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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => History => Topic started by: Elderberry on June 29, 2021, 01:59:20 am
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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.
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Dallas, South Dakota, May 1936.
United States Department of Agriculture via Wikimedia Commons
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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.
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Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas, June 1938.
Dorothea Lange/Farm Security Administration via Library of Congress
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