Original 1947 Associated Press wire photo measuring 8¼ x 6¼ inches. The original caption is printed directly on the front of the photograph. This dramatic aerial image shows farm buildings threatened by massive forest fires sweeping through the woods near Newfield, Maine, close to the New Hampshire state line, on October 22, 1947. The devastating wildfires burned across several New England states, with some of the worst destruction occurring along the Maine coast. A striking documentary image of one of New England's most destructive wildfire seasons. From the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
