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Adobe farmhouse of rehabilitation client.
Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Dust bowl
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b27547
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Sand dunes in orchard. Oklahoma
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b38305
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Oklahoma dust bowl refugees.
San Fernando, California
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b27316
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Fighting the drought and dust with irrigation. Cimarron County, Oklahoma
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b27567
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Stock watering hole almost completely covered by shifting topsoil. Cimarron County, Oklahoma
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b38284
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Abandoned farm of the western Panhandle, Cimmaron [i.e. Cimarron] County, Oklahoma. In 1934 and again in 1936 drought conditions in the Great Plains became so severe that it was necessary for the federal government to take steps to rescue dying cattle, relieve destitute families and safeguard human lives. From the report of the Great Plains Committee, 1936
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b38703
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Kitchen in dust storm area with window sealed with towels. Williams County, North Dakota
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b38031
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Washington, D.C. Modeling blue dress made from sugar sacks worked out for a high school girl on a low income by graduate students of the Department of Clothing and Textiles, School of Home Economics, University of Alabama. Total cost of materials was three dollars and eighteen cents
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b15159
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Baca County, Colorado. April 14, 1935. Dust storm. Colorado
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b26995
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Plains farms need trees Trees prevent wind erosion, save moisture ... protect crops, contribute to human comfort and happiness / J. Dusek.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b48715
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Wife of a homesteader with her WPA (Work Projects Administration) music class. These children walk eight miles for their music lessons. Pie Town, New Mexico.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b25210
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Amateur contest for children Final eliminations,
Sept. 24, 1936.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.05592
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Music: Irish American rag
Coffin, Mrs. Byron, Sr., performer.
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Interview about dust storms in Oklahoma
Performer(s)/Interviewee(s)
Robertson, Mrs. Flora
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Life histories:
Stella Dean: Waitress
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Lesson Plan:
Visions In the Dust:
A Child's Perspective of the Dust Bowl
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/99/dust/intro.html
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