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This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates at about half the cost of electricity. Tulare County, California

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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Farm Security Administration Photographs

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Lange, Dorothea

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Title
This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates at about half the cost of electricity. Tulare County, California
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lange, Dorothea

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1938-11
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 018539-E
Topics
California -- Tulare County
Irrigation
Natural gas
Agriculture
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress. LC notes that the original negative size for this photograph is "D" (approx. 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.).
Content: Caption continues: Butane (natural gas in tanks) as a source of power on small farms is in Tulare, Kern, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara Counties, California.
Content: FSA Collection contains three copies of this photograph.
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: 24003
TMS Object Number: 018539-E
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 398ddb70-8de7-0136-c6cb-4dee5157bdf7
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1938: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates at about half the cost of electricity. Tulare County, California" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba27d5a0-8de9-0136-71a0-1b138fe42829

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates at about half the cost of electricity. Tulare County, California" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba27d5a0-8de9-0136-71a0-1b138fe42829

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1938). This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates at about half the cost of electricity. Tulare County, California Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba27d5a0-8de9-0136-71a0-1b138fe42829

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This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates at about half the cost of electricity. Tulare County, California