Image ID:   Views6
Image Date:   July 1, 1928
Image Title:   Primitive Areas
Image Caption:   [Caption 1:] Of all our National Forest resources timber has, perhaps, the most universal and greatest variety of uses. Forested slopes not only help prevent erosion and silting, help retard run-off until life-giving water is needed for crops in distant irrigated valleys, but they serve, too, as shelter and sanctuary for much of our remaining wild life and as sources for health, recreation and inspiration for man. To help meet this latter need, to provide the opportunity to see nature, untouched and "unimproved" by everyday signs of civilization, the Forest Service has established Primitive Areas within the National Forests. Sixty-four in number, these Primitive Areas included within their boundaries--as of July 1, 1933--more than 9,600,000 acres! Virgin stand of Ponderosa Pine in the Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico. (6-233,241)

[Caption 2:] 7-1-1928. Big western yellow pine timber. Bear Creek.

[This image is from an album produced in the mid-1930s by the U.S. Forest Service for placement on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's California Limited in an attempt to introduce passengers to the National Forests. Includes 36 black-and-white photographs, dating 1914-1933, from National Forests across the country with accompanying captions addressing such topics as recreation, wildlife, reforestation, timber management and use, fire control, forage, and the activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps.]
Photographer:   Shipp, E. S., 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.