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Title
Redwood Region. Hammond Lumber Company, Maple Creek (Big Lagoon operations). Uncut block between "A" and "D" railroad lines below gap. Block left for fire protection, but entered by fires of 1936 and 1945. "Redwood won't burn." Many trees killed. 150 thousand or more per acre. 8-22-49, E.F
Creator
Fritz, Emanuel
Photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
1949
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bioscience & Natural Resources Library
Collection
Fritz-Metcalf Photograph Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Location: average distance
Identification: exact ground location unclear, appears unknowable
No people present in picture
Type
image
Identifier
fritz_metcalf-4781
Subject
Sequoia sempervirens - Fire damage
Fire fighting
Fire-killed wood
Lumber companies - Hammond Lumber Company - Maple Creek - Big Lagoon
Fires - Effects on vegetation
Trees - Killing of - Fire
Sequoia sempervirens
Trees - Death of
Humboldt County
Place
Humboldt County

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