To prevent the soil from land slide the keen (sic) slopes are made into innumerable terrace, of which some are just a size for a farmer to work – Vintage Print
![To prevent the soil from land slide the keen (sic) slopes are made into innumerable terrace, of which some are just a size for a farmer to work, [between 1949 and 1960] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/25/25ef425c6567-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: To prevent the soil from land slide the keen (sic) slopes are made into innumerable terrace, of which some are just a size for a farmer to work, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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To prevent the soil from land slide the keen (sic) slopes are made into innumerable terrace, of which some are just a size for a farmer to work
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Steep hillsides on Okinawa Island are cut into a long series of narrow terraces in this view, some barely wide enough for a single farmer to work. The caption, written in a slightly unusual English hand, explains the purpose: the terracing holds soil in place and keeps slopes from sliding during heavy rain. The print comes from an album of photographs taken between 1949 and 1960, a period when much of Okinawa was still recovering from the Second World War and its farmland was being reworked for food production. Its terraces show how island farmers shaped difficult ground to grow crops.
| Created / published | [between 1949 and 1960] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1940-1960. |
| Notes | In album: p. 15. |
| Subjects | Farms--Japan--Okinawa Island--1940-1960. Terraces (Land use)--Japan--Okinawa Island--1940-1960. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,271 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-195076 |
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