Nov 30, 2016 · See some of those who lived through it, their thousand-yard stares, and the ghostly landscapes they traveled through in the Dust Bowl pictures above. After viewing these haunting pictures of the Dust Bowl, have a look at photos that reveal the trauma experienced across America during the Great Depression as well as how life looked for the rich ...

Jun 7, 2022 · As high winds and choking dust swept the region from Texas to Nebraska, people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region. The Dust Bowl intensified the crushing economic impacts of the Great Depression and drove many farming families on a desperate migration in search of work and better living conditions.

The Dust Bowl and drought devastated some farm families in the early 1930's, such as this 32 year old mother of seven. "Migrant Mother", black and white photograph by Dorthea Lange, Nipomo, California, February, 1936.

Go through the photographs of the young photographer named Arthur Rothstein about the Dust Bowl in April 1936.

The Dust Bowl was a series severe dust storms that affected 100,000,000 acres of the American prairie caused by drought and poor farming techniques. Drought plagued the Mid-West from 1934 to 1940. In order to plant crops, farmers removed the deep-rooted grasses which kept the soil moist during periods of…

Dorothea Lange and her husband Paul Taylor, a social scientist from UC Berkeley, were hired by the State of California to document the plight of these Dust Bowl refugees. Together they hit the road with camera and notebook.

Apr 24, 2020 · At the time, photographers like Dorothea Lange began documenting American lives and struggles through the camera lens, capturing tragedies like Depression and Dust Bowl. Collected here are photos of undernourished and sick children, homeless families, desolate farms, and storms engulfing the land in dust.

Oct 26, 2023 · In the Dust Bowl era, severe dust storms, often called ‘black blizzards,’ relentlessly swept across the Great Plains, carrying topsoil from Texas and Oklahoma to the East Coast, even reaching...

Oct 24, 2017 · The Dust Bowl refers to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s. As high winds and choking dust swept the region from Texas to Nebraska, people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region.

Nov 22, 2014 · The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the U.S and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion caused the phenomenon.