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FHS5779th

Image ID:  FHS5779
Image Date:  [c. 1910s]
Image Title:  Train ready to leave woods for mill.
Image Caption:  Log train at landing on a spur on lands of Southern Brazil Lumber and Colonization Company near Tres Barras, about 1910-1915. Note density of pine stand.

[This image is from the Kenney P. Funderburke Papers, a collection including materials collected by and given to Kenney P. Funderburke related to forestry and lumbering in Tres Barras in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, and operations of the Southern Brazil Lumber and Colonization Company, primarily during the early 20th century. Funderburke worked in Tres Barras from 1961-1966 as Manager of Forestry Activities for Westvaco.]

Photographer:  [unknown]
Use Restrictions:  Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image.
Repository Contact Information:  Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.