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Mechanical Ditch Digger
Mechanical Ditch Digger
Mechanical Ditch Digger

Mechanical Ditch Digger

Dateca. 1935
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions3 1/2 × 4 11/16 in. (9 × 11.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.181.160
DescriptionMen operate a mechanical ditch digger in New Mexico, for the Southern Union Gas Company. There is a car parked to the right of the frame on the dirt road. Two men are riding on the machine and a third man stands to the left of the ditch and uses a hand tool.
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Terms
    Locale
    Ditch Digger
    Barnes & Caplin
    ca. 1949
    Digging a Ditch
    Barnes & Caplin
    ca. 1949
    Mechanical Ditch Digger
    Barnes & Caplin
    ca. 1950
    Pipe-Wrapping Machinery
    Harvey Caplin
    ca. 1950
    Welding a Pipe
    Barnes & Caplin
    ca. 1950
    Working on a Gas Line
    Barnes & Caplin
    ca. 1950
    Gas Line in a Ditch
    Barnes & Caplin
    ca. 1950
    Southern Union Gas Company
    Harvey Caplin
    ca. 1950
    Southern Union Gas Company
    Harvey Caplin
    ca. 1950