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Creator:
New York (State). Conservation Commission
Abstract:
This series consists of mostly glass plate negatives of topographic maps used in forest fire detection in the northern, central, and southern portions of the state. Observation rings, with observation stations or fire towers located at the center, are superimposed on the maps. Adjacent fire towers would .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
Grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities allowed State Archives staff to undertake a preservation project by which duplicate negatives and contact prints were created for most of the negatives in Series 14297. This series consists of 5,206 positive contact prints made from duplicate .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Conservation Department
Title:
Series:
14297
Dates:
circa 1904-1953
Abstract:
The series consists of glass plate and film negatives and photographic prints compiled by the Forest, Fish and Game Commission, the Conservation Commission, and the Conservation Department. They illustrate activities of these predecessors of the Department of Environmental Conservation. The images document .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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