Soil Collection

Orthodox priest blessing the soil, Russia. A print from Customs of the World, Volume II Hutchinson and Co, Paternoster Row, London

German battery in action, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
German battery in action, between c1915 and 1918. German soldiers with artillery caisson during World War I.

German Field chaplain burying French Officer who died in hospital, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
German Field chaplain burying French Officer who died in hospital, 1914. German chaplain standing next to a grave with other men, during World War I.

Flowering Laurustinus in front of a Landscape, 1864. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Flowering Laurustinus in front of a Landscape, 1864

Mesembryanthemum Testiculare, 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Mesembryanthemum Testiculare, 1777-1786. An open flower, a bud, with root system

'Terrain argileux crevasse la chaleur; Afrique du nord, 1914. Creator: Jules Gervais-Courtellemont
'Terrain argileux crevasse la chaleur; Afrique du nord, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

"Mount Vernon, " George Washington house, George Washington Parkway, Mt. Vernon, Virginia, 1894. House Architecture: George Washington, 18th century

Elizabeth Duncan dancers and children, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elizabeth Duncan dancers and children, between 1916 and 1941

Contour plowing on mechanized farms, Childress County, Texas Panhandle, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Contour plowing on mechanized farms. Childress County, Texas Panhandle, Texas

Freshly-plowed sugar beet field near King City, scale of farm operations in California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Freshly-plowed sugar beet field near King City. Shows large scale of farm operations in California

Stock ranch and plowed field, Contra Costa County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Contra Costa County, California. Stock ranch and plowed field

Soil erosion at Arroyo Grande, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Soil erosion at Arroyo Grande, California. Soil Conservation has one of its principal stations here

Eroded cotton farm near Jackson, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eroded cotton farm near Jackson, Mississippi

Erosion near Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Erosion near Lawrenceville, Georgia. This field has been terraced, but not cultivated in the last fifteen years

Tree roots show how the land has been washed away, Wray Plantation, Greene County, Georgia, 1937
The tree roots show how the land has been washed away on this old plantation. Wray Plantation, Greene County, Georgia

Eroding field and fence, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Eroding field and fence. Greene County, Georgia

Alabama plow girl, Near Eutaw, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Alabama plow girl. Near Eutaw, Alabama

Harrowing a 2, 000 acre wheat field, Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Harrowing a 2, 000 acre wheat field which is allowed to fallow alternate years. Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County, California

An example of how listing soil into furrows helps impede erosion, Mills, New Mexico, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
An example of how listing soil into furrows helps impede erosion. Mills, New Mexico

Migrants winter quarters, Farmersville, Tulare County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmersville, Tulare County. Migrants winter quarters

Soil erosion in California hills, small dairy ranch near Gibson, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Soil erosion in California hills. Small dairy ranch near Gibson, California

Erosion, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Erosion. Greene County, Georgia

Abandoned farm, Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned farm. Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas

The unique map of California, 1888. Creator: E. McD. Johnstone
The unique map of California, 1888. It was issued in 1888 by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the California State Board of Trade as part of a campaign to promote the economic, cultural

Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. ca. 1898 - field trip to marsh - studying soil...1899 or 1900
Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. ca. 1898 - field trip to marsh - studying soil formation by quiet water and plants, 1899 or 1900

FSA borrower and member of Yauco tomato cooperative... vicinity of Yauco, Puerto Rico, 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
FSA borrower and member of Yauco tomato cooperative, planting tomatoes on his farm in the hills, vicinity of Yauco, Puerto Rico

New outskirts of town, showing Negro houses and soil erosion, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
New outskirts of town, showing Negro houses and soil erosion. Tupelo, Mississippi

Erosion near Jackson, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Erosion near Jackson, Mississippi

Erosion near Oxford, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Erosion near Oxford, Mississippi

In the Red Clay Region, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
In the Red Clay Region, 19th century

General Baden-Powell, Lord Edward Cecil, and Other Officers, at the Entrance to their " Dug-Out". 1901. Lord Edward Cecil was in the town of Mafeking during siege by the Boers

New road under construction, Germany, 1936. Labourers shovel dirt into carts pulled by horses. From Germany: The Olympic Year, published by Volk und Reich Verlag. (Berlin, 1936)

Farmer with an ox-drawn plough, Dendera, Egypt

Mafeking: Natives Digging a Trench, 1902. Artist: WH Weekes
Mafeking: Natives Digging a Trench, 1902. The Second Boer War (1899-1902), South Africa. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. III

Scotties parade on German soil, 1945. From Winston Churchill: His Life in Pictures, by Ben Tucker. [Sagall Press, Ltd. London, 1945]

King Edward VIII sprinkles earth on his fathers coffin, 1936. The funeral of King George V. From George V and Edward VIII - A Royal Souvenir, by F. G. H

The Gyrotiller, 1938. Also known as a diesel rotary plough, the Gyrotiller was an agricultural machine used to break up hardpan and heavy clay soils, as well as removing roots and tree stumps

Ploughland, 1874. Artist: Camille Pissarro
Ploughland, 1874. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Liberation of France, 1944. A soldier of General Leclercs French 2nd Armoured Division savours the moment as he sets foot on French soil in Normandy

Kingfisher and worm (Alcedo atthis)

Tilling, Germany, 1943. A print from Signal, April 1943. Signal was a magazine published by the German Third Reich from 1940 through 1945

Erosion near Tupelo, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Erosion near Tupelo, Mississippi

The Tomb of Raphael, Opened September 14, 1833, Pantheon, Rome, 1833

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