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Clearing an Acequia
Clearing an Acequia
Clearing an Acequia

Clearing an Acequia

Dateca. 1933
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions3 15/16 × 5 13/16 in. (10 × 14.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Bonnie Holten
Object numberPA2022.030.014
DescriptionMen use shovels and spades to clear an acequia in New Mexico as part of a program with the New Deal. At least twelve people are standing ankle-deep in the water in the ditch channel. There are adobe buildings in the background.
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