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Listen: The Blues ProgramPortrait of an unidentified African American man in the Everglades Drainage District.
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Series S 1161, Everglades Drainage District glass plate negatives, 1906-1926
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Note old plow in the foreground at the right.
The Everglades Drainage District was established in 1913 (Ch. 6456, 1913 Laws) for the purpose of draining and reclaiming lands located near the Everglades for agricultural and sanitary purposes. To carry out this mandate, a system of canals, drains, levees, dikes, dams, locks and reservoirs were constructed.
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