Cherry orchards and farm lands at Emmett, Gem County. Notice the wide irrigation ditches. Water for irrigation is supplied by the Black Canyon Reservoir: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941
Where the water went
the people weren't
far behind, in that
wide wilderness
often rainless
seldom painless
and the man
with the camera
following the signs
left by the managers
of the land, just ahead
of the arrival
of agribusiness -- the flow
of waters diverted
and taken
from the public hand
in the fullness
of time
it was always going
to be somebody else's
signed
sealed
and delivered
private
Idaho
Cherry orchards and irrigation ditch at Emmett, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941
Cherry orchards, farm lands and irrigation ditch at Emmett, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941
Cherry orchards near Emmett, Gem County, Idaho. About 200 carloads of black bing cherries are shipped from Idaho yearly: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941
Cherry orchards and farming land at Emmett, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941
Cherry orchards, farm land and irrigation ditch at Emmett, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941
Sign of Black Canyon irrigation project, Canyon County, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, June 1941
Mailbox. Canyon County, Idaho. While this country is dry and sagebrush covered, the farmers expect it to be in crops in three or four years when irrigation water is supplied by the Black Canyon irrigation project: photo by Russell Lee, May 1941
Irrigation ditch near Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, June 1941
Irrigation ditch near Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, June 1941
Irrigated farming land with mountains surrounding. Canyon County, Idaho. More than half of cultivated land in Idaho is under irrigation and this irrigated land is definitely on the increase: photo by Russell Lee, June 1941
Lateral irrigation ditch in orchard, Canyon County, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, June 1941
Corn field. Canyon County, Idaho. Idaho is first in acre yield of corn in states west of the Mississippi. Practically all corn grown is used: photo by Russell Lee, May 1941
Outlet gates at Deer Flat Reservoir. Water is used for irrigation in Canyon County, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, June 1941
Near Caldwell, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, June 1941
Water fountain, Caldwell, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, June-July 1941
Water fountain, Caldwell, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, June-July 1941
Swimming pool, Caldwell, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941
Sun bathers at the park swimming pool, Caldwell, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941
Filling the street-sprinkling wagon, Caldwell, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941
Sprinkling the dusty streets, Caldwell, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941
Milk and butter fat receiving depot and creamery, Caldwell, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941
Grain elevator, Caldwell, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941
Grain elevator, Caldwell, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941
Grain elevators and flour mill, Caldwell, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941
Grain elevators, Caldwell, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941
Photos by Russell Lee from Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress
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