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Color Space Uncalibrated Date/Time 1916:08:01 16:05:27
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Caption An overgrazed range near a stock watering place just outside the Jornada Range Reserve. Vegetation destroyed by overgrazing and trampling brought about by congestion of a great many cattle on inadequately watered range. Photo number 29586A. Dona Ana County, New Mexico. United States Forest Service Washington D.C. Black and white images hand painted directly on glass with either transparent oil paints, aniline dyes or watercolors by colorists. Glass lantern slides were sometimes baked after painting to set paint layers.