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Flood Control Along the Mimbres River
Flood Control Along the Mimbres River
Flood Control Along the Mimbres River

Flood Control Along the Mimbres River

Dateca. 1935
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions3 15/16 × 5 15/16 in. (10.1 × 15 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Bonnie Holten
Object numberPA2022.030.116
DescriptionFour men unload rocks from the back of a pickup truck and use them to construct a dyke for flood control along the Mimbres River near Deming in Luna County, New Mexico. The irrigation and flood control measures are completed as part of a project with the New Deal.
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