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These terrible Dust Bowl images capture the despair of the Great Depression

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By Strange Sounds -Jun 28, 2021

These stark, heart-wrenching Dust Bowl pictures reveal both the vast scope and intimate despair of this tragic time.


Dallas, South Dakota, May 1936.
United States Department of Agriculture via Wikimedia Commons


Dorothea Lange/Farm Security Administration via Library of Congress/Wikimedia Commons

You’ll recognize the stare. You’ve likely seen it in Dorothea Lange’s iconic photo of a California migrant mother (see slide three above). And as you look through other Dust Bowl pictures, you’ll see that stare again and again.


Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas, June 1938.
Dorothea Lange/Farm Security Administration via Library of Congress

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