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Spring pulpwood drive on the Brwon Company timber holdings in Maine. Woodsmen with picks and pikes "putting in rears," moving into the streambed logs that have been left behind after a "head" has passed. The wall of logs at right center has been built to prevent further washing away of the bank at t
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Credit lineSpring pulpwood drive on the Brwon Company timber holdings in Maine. Woodsmen with picks and pikes "putting in rears," moving into the streambed logs that have been left behind after a "head" has pass. 1943-01-01. Collier, John, Jr., Collier, John. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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