P6880

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ID Number

P6880

Item Name

Image

Title

Agricultural Landscape / Paysage agricole

Title (Fre)

Paysage agricole

Date

ca 1941

Description

Black and white photograph of an agricultural landscape; highway 18 is visible running along the left side of the photograph and highway 3 is in the background; the right side of the photograph shows a wide field with crops and in the background there are meadows and houses visible in the distance; striking landscape contrasts are evident within a relatively short distance on King's Highway 18 between Kingsville and Leamington; poorer, morainic areas, strewn with glacial rock contrast intensive, highly specialized agricultural land on the the glacial lake plain near Lake Erie; the southern margin of the "Leamington Island", along which runs the King's Highway is visible in the distance of this photograph.

Place made

Canada - Ontario - Essex County

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subjects

Croplands / Terres pour l'agriculture

Essex County (Ont.) / Comté d'Essex (Ont.)

Geography / Geographie

Glaciers

Highway 18 (Ont.) / Route nationale18 (Ont.)

Highway 3 (Ont.) / Route nationale 3 (Ont.)

Kingsville (Ont.)

Landscape photographs / Photographie de paysages

Leamington (Ont.)

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