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Farmer and Wife Drilling a Water Well - Pie Town, NM
Farmer and Wife Drilling a Water Well - Pie Town, NM
Farmer and Wife Drilling a Water Well - Pie Town, NM

Farmer and Wife Drilling a Water Well - Pie Town, NM

Artist (American, 1903 - 1986)
Date1939 (printed 1990)
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (15.9 × 24.1 cm)
Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineNew Mexico Farm Security Administration Collection, Museum purchase with funds from the Pinewood Foundation with additional support from Barbara Erdman, 1990
Object number1990.70.64
DescriptionFarmer and his wife drilling a water well with cable tools. Couple outside log cabin, man in overalls next to vehicle marked "Transfer", woman in straw hat stands under wooden pulley, girl leansin doorway of cabin.
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