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October 1939. "Father and son have cleared thirty acres of raw stump land in three years. Boundary County, Idaho." View full size. Photo by Dorothea Lange.
I think Dorothea Lange is my favorite photographer.
Boundary County is the northernmost county in Idaho. So named because it is bordered by Canada, Washington and Montana.
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