The shape of America’s farms has changed over time. The evidence exists in numerous databases that offer a bird’s-eye view of the landscape.
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The first aerial survey of the country’s urban and rural lands was ordered in the early 1930s as part of the National Aerial Photography Program. The Farm Security Administration also contracted 18 photographers who fanned out across the country to document life in rural America.
