River cleaning by water buffaloes in Italy, 1924
Water buffalo swim through a canal in the Pontine plain south of Rome in 1924. Before the marshy plain was drained under Mussolini in the 1930s, farmers herded all their buffalo together every six months and let them swim downstream along the canals. In the process, the animals pulled out the numerous creepers that kept growing back, as well as litter. After the action, cleaned canals remained
Picture No
13538354
Media ID
48327921
Size
4957px x 3293px
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Credit
© Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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Editorial Use Only - No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo
Source
SZ Photo - Scherl
Date
1924
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