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Last tree in Camp Gifford area, 1941.

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Title Last tree in Camp Gifford area, 1941.
Creator Unknown
Date 1941
Description Caption included with image: The last tree to be felled in the Camp Gifford area was this yellow pine which was once located in a densely forested area along the old river highway between the towns of Rice and Daisy. WPA officials and others came to witness the falling of the lone tree. Rising backwater behind Grand Coulee dam of the Columbia river is expected to cover this flat by the middle of July. The Columbia river is about 3/4 mile in the distant background.

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Subject Pines--Washington (State); Clearing of land--Washington (State); Trees--Washington (State) Yellow pines--Washington (State)
Coverage United States--Washington (State)
Relation Grand Coulee Dam Collection
Source University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Grand Coulee Dam Photograph Collection. PH Coll 478
Type Photograph
Format silver gelatin, b&w 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.
Identifier http://content.lib.washington.edu/u?/grandcoulee,68

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