The first 10 images are used courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Archives; the final image is from JAHA archives. Be sure to use the tool “Reading a Photograph” to help you see as much as possible in these photographs.
Original PA forest before clear-cutting.
Clear-cutting forests for lumber.
Clear-cutting forests for lumber.
Clear-cutting forests for lumber.
Clear-cutting forests for lumber.
Clear-cutting forests for lumber.
Clear-cutting forests for lumber.
Clear-cutting forests for lumber.
Clear-cutting forests for lumber.
Clear-cutting forests for lumber.
The hillsides above Cambria City had far fewer trees in the 1880s than they do today.
