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Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange
@DorotheaLange@mastodon.ozioso.online  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Widtsoe land use adjustment project. Garfield County, Utah. Loading boulder on stone boat, while excavating new spillway of Tropic Dam

#Widtsoe #GarfieldCounty #TropicDam #America #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017762898/

The image captures a black and white moment from the Widtsoe land use adjustment project in Garfield County, Utah. It shows six workers, likely miners or laborers based on their attire of hats, boots, and work clothes, gathered around two horses hitched to a small cart. The men are actively engaged in loading boulders onto what appears to be a stone boat—a device used for transporting materials across the Tropic Dam spillway during construction. Their posture suggests they might have just heaved or are readying themselves to move another heavy rock, indicating physical labor and teamwork. In the background, we see an expansive landscape of rocky terrain with sparse vegetation leading up to a forested hillside under a clear sky. The photograph's historical context is further supported by its grainy quality and monochrome palette, typical of early 20th-century photography documenting rural development projects in America.
The image captures a black and white moment from the Widtsoe land use adjustment project in Garfield County, Utah. It shows six workers, likely miners or laborers based on their attire of hats, boots, and work clothes, gathered around two horses hitched to a small cart. The men are actively engaged in loading boulders onto what appears to be a stone boat—a device used for transporting materials across the Tropic Dam spillway during construction. Their posture suggests they might have just heaved or are readying themselves to move another heavy rock, indicating physical labor and teamwork. In the background, we see an expansive landscape of rocky terrain with sparse vegetation leading up to a forested hillside under a clear sky. The photograph's historical context is further supported by its grainy quality and monochrome palette, typical of early 20th-century photography documenting rural development projects in America.
The image captures a black and white moment from the Widtsoe land use adjustment project in Garfield County, Utah. It shows six workers, likely miners or laborers based on their attire of hats, boots, and work clothes, gathered around two horses hitched to a small cart. The men are actively engaged in loading boulders onto what appears to be a stone boat—a device used for transporting materials across the Tropic Dam spillway during construction. Their posture suggests they might have just heaved or are readying themselves to move another heavy rock, indicating physical labor and teamwork. In the background, we see an expansive landscape of rocky terrain with sparse vegetation leading up to a forested hillside under a clear sky. The photograph's historical context is further supported by its grainy quality and monochrome palette, typical of early 20th-century photography documenting rural development projects in America.
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