Cantaloupe planting, Deshee Unit, Wabash Farms, Indiana. This member of the cooperative is marking the field off. A plant will be put at each spot where the lines cross. This methods will permit cross-cultivation.
| Artist | John Vachon (American, 1914–1975) |
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| Title | Cantaloupe planting, Deshee Unit, Wabash Farms, Indiana. This member of the cooperative is marking the field off. A plant will be put at each spot where the lines cross. This methods will permit cross-cultivation. |
| Date | May 1940 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (18.4 x 24.1 cm) Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 in. (20.6 x 25.4 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.3.79 |
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a person wearing denim overalls and a cowboy hat walking alongside a horse with an attached farming device through rows of crops with their backs to the photographer. The crops take up two-thirds of the composition and a barn structure is visible on the clear horizon line on the left side of the composition.
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