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[Forest officers traveling by horse leaving tool box for firefighting, Arapaho National Forest, Colorado(?)] – Historic Print

[Forest officers traveling by horse leaving tool box for firefighting, Arapaho National Forest, Colorado(?)], [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph
[Forest officers traveling by horse leaving tool box for firefighting, Arapaho National Forest, Colorado(?)], [between 1909 and 1932]. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Forest officers traveling by horse leaving tool box for firefighting, Arapaho National Forest, Colorado(?)]

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Forest officers ride out with a tool box for fighting fires, a scene that shows how firefighting crews traveled in the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado, though the record marks that location with a question mark. In the early twentieth century the Forest Service was still new, and wildfire was among the most pressing concerns across the western forest reserves. Before motor vehicles reached remote ranges, horses carried men and their tools over rough mountain trails, so a rider with a box of shovels and mattocks could reach a blaze far from the nearest road. The National Photo Company, known for its views of the West, made the print, catalogued as number 3350.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1932]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1940.
NotesNo. 3350. National Photo Company Collection.
SubjectsForest reserves--Colorado--1900-1940. Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Arapaho National Forest--1900-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,259 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-177785

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