Forest History Society Photograph Collection
Sample Images: Naval Stores Album / FHS2031th
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Image ID: FHS2031
Image Date: March
1929
Image Title: "A
Pictorial Album of the Naval-Stores Industry"
Image Caption: Growth
comparison of longleaf and slash [pine] near Starke, Florida. March 1929. At the
left is shown a longleaf pine (P. palustris Miller) and at the right a slash pine
(P. caribaea Morelet). Note the difference in size of buds and length of needles.
Needle length, type of bud, and cone are the main distinguishing characteristics
for the two species.
[Image from "A Pictorial Album of the Naval-Stores Industry", published
13 December 1937 by the U.S. Government Printing Office for the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service. The 47-page photo album has an introductory foreword,
a table of contents, a 1-page “History of the Naval-Stores Industry”, and accompanying
captions. The publication contains actual print images that are affixed to pages
with photo corners.]
Photographer: Wyman,
Lenthall, for the U.S. Forest Service
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.
