Agricultural and Construction Projects

Photos feature agricultural frames and dam construction projects, capturing the essence of labor and environmental management in historical contexts.

This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates on cost of about 1/2 the cost of electricity, Tulare County, California. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Tulare County, Irrigation, Water in agriculture

Corner of frame garden on truck farm. Near San Angelo, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Oglala Dam Project. 1923 - 1955.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Detail of construction of shed of Indian agricultural day laborer, McIntosh County, Oklahoma. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , McIntosh County

Corroded heat exchanger , Armories, Ordnance industry, Machinery components, Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center U.S.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Oglala Dam Project. 1940-01-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Chemical Wood - Tannin. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Farming (Milking Goats). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Road Construction. 1939-11-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates on cost of about 1/2 the cost of electricity, Tulare County, California. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Tulare County, Irrigation, Water in agriculture

Unloading special skills furniture, Fairfield Bench Farms, Montana 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Close-up of base of power line pole at rear of Boston and Albany Railroad storehouse, Boston Duck Co., Bondsville, Palmer, Mass., Dec. 21, 1939 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, utility poles, damage condition

Räler from derailment on the route between Ulvshyttan and Sellnäs, here photographed in Hagalund.

Trees on holdings of the Long Bell Lumber Company, Cowlitz County, Washington. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Cowlitz County

Examples of well -maintained flame butter.

Construction at Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. 1940 - 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shasta Dam, California , Shasta County

Chemical Wood - Tannin. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Miscellaneous Wood Products - Poles. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Dry Dock Number 4, Junction Caisson SS-TT, The Holbrook Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Cattle being treated with blue vitriol solution for hoof rot, Cruzen Ranch, Valley County, Idaho. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Valley County

Main dam for irrigation water, Santa Clara, Utah. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Utah , Santa Clara, Utah , Washington County

Mjölby. New staff house is being built.

Original caption: "Morongo weir box for east and west side distribution systems.". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Track work after derailment of train 93, Nordpilen, on the route between Simeå and Undersvik 1956-03-27.

Project (Laying Irrigation Pipe). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Fool Bear Creek Bridge Construction Project 181-9 from Salvaged Material Completed. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Interior of shed of agricultural day laborer. McIntosh County, Oklahoma 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , McIntosh County

Preparation for double track line Järna-Katrineholm.Bron at Välaån.

Sharecropper's cabin and sharecropper's tool. Mississippi. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi, Housing, Rural, Sharecroppers

Machine , Armories, Ordnance industry, Machinery, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Photo collection Government information service. New Guinea, Indonesia. undated. New Guinea

Major Project. 1937-03-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Description: Seychelles. Breaking coconuts to obtain copra. Location: Seychelles Date: 1950-1959

Gears and all machinery in a cotton seed oil mill are covered with a fine dust. Cotton seed oil mill. McLennan County, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , McLennan County

Dam #179 Spillway Before Filling. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Creosoted Wooden Cutoff Being Installed. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Interior image from within the operating workshop Boden after the fire.

Warsaw. Workshop of the Warsaw-Vienna railway line following a fire.. Brandel, Konrad (1838-1920), photographer

Photograph of interior Wallabout Market, D.P. 4, Lot 25, Bilding 2024, 1209-10 Metz Street, Wall. Basin Storage Terminal Chute Ground Floor. Close-up external view of curved chute from underneath with "Surfex" labelled sacks nearby, from negative 1299..

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Inplating and bemaling, tensioning, valve construtions, details, foil shells. April 1958. Gelderland, Tiel

Community Housing Project Construction. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Interior of barn stall for mules. Southeast Missouri Farms. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Missouri , New Madrid County

Grading Lumber After Seasoning. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Major Project (Reservoirs and Spillways). 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Run of the mine coal from a gopher hole. Williamson County, Illinois 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Transplanting Beds. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Bridge construction over Ätran.

Granite quarry - Quincy , Granite quarrying. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Close -up of cut hole for hook in the buffer beam so that the steam crane State railways, SJ A2 "Ånge" would be given a grip to lift.

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Emergency camp was established to meet the needs of migratory families during the spring pea harvests. 155 families were living here at the time photograph was made. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Calipatria, California , Imperial County, Labor camps, Migrant agricultural laborers

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, 4-A line, Holden, open cesspool at Sta. 4+50, showing sewage flowing out on ground, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Apr. 2, 1941

Loading logs. McMinnville, Oregon. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , McMinnville, Oregon , Yamhill County

Orange picking, Polk County, Florida 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Disease Control (Water Damaged) - South Dakota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Watering can used on seedlings. U.S.D.A. Experimental Farm. Beltsville, Maryland. Dept. of Agriculture Experimental Farm, Beltsville, MD.. Photographs. 1935-09. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rain in the Dust Bowl. Auton i.e. Anton, Texas. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Anton, Texas , Hockley County, Floods

Creosote Plant. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Interior of barn stall for mules. Southeast Missouri Farms. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Missouri , New Madrid County

Construction of storage building at Örebro Södra Station.

Nässjö. Dilatation joints on tunnel

Sierra de Guadarrama, August 1975. Condition of Guadarrama tunnel 2 after the fire caused by a truck on the 14th.

Icing on the deck ...

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, 'C' line, looking ahead from manhole 12C towards manhole 13C, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Apr. 2, 1941

Wood Preservation - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Sanitary and Safety (Garbage Pits). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

AMPAS after the first mill, Otto Hisgen, 1937 photograph AMPAS After first grinding by the Canecutter, in an unknown sugar factory in 1937. Part of the Batomap with photos of Machines from the N.V. Machinefabriek Braat in Surabaya intended for the Dutch sugar industry on Java, from the period 1917-1938. Semarang photographic support gelatin silver print Java

Pest control on banana trees at Plantage Accaribaro in Suriname. Pest control on banana trees at Plantage Accaribaro in Suriname.

Oglala Dam Project. 1940-01-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Original caption: "Replacing old concrete lines at Palm Springs. Old hand-made pipe in foreground.". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Ampasstookinrichting, anonymous, 1930 photograph Ampas firing, manufactured in 1930 for the Petaroekan sugar factory. Part of the Batomap with photos of machines from the N.V. Machinefabriek Braat in Surabaya intended for the Dutch sugar industry on Java, from the period 1917-1938. Surabaya photographic support gelatin silver print Java

Bell in motion, Saint-Lazare prison, Women's stop house, 107 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis, 10th arrondissement, Paris. Bell in motion, Saint-Lazare prison, Women's stop house, 107 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis. Paris (Xème Arr.). Photograph of Henri Manuel (1874-1947). Gélatin-Argentic bromide draw on paper, glued on a cardboard album page. Enlargement according to a negative glass plate. 1929-1931.

Snowshoes and scythe in barn in Orange County near Bradford, Vermont 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Vermont , Bradford, Vermont , Orange County

Truckload of bulk wheat being dumped into elevator bin. Eureka, Walla Walla County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Eureka, Washington (State) , Walla Walla County

Gravel on belt conveyor. Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shasta County

Feed barn of Black Canyon Project Farmer. Canyon County, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Canyon County

Brodetaljer.

Homemade harrow on farm. Pie Town, New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

Distribution Department, Boston Elevated Railway, Central Power Station, 4-inch cast-iron service pipe from Harrison Avenue to CPS of the Boston Elevated Railway, age 38 years (laid 1866), exposed to electrolysis 14 years; taken up 1904, Boston, Mass., Dec. 1904 , waterworks, pipes conduits, electrolysis

The locomotive workshop at Örebro central workshops.

Wachusett Dam, the cut-off, from the east, Clinton, Mass., Aug. 8, 1901 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Crates of freshly-picked green peas, Nampa, Idaho. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Nampa, Idaho , Canyon County

Remains of old Gulf States paper mill, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Placing birch parquet in Örebro.

Original caption: "Sycuan Firebreak". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Mission Dam: Close Up of Opening. 1900 - 1954. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberdeen Area Office. Crow Creek Agency. 1949-1954. Photographs

Chemical Wood - Distillates. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Interior of barn stall for mules. Southeast Missouri Farms. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Missouri , New Madrid County

Looking Down On The Pipeline's Beginnings At The Ocean Level, The Path Of The Water Mains Gives A Graphic View Of The Obstacles Overcome By Aviation Engineers In Laying The Water System. Ie Shima.

Construction of the K Street Skyway. Original caption: Construction of the K St. Skyway - Key Bridge and vicinity. Photo by Charles H. Ritter. State: District of Columbia. Place: Washington.

Winsor Dam Outlet Works, view inside of 48' pipe showing close-up of cavitation at same location as shown in photo #2671, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Sep. 14, 1944 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, pipes conduits, valves hardware

Technical course.hangar team covered.

Otis Co., Palmer Mills, boiler house #16, looking northerly, Palmer, Mass., Mar. 2, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, general views, boiler houses

Magazine sports.

Turkey escaping from pen. The aprons hanging on the pen are used by the men who handle turkeys immediately after they are killed and while they are bleeding. Cooperative poultry plant, Brownwood, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Brownwood, Texas , Brown County

Branding fire, Three Circle roundup, Custer National Forest, Montana 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Photo collection Government information service. World War II, Laboratories, Investigations. October 1945. Delft, South Holland

Interior image from within the operating workshop Boden after the fire.

Description: Model of High Lead Logging supplied by Kennedy Bay Timber log. Location: Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Country slaughterhouse for use of farmers. One mile north of Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Nyssa, Oregon , Malheur County

undefined. 1931 - 1963. NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Fish and Wildlife Service. Minneapolis Regional Office. 1940-1970. Annual Reports

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, 'C' line, looking back from manhole 16C towards manhole 15C, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Apr. 2, 1941

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