Distance

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Cherry orchards, farm lands and irrigation ditch at Emmett, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941

There we are, and I don't know
where we are
being taken, but
I hope it's not too far
from where we started
to look down into the gently
sloping sparsely wooded
green valley, and see
the far dry mountains
fading into vague towns
of cloud, in the stillness
of distance

Farming land as seen from Whitebird Hill, Idaho County, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941



Highway scene, Idaho County, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1941



Main Street, Twin Falls, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, May 1941



Sandlot baseball game, Twin Falls, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, May 1941



Irrigated farming land with mountains surrounding, Canyon County, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, June 1941



Bicycle racks, Pocatello, Banning County, Idaho: photo by Russell Lee, July 1942

Russell Lee photos from Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress