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Blasting stumps across the river from Camp Gifford, 1940.
Blasting stumps across the river from Camp Gifford, 1940.
TitleBlasting stumps across the river from Camp Gifford, 1940.
PhotographerUnknown
Date1940
NotesLabel on verso: WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION, M-9; STATE OF WASHINGTON; Date: 8-30-40; O.P. No. WP 3570; Zone #3; County: Stevens; City: Kettle Falls; Neg. 682; Title: Coulee Clearance; Caption: Blasting Stumps across river from Camp Gifford. A dozen large stumps, each with as many as 50 sticks of dynamite under it are sent skyward as part of the Camp Gifford blasting crew look on in the foreground. Stump fragments are seen high in the air. US WPA 620

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Subjects (LCTGM)Blasting--Washington (State)
Clearing of land--Washington (State)
Explosions--Washington (State)
Subjects (LCSH)Tree stumps--Washington (State)
Geographic SubjectsUnited States--Washington (State)
Digital CollectionGrand Coulee Dam Collection
Order NumberDAM012
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Negative NumberUW12596
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionGrand Coulee Dam Photograph Collection. PH Coll 478
Object TypePhotograph
Physical Descriptionsilver gelatin, b&w
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print at 100 dpi in JPEG format and resized to 768x512 ppi or scanned from original text at 400 dpi in JPEG format and resized to 600 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2000.
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