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Cows and irrigation ditch by side of the road, Panasco, New Mexico. Drinking water in many of Spanish-American towns comes from unprotected irrigation ditches.

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ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleCows and irrigation ditch by side of the road, Panasco, New Mexico. Drinking water in many of Spanish-American towns comes from unprotected irrigation ditches.
DateAugust 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (18.3 × 24.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.7 × 25.5 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.1.230
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a roadside desert landscape. A cow and a calf graze by the dirt road in the foreground. Small homes, outbuildings, and barbed wire fences dot the background.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a roadside desert landscape. A cow and a calf graze by the dirt road in the foreground. Small homes, outbuildings, and barbed wire fences dot the background.

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"Cows and irrigation ditch by side of the road, Panasco, New Mexico. Drinking water in many of Spanish-American towns comes from unprotected irrigation ditches. | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=79.200.XX.1.230