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Farmer and Wife Drilling a Water Well - Pie Town, New Mexico
Farmer and Wife Drilling a Water Well - Pie Town, New Mexico
Farmer and Wife Drilling a Water Well - Pie Town, New Mexico

Farmer and Wife Drilling a Water Well - Pie Town, New Mexico

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 leans in doorway of cabin.
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