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Carrying mesquite to be burned in process of clearing land, El Indio, Texas

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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Farm Security Administration Photographs

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Title
Carrying mesquite to be burned in process of clearing land, El Indio, Texas
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lee, Russell

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1939-03
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 012108-M4 c.2
Topics
Texas -- El Indio
Texas -- Maverick County
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Content: FSA Collection contains three copies of this photograph.
Content: "General Caption #17" is attached to one print verso: "El Indio Texas is a real development between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers about 30 miles out of Eagle Pass, Tex. The company is developing both a townsite and farms. The farms will be irrigated both by water from the Nueces River and from underground sources. The principle crop will be cotton and recent tests have shown that the land will produce from 2 to 2 1/2 bales per acre. There will be 25,000 acres in cultivation, about 13,000 already cleared, irrigated, and ready from plowing and planting. Some farms are sold in 100 acre plots, each also having a modern brick house, chicken yard, and corral, pump and water system, and other out-buildings. Most of the land is being sold in family sized farms. One man from Big Springs, Texas, has bought 240 acres and has also built a cotton gin and cotton seed mill. Tractor farming is the accepted method in the section."
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 60706
TMS Object Number: 012108-M4 c.2
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9d37db60-d96d-0136-6bc1-1745fe8f2f94
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1939: Created
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Carrying mesquite to be burned in process of clearing land, El Indio, Texas" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ee998980-d96f-0136-cd8c-0b6e2c2ed5b3

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Carrying mesquite to be burned in process of clearing land, El Indio, Texas" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 7, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ee998980-d96f-0136-cd8c-0b6e2c2ed5b3

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). Carrying mesquite to be burned in process of clearing land, El Indio, Texas Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ee998980-d96f-0136-cd8c-0b6e2c2ed5b3

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Carrying mesquite to be burned in process of clearing land, El Indio, Texas