Road which served as a fire break for timber during forest fire

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Title:
Road which served as a fire break for timber during forest fire
Description:
Transcribed from back: Farm Forestry Series, 1928, By R. W. Graeber, Extension Forester; A forest fire destroyed everything on the right but the road served as a fire break and protected the timber on the left. Bladen County.; Transcribed from accompanying envelope: Road Stopped Forest Fire, Bladen County; Which do you prefer, the right or left? This picture shows a fire scene and how a road served served as a fire break in stopping a forest fire.
Topics:
Community and Extension
Forestry
Subjects:
Agricultural extension work
Forest fires
Forests and forestry
Fuelbreaks
Roads
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
ua023_007-008-bx0034-004-004
Photographer:
Graeber, R. W. (Robert Walter), 1888-1967 more info on Graeber, R. W. (Robert Walter), 1888-1967 
Created Date:
Location:
Bladen County (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs