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Background imageTechnology Collection: Tractors on Lake Dick project, Arkansas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tractors on Lake Dick project, Arkansas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tractors on Lake Dick project, Arkansas

Background imageTechnology Collection: Tractor driver, Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tractor driver, Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tractor driver. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi

Background imageTechnology Collection: The tractor is driving cotton workers off the land, Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi Delta, 1937

The tractor is driving cotton workers off the land, Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi Delta, 1937
The tractor is driving cotton workers off the land. Mississippi Delta, Aldridge Plantation

Background imageTechnology Collection: Cultivating cotton at Lake Dick project, Arkansas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cultivating cotton at Lake Dick project, Arkansas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cultivating cotton at Lake Dick project, Arkansas

Background imageTechnology Collection: Cultivating cotton at Lake Dick project, Arkansas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cultivating cotton at Lake Dick project, Arkansas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cultivating cotton at Lake Dick project, Arkansas

Background imageTechnology Collection: Rural electrification in Pulaski County, Arkansas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Rural electrification in Pulaski County, Arkansas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Rural electrification in Pulaski County, Arkansas

Background imageTechnology Collection: Sharecropper's cabin and sharecropper's tool, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper's cabin and sharecropper's tool, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper's cabin and sharecropper's tool. Mississippi

Background imageTechnology Collection: North Carolina threshing, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

North Carolina threshing, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
North Carolina threshing

Background imageTechnology Collection: Tractor on the Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tractor on the Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tractor on the Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi. One man and a four-row cultivator does the work of eight men and eight mules under the one man-one mule system which is still common

Background imageTechnology Collection: Tractors cultivating cotton, Aldridge Plantation, near Leland, Mississippi, 1937

Tractors cultivating cotton, Aldridge Plantation, near Leland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tractors cultivating cotton. Twenty-two tractors have replaced 130 tenant families on the Aldridge Plantation, near Leland, Mississippi

Background imageTechnology Collection: Tractor and integrated four-row cultivator, Aldridge Plantation, near Leland, Mississippi, 1937

Tractor and integrated four-row cultivator, Aldridge Plantation, near Leland, Mississippi, 1937
Tractor and integrated four-row cultivator, does the work of eight men and eight mules. Aldridge Plantation, near Leland, Mississippi

Background imageTechnology Collection: 'Nests for the martin, to keep the hawks away', familiar sight in the Georgia rural landscape, 1936

"Nests for the martin, to keep the hawks away", familiar sight in the Georgia rural landscape, 1936
A familiar sight in the Georgia rural landscape. "Nests for the martin, to keep the hawks away"

Background imageTechnology Collection: Side of a cotton cabin in Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Side of a cotton cabin in Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Side of a cotton cabin in Georgia

Background imageTechnology Collection: Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. A hand binder follows the mower. These men had never heard of a combine harvester. "Sure would like to see that." Their father used a reap hook

Background imageTechnology Collection: Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville

Background imageTechnology Collection: Tractor and operator, Navarro, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tractor and operator, Navarro, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tractor and operator. Navarro, Texas

Background imageTechnology Collection: Farm owner near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farm owner near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm owner near Memphis, Texas. He says, "I'd rather have renters than tractors on my place. I oppose the tractors. It puts too many off the land

Background imageTechnology Collection: Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company. Birmingham, Alabama

Background imageTechnology Collection: Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company. Birmingham, Alabama

Background imageTechnology Collection: Cradling wheat near Christianburg, Virginia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cradling wheat near Christianburg, Virginia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cradling wheat near Christianburg, Virginia

Background imageTechnology Collection: Aftermath of irrigation boom, Nyland, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Aftermath of irrigation boom, Nyland, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Aftermath of irrigation boom and subsequent collapse of cotton in California, 1921. Nyland, California

Background imageTechnology Collection: Loading bins of potato planter with fertilizer and seed... Kern County, California, 1939

Loading bins of potato planter with fertilizer and seed... Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading bins of potato planter with fertilizer and seed from trailer at edge of field. Kern County, California

Background imageTechnology Collection: Loading bins of potato planter with fertilizer and seed... Kern County, California, 1939

Loading bins of potato planter with fertilizer and seed... Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading bins of potato planter with fertilizer and seed from trailer at edge of field. Kern County, California

Background imageTechnology Collection: Loading bins of potato planter with fertilizer and seed... Kern County, California, 1939

Loading bins of potato planter with fertilizer and seed... Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading bins of potato planter with fertilizer and seed from trailer at edge of field. Kern County, California

Background imageTechnology Collection: Large-scale, mechanized farming - potato planter, Kern County, California, 1939

Large-scale, mechanized farming - potato planter, Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Large-scale, mechanized farming. The potato planter operated by a crew of three men, makes the rows, fertilizes and plants potatoes in one operation. Kern County, California

Background imageTechnology Collection: Loading bins of potato planter with fertilizer and seed from trailer... Kern County, CA, 1939

Loading bins of potato planter with fertilizer and seed from trailer... Kern County, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading bins of potato planter with fertilizer and seed from trailer at edge of field. Kern County, California

Background imageTechnology Collection: Large-scale, mechanized farming - potato planter, Kern County, California, 1939

Large-scale, mechanized farming - potato planter, Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Large-scale, mechanized farming. The potato planter, operated by a crew of three men, makes the rows, fertilizes and plants potatoes in one operation. Kern County, California

Background imageTechnology Collection: Loading bins of potato planter which fertilizes and plants potatoes... Kern County, CA, 1939

Loading bins of potato planter which fertilizes and plants potatoes... Kern County, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading bins of potato planter which fertilizes and plants potatoes in one operation. Kern County, California

Background imageTechnology Collection: Cultivating potato-fields, west side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1939

Cultivating potato-fields, west side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
West side of San Joaquin Valley, California. Caterpillar diesel type tractor is common in California. Only very large-scale operations can afford this type. Cultivating potato-fields

Background imageTechnology Collection: Cultivating potato field, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cultivating potato field, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cultivating potato field. California

Background imageTechnology Collection: Cultivating potato-fields, west side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1939

Cultivating potato-fields, west side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
West side of San Joaquin Valley, California. Caterpillar diesel type tractor is common in California. Only very large-scale operations can afford this type. Cultivating potato-fields

Background imageTechnology Collection: Harrowing a 2, 000 acre wheat field, Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County, California, 1937

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

Background imageTechnology Collection: Split-log fence, north central Arkansas, along U.S. 62, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Split-log fence, north central Arkansas, along U.S. 62, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
North central Arkansas, along U.S. 62. Split-log fence

Background imageTechnology Collection: Split-log fence, North central Arkansas, along U.S. 62, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Split-log fence, North central Arkansas, along U.S. 62, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
North central Arkansas, along U.S. 62. Split-log fence

Background imageTechnology Collection: Split-log fence, North Central Arkansas along U.S. 62, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Split-log fence, North Central Arkansas along U.S. 62, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
North Central Arkansas along U.S. 62. Split-log fence

Background imageTechnology Collection: Cultivating beans with a four-row cultivator, near Santa Ana, California, 1937

Cultivating beans with a four-row cultivator, near Santa Ana, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cultivating beans with a four-row cultivator. Near Santa Ana, California

Background imageTechnology Collection: Tractors with pneumatic tires are replacing mules on the Delta plantations, Arkansas, 1939

Tractors with pneumatic tires are replacing mules on the Delta plantations, Arkansas, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tractors with pneumatic tires are replacing mules on the Delta plantations. Arkansas

Background imageTechnology Collection: Mechanical potato digger near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mechanical potato digger near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mechanical potato digger near Shafter, California

Background imageTechnology Collection: Loading a potato truck as it goes down the rows, Near Shafter, California, 1937

Loading a potato truck as it goes down the rows, Near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Loading a potato truck as it goes down the rows, Near Shafter, California

Background imageTechnology Collection: Potato truck in the field near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Potato truck in the field near Shafter, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Potato truck in the field near Shafter, California

Background imageTechnology Collection: South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction, Douglas, Georgia, 1938

South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecropper during the tobacco auction. In order to eke out a living members of the sharecropper families in recent years have begun to migrate to Florida

Background imageTechnology Collection: South Georgia tobacco sharecroppers, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

South Georgia tobacco sharecroppers, Douglas, Georgia, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Douglas, Georgia. South Georgia tobacco sharecroppers. Fords are beginning to appear among the tobacco sharecroppers. They can bring the crop to the auction at the warehouse

Background imageTechnology Collection: Pumping plant for irrigation powered by a natural gas engine, Tulare County, California, 1938

Pumping plant for irrigation powered by a natural gas engine, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates at about half the cost of electricity. Tulare County, California

Background imageTechnology Collection: Dusting cauliflower plants near Santa Maria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dusting cauliflower plants near Santa Maria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dusting cauliflower plants near Santa Maria, California

Background imageTechnology Collection: Dusting cauliflower plants near Santa Maria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dusting cauliflower plants near Santa Maria, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dusting cauliflower plants near Santa Maria, California

Background imageTechnology Collection: Looking down Lincoln Boulevard toward the state capital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1938

Looking down Lincoln Boulevard toward the state capital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Looking down Lincoln Boulevard toward the state capital. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ['British-American Oil Producing Co - Parkway State No1 - Tract 1- - State Capitol Ground']

Background imageTechnology Collection: All-crop harvesting, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

All-crop harvesting, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Twenty-four clients of Farm Security Administration (FSA) under the Rural Rehabilitation program, have cooperatively bought and cooperatively operated an all-crop harvester

Background imageTechnology Collection: All-crop harvesting, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

All-crop harvesting, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Twenty-four clients of Farm Security Administration (FSA) under the Rural Rehabilitation program, have cooperatively bought and cooperatively operated an all-crop harvester



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