), a stage essential for the transmission of blister rust to white pines, working in a marsh area with two checkers walking behind them.
Blister Rust Eradication Crew
1933
Native Americans hired to assist with the White Pine Blister Rust eradication effort on the Menominee Reservation are being trucked to their work site.
