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Title
Irrigating land, El Indio, Texas
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lee, Russell

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1939-03
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 012109-M1
Topics
Texas -- El Indio
Texas -- Maverick County
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Content: "General Caption #17" is attached to print verso: "El Indio Texas is a real development between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers about 30 miles out of Eagle Pass, Tex. The company is developing both a townsite and farms. The farms will be irrigated both by water from the Nueces River and from underground sources. The principle crop will be cotton and recent tests have shown that the land will produce from 2 to 2 1/2 bales per acre. There will be 25,000 acres in cultivation, about 13,000 already cleared, irrigated, and ready from plowing and planting. Some farms are sold in 100 acre plots, each also having a modern brick house, chicken yard, and corral, pump and water system, and other out-buildings. Most of the land is being sold in family sized farms. One man from Big Springs, Texas, has bought 240 acres and has also built a cotton gin and cotton seed mill. Tractor farming is the accepted method in the section."
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: 60708
TMS Object Number: 012109-M1
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a21a8790-d96d-0136-3b7b-0311b079ca94
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1939: Created
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Irrigating land, El Indio, Texas" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f09dac10-d96f-0136-7314-1d91242a8ee7

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Irrigating land, El Indio, Texas" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 26, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f09dac10-d96f-0136-7314-1d91242a8ee7

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). Irrigating land, El Indio, Texas Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f09dac10-d96f-0136-7314-1d91242a8ee7

Wikipedia Citation

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Irrigating land, El Indio, Texas