Forest Fire in Adirondacks

Identifier
NYSA_14297-87_2537
Description
Aerial view of a forest fire burning in the Adirondack Mountains. This image was created to record the forest fire control activities of the New York State Conservation Department. Information supplied by staff at the Department of Environmental Conservation (2015) identifies the area as Bay Pond, N.Y., near Saranac Lake.
New York State Archives, New York (State). Conservation Dept. Photographic prints and negatives, [ca. 1904-1949], 14297-87_2537.
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Forest fire damage in the Adirondacks

Identifier
NYSA_14297-87_B255_57L366FFC
Description
View of road through an unidentified forest in the Adirondack Mountains that had recently suffered a fire.
New York State Archives, Conservation Dept. Photographic Prints and Negatives, 14297-87, box 255, no. 57-L-366-FFC.
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Chapel Pond Pass showing fire scarred mountain

Identifier
NYSA_14297-87_B255_57L370FFC
Description
View of the section of Chapel Pond Pass, near Giant Mountain in the Adirondack Mountains, after a fire. The side of the mountain was burned down to bare rock.
New York State Archives, Conservation Dept. Photographic Prints and Negatives, 14297-87, box 255, no. 57-L-370-FFC.
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Illustrating operation of weighting with alidade

Identifier
NYSA_14297-87_1039
Description
View of Kinne F. Williams, a state forester, demonstrating the operation of an alidade on a table adopted for use in fire observation towers, in conjunction with a United States Geological Survey map. The profile panorama map and U.S.G.S. sheet is shown in position, but without glass cover. An alidade is a surveying/mapping instrument used for determining directions. This image was created to record the forest fire service activities of the New York State Conservation Commission.
Source: New York State Archives, New York (State). Photographic prints and negatives, [ca. 1904-1949], 14297-96A, Box 75, SARA No. 1039.
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St. Regis Mountain circular map

Identifier
NYSA_14297-87_1038
Description
Panoramic map of the Adirondack Mountains surrounding the Saint Regis Mountain fire observation tower in Santa Clara, Franklin County. Panoramic maps are depictions of cities or landscape seen from an oblique elevated angle. The map provides a 360° view of the landscape surrounding the tower out to a distance of twenty miles. This image was created to record the forest fire service activities of the New York State Conservation Commission.
Source: New York State Archives, New York (State). Photographic prints and negatives, [ca. 1904-1949], 14297-96A, Box 75, SARA No. 1038.
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Fire Prevention Posters

Identifier
NYSA_14297-87_1063
Description
View of six posters on a wall warning sportsmen to be careful not to start forest fires, location unknown. One of the posters is dated 1914. This image was created to record the forest fire protection activities of the New York State Conservation Commission.
New York State Archives, New York (State). Conservation Dept. Photographic prints and negatives, [ca. 1904-1949], 14297-87, SARA No. 1063.
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"Look out for fire!" - Rules and Laws

Identifier
NYSA_14297-87_1654
Description
View of a notice posted on a tree explaining state laws and regulations regarding forest fires. The location is unknown, but the date is sometime between 1903 and 1909. (William F. Fox died in 1909.) This image was created to record the fire control activities of the New York State Forest, Fish and Game Commission.
New York State Archives, New York (State). Conservation Dept. Photographic prints and negatives, [ca. 1904-1949], 14297-87, SARA No. 1654.
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Fighting Forest Fire in the Adirondacks

Identifier
NYSA_14297-87_1675
Description
View of four firefighters putting out an incipient forest fire with shovels and axes somewhere in the Adirondack Mountains, exact location unknown. This image was created to record the forest fire control activities of the New York State Conservation Department.
New York State Archives, New York (State). Conservation Dept. Photographic prints and negatives, [ca. 1904-1949], 14297-87, SARA No. 1675.
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Putting Out a Forest Fire

Identifier
NYSA_14297-87_1816
Description
View of a man, probably a forest ranger, putting out an incipient forest fire, location unknown. The date is also unrecorded, but may be the 1920s. He is carrying a metal canister on his back and spraying the contents onto the fire. This image was created to record the forest fire control activities of the New York State Forest, Fish and Game Commission, Conservation Commission, or Conservation Department.
New York State Archives, New York (State). Conservation Dept. Photographic prints and negatives, [ca. 1904-1949], 14297-87, SARA No. 1816.
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Putting Out Forest Fires

Identifier
NYSA_14297-87_1817
Description
View of a man in civilian clothing putting out an incipient forest fire, date and location unknown. He is carrying a metal canister on his back and spraying the contents onto the fire. This image was created to record the forest fire control activities of the New York State Forest, Fish and Game Commission, Conservation Commission, or Conservation Department.
New York State Archives, New York (State). Conservation Dept. Photographic prints and negatives, [ca. 1904-1949], 14297-87, SARA No. 1817.
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