Women Lumberjacks at Turkey Pond
11/10/1942
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In this photograph women lumberjacks in New Hampshire carry logs as part of an experimental project to saw up seven million feet of 1938 hurricane lumber. The original caption reads: Women lumberjacks at the newly set up Northwestern Timber Salvage Administration's lumber mill at Turkey Pond, N.H. get $4 a day for this kind of work carrying logs out of Turkey Pond for storage near the mill.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Forest Service.
National Archives Identifier: 6883309
Full Citation: Women Lumberjacks Carrying Logs at Turkey Pond, New Hampshire, as Part of an Experimental Project to Saw up Seven Million Feet of 1938 Hurricane Lumber; 11/10/1942; Records Relating to Timber Salvage, 1938 - 1941; Records of the Forest Service, Record Group 95; National Archives at Boston, Waltham, MA. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/women-lumberjacks-at-turkey-pond, May 29, 2023]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
