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| Title | They cut down the Old Pine Tree, 1941 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1941 |
| Notes | Caption included with image: "They cut down the Old Pine Tree." The last remaining tree in the Columbia River reservoir was cut down with fitting ceremony on July 19, 1941 when Frank A. Banks, Bureau of Reclamation, Supervising Engineer, and Carl W. Smith, Works Projects Administrator, fell the last remaining pine tree at the official closing of the huge project which started in 1938 on which some 3, 000 men employed from ten Counties, cleared over 52, 000 acres, forming a 151-mile reservoir reaching from Coulee Dam to the International boundary line.
Caption on verso: US WPA 640
UW 17792
[Grand Coulee Dam 87] |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Pine--Washington (State)
Clearing of land--Washington (State)
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Banks, Frank A.
Smith, Carl W.
United States. Works Projects Administration--Employees
Tree felling--Washington (State)
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| Geographic Subjects | United States--Washington (State) |
| Digital Collection | Grand Coulee Dam Collection
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| Order Number | DAm161 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info Please cite the Order Number when ordering. |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Grand Coulee Dam Photograph Collection. PH Coll 478
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| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | silver gelatin, b&w |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned 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. |
