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| Title: | In the Whatcom Primitive Area |
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| Description: |
Magic Lantern Slides from a 1938 USFS slide show of National Forest Playgrounds. Keyword MLA to see all images and original transcript from all 60 images. Image Description from original transcript: Primitive Areas on the National Forests. Establishment of the Primitive Areas is relatively new in the National forest Administration. The Forest Service has defined such an area as, "a tract of Federally owned land set aside to be kept in as near its natural primitive condition as is physically and economically feasible, in the interests of public education, research, and recreation." Only necessary protective trails give access to such areas, and rude shelters are the only structures. There are 39 Primitive Areas already established on National Forests in the West, distributed in 10 different States and including a total of 6.5 million acres...22. On the Whatcom Primitive Area, Mount Baker National Forest, Washington..The Whatcom Primitive Area on the Mount Baker National Forest is probably the most rugged area in the Pacific Northwest, if not in the entire United States. A great deal of this area is practically unexplored, except for the distant views from commanding peaks or by airplane. |
| Original Filename: | MLA22 252342.jpg |
| Forest or Agency: | Mount Baker National Forest |
| Show more details: | Whatcom Primitive Area |
| City: | Mount Baker National Forest |
| State: | Washington |
| Country: | USA |
| Date: | Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EST 1938 |
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| Categories: | Images/ Animals/ Mammal/ Horse, Images/ Historic/ Slide Shows/ Playgrounds, Images/ Nature/ Lake, Images/ Nature/ Mountain, Images/ Recreation/ Camping, Images/ People/ Public |
| Photographer Phone: | 605-673-9251 |
| Copyright Status: | Public Domain |
| Internal/External: | External Use |
| Rights Usage Terms: | Public Domain, Please credit individual photographer, Black Hills National Forest |
| Image Media Type: | Magic Lantern |
| Added By: | Karen Wattenmaker ( karen@kwphoto.com ) |
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| Orientation: | Landscape |
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| ID: | 625 |
| Size: | 5.56 MB; 5724 x 4314 pixels; 19.1 x 14.4 inches (print at 300 DPI); |
| Provider: | Black Hills National Forest |
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