New farmer clearing land of sage brush. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. On the Vale-Owyhee project the average farmer has been able to clear and get into cultivation (small grain, alfalfa) 44 acres in the 1st year on his farm

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New farmer clearing land of sage brush. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. On the Vale-Owyhee project the average farmer has been able to clear and get into cultivation (small grain, alfalfa) 44 acres in the 1st year on his farm
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lee, Russell

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1941-05
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 039214-D
Topics
Oregon -- Malheur County
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 58253
TMS Object Number: 039214-D
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b34963a0-83e2-0137-a315-19c8cb7f8c82
Rights Statement
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "New farmer clearing land of sage brush. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. On the Vale-Owyhee project the average farmer has been able to clear and get into cultivation (small grain, alfalfa) 44 acres in the 1st year on his farm" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1941. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d854880-83e7-0137-47fb-57466be5e245

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "New farmer clearing land of sage brush. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. On the Vale-Owyhee project the average farmer has been able to clear and get into cultivation (small grain, alfalfa) 44 acres in the 1st year on his farm" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d854880-83e7-0137-47fb-57466be5e245

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1941). New farmer clearing land of sage brush. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. On the Vale-Owyhee project the average farmer has been able to clear and get into cultivation (small grain, alfalfa) 44 acres in the 1st year on his farm Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d854880-83e7-0137-47fb-57466be5e245

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New farmer clearing land of sage brush. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. On the Vale-Owyhee project the average farmer has been able to clear and get into cultivation (small grain, alfalfa) 44 acres in the 1st year on his farm