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Collection Summary
Collection: 00075 - Historical Data Project Photograph Collection
Folder: 0006
Item: 00212
Title: Dried up farm field in North Dakota
Date: 1936-1942
Inscription/Marks: On the back: 0075-212, "2034", and a glue smear.
Summary: A dried and stubbled field fills the foreground. Scattered across the scene are the grain elevator and buildings of a small unidentified prairie community. Farms can be seen on the surrounding landscape.
Red ID: PH_I_22812 Image ID: 169303 Image Notes: 00075-00212

Collection: 00075 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Historical Data Project Photograph Collection
Date: 1896-1942

Summary: Includes WPA buildings, road construction projects, images of drought, farming, irrigation projects, coal mining, 4-H activities, agriculture students in the National Youth Administration program, and North Dakota pioneers.

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