In the dust storm area of the Southwest, valuable topsoil has been blown away by the winds from the fields into drifts along the fences. Dry farm near mills, New Mexico, where the Resettlement administration is restoring 70,000 acres to pasture grass, protecting the land from further devestaion.
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- c. 1942
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
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- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 2,000 × 1,189 pixels
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"In the dust storm area of the Southwest, valuable topsoil has been blown away by the winds from the fields into drifts along the fences. Dry farm near mills, New Mexico, where the Resettlement administration is restoring 70,000 acres to pasture grass, protecting the land from further devestaion." (c. 1942). FSA/OWI. U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:In_the_dust_storm_area_of_the_Southwest,_valuable_topsoil_has_been_blown_away_by_the_winds_from_the_fields_into..._-_NARA_-_196416.tifNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 50808.
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