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Dipping Cattle on the Bogel Ranch

Description:

This photograph shows a vat for dipping cattle and many people standing around it. The people are all wearing light colored shirts, dark pants, and cowboy hats. According to the related report, the people are Graves, Woodworth, and Sarah Bogel (left to right) with Mexican cowhands. The foreground is focused on the dipping vats which is a canal of concrete with wooden gates and filled half-full with water. In the background, there are some other fences, what appears to be part of a wagon to the far right and mountains in the distance.

Creator: Unknown
Location:
Creation Date: Unknown
Partner(s):
Marfa Public Library
Collection(s):
Marfa, Diversity in the Desert
Creator:
Unknown
Original Creation Date: Unknown
Coverage:
Place
United States - Texas - Presidio County
Era
New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
Description:

This photograph shows a vat for dipping cattle and many people standing around it. The people are all wearing light colored shirts, dark pants, and cowboy hats. According to the related report, the people are Graves, Woodworth, and Sarah Bogel (left to right) with Mexican cowhands. The foreground is focused on the dipping vats which is a canal of concrete with wooden gates and filled half-full with water. In the background, there are some other fences, what appears to be part of a wagon to the far right and mountains in the distance.

Physical Description:

1 photograph : b&w ; 4.75 x 6.75 in.

Language: No Language
Subject(s):
Keyword(s): insecticides | heath |
Contributor(s):
Partner:
Marfa Public Library
Collection:
Marfa, Diversity in the Desert
Identifier:
  • LOCAL-CONT-NO: 1967.07.17
  • ARK: ark:/67531/metapth40123
Resource Type: Photograph
Format: Image
Rights:
Access: public

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