Records of the Agency for International Development. 1948 - 2003. Photographs of Marshall Plan Activities in Europe and Africa. 1948 - 1989. Africa. French West Africa. This U.S.-made Buckeye ditcher is one of Economic Cooperation Administration's greatest contributions to the Niger project. In a si

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Records of the Agency for International Development. 1948 - 2003. Photographs of Marshall Plan Activities in Europe and Africa. 1948 - 1989. Africa. French West Africa. This U.S.-made Buckeye ditcher is one of Economic Cooperation Administration's greatest contributions to the Niger project. In a single day one of these $50,000 machines can dig an irrigation canal one mile long and three feet deep. The ditcher shown here working in the new N'Debougou rice fields is handled by a six-man crew of natives

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Rodger, George.

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George Rodger photographed throughout Africa. From the description of Messakin Tiwal Nuba girl with lip plug, Kordofan, 1949 [picture] / George Rodger. 1949. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 56366354 ...