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International Power Unit

Date: 1949
Description: International power unit powers an irrigation system.
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Mechanical Irrigation Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester mechanical irrigation equipment. Features an illustration of two men standing next to a ...
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Irrigation Ditch

Date: 1917
Description: Irrigation ditch with a silo and farm buildings in the background. Original caption reads: "Union Pacific Silo Special Trip; irrigation ditch, Mrs. Carolin...
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Field Irrigation

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Description: View to the horizon of a irrigation sprinkler system in an open field.
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Irrigating a Field

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Description: View of sprinklers irrigating a field of beans(?). The field is lined by pine trees in the background.
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North Vietnamese Irrigation

Date: 1967
Description: Canal in a hamlet near Phat Diem, described by photographer David Schoenbrun as part of an extensive system of irrigation. On a path along the canal a man ...
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Dorothy Schoenbrun

Date: 1967
Description: Villagers near Phat Diem gathered to watch American Dorothy Schoenbrun sketching near an irrigation canal. Mrs. Schoenbrun was accompanying her husband, jo...
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Farmer Examining Cranberry Plant

Date: 1948
Description: Farmer examining cranberry plant near an irrigation ditch.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Cranberry marshes flooded and full of cranberries for the harvest. In the background is farm equipment, and men are removing the cranberries from the marsh...
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Widening Irrigation Canal

Date: 1962
Description: Three farmers remove large chunks of earth from the side of an irrigation canal in Vietnam to widen it. One man stands with a tool on the bank to dislodge ...
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Cranberry Harvest and Inspection

Date: 1934
Description: View down dirt road of field hands working to harvest cranberries in a flooded cranberry marsh, while men inspect newly harvested and crated cranberries. I...
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Water Wheel Used for Irrigation

Date: 1914
Description: A man is sitting on a water wheel used for irrigation.

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