Franklin truck, experimental vehicle built with wide front wheels and caterpillar drive for travel over soft mud and through shallow water. Stuck in mud. End of experiment. October, 1928. Black & white photograph, 3 x 5.5 inches.
Three wooden wagons, each drawn by two horses, and their drivers stand on a flat ferry boat waiting to disembark from their trip across the Bear River. They are carrying cinders for road construction. May 19, 1931. Black & white photograph,...
View looking southeast at construction of river control structure no. 3 of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, showing first radial gate being lowered into place, December 16, 1929. Black & white photograph, 2.5 x 4 inches.
Excavation and the driving of Wakefield piling at Reeder Overflow canal, one of several sources of water coming into the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, August 25, 1930. Black and white photograph, 3 x 5.5 inches.
Water discharging from spillbox at Station 452.00 "D", Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Sept. 16, 1930. Photo includes workers placing rock rip-rap and two wooden wagons, each pulled by a team of horses. Black & white photograph,...
Civilian Conservation Corp boys spread gravel on the beach line of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge's Unit 5 main dike, Spring 1935. Negative of photo submitted to Washington by the camp. Black & white photograph, 3 x 5 inches.
Civilian Conservation Corps workers are digging up scirpus tubers to be transplanted in Unit 5 at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, May 8, 1941. Black & white photograph, 3 x 4 inches.
Air boat driven by Cecil Williams skims across the water at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. These air boats run well across shallow waters and mud flats. With an aluminum hull, the boat shown here is powered by a 4-cylinder airplane motor...
View from the observation tower shows many hunters' vehicles parked at the headquarters of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Oct. 15, 1938. This panoramic view shows the surrounding salt marshes and mountains in the background. Black &...
Conference attendees at the concluding luncheon of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge's Botulism Conference April 4, 1940. Consisted mainly of refuge managers and agency officials. Black & white photograph, 3 x 4 inches.
Gas and mud gush out of the 6 inch casing as men pull the last wash rod out from the hole drilled for the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge's first well, August 19, 1931. Black & white photograph, 3.5 x 5.5 inches.
Well no. 1 at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge blows gas and mud just after the well drilling rig has been moved away from the hole, August 20, 1931. Black & white photograph, 5.5 x 3.25 inches.
Photograph taken from the roof of the headquarters cabin showing control works and Unit 2 of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in the background. Black & white photograph, 3.5 x 6 inches.
A man stands in the shallow water of the Willard Bay section of the Refuge, shooting ducks with a rifle as part of a duck sickness control effort, Sept. 19, 1932. Next to him is another man in a mud boat. Black & white photograph, 3.25 x 5.2...
