AFS Lantern Glass Slide Collection

Title

AFS Lantern Glass Slide Collection

Subject

Glass slides used by the Australian Forestry School in Canberra and then by the ANU for teaching and research.

Source

https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5ba86f5cddc6072f149047ac

Format

Original slides are mostly 2x2 glass slides

Identifier

VC: 1146

Collection Items

AFS_001
Skidding with Oxen Minn. N.F.

AFS_002
Fire Lookout Station on Leek Spring Mountain. This tower is 50ft high at elevation of 7690ft. Lookout house is 14ft Sq with a rim of glass 30in wide around bldg at height where lookout man may view country sitting or standing.

AFS_003
Marties Peak Lookout Lake tahoe

AFS_004
Planting trees on the Nebraska N. in furrows about 6ft apart. Men work in squads of 3's. One carries trees in bucket of water two plant with sapdes.

AFS_005
Sawing down a red pine Simpsons camp Minn.

AFS_006
(Streets cene in the snow)

AFS_007
(Building with heavy ice cover)

AFS_008
(factory)

AFS_009
A log road newly 'scraped' note the depth of snow on each side the width between runners of sleds used on this road is 8ft, bunk 16 feet long, Minn.N.F.

AFS_010
Waldspiel - group system

AFS_011
One of four planting crews planting Jack Pine bt trencher method, Neb N.F.

AFS_012
(factory chimneys)

AFS_013
Locating fire with Alidade and segmented circle. Two or more stations report angle on which smoke is located. Intersecting lines on master-map oriented with those at lookout give location of blaze

AFS_014
Brush piles on cut-over area

AFS_015
Waldspiel, showing dominant co-dominant and suppressed trees.

AFS_016
Fire lookout station, El Dorado N.F.

AFS_018
Forest ranger locating distant forest fire on the map, Mt. Silcox lookout station, Cabinet N.F.

AFS_019
Coyote proof pasture, 8 Miles sq, covering 2,500 acres: 1300 acres heavy forest, 400 open timber, 800 scab glades & small meadows. 1200 ewes & lambs (1000 head) are in the enclosure

AFS_020
Forest officers at timber line on San Francisco peaks

AFS_021
Waldspiel, selection forest
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