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Earthen dam with logs and debris from cleaned land near Burns City, Indiana. Martin Company development project
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Credit lineEarthen dam with logs and debris from cleaned land near Burns City, Indiana. Martin Company development project. 1937-01-01. Lee, Russell. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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