Oklahoma dust storm photograph
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The Oklahoma dust storm photograph is a famous 1936 image by Arthur Rothstein that powerfully documents the human and environmental devastation of the Dust Bowl era in the American Great Plains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oklahoma dust storm photograph canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2508410 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oklahoma dust storm photograph Context triple: [Arthur Rothstein, notableWork, Oklahoma dust storm photograph]
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A.
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a devastating 1930s environmental disaster on the North American Great Plains, where severe drought and poor farming practices caused massive dust storms, crop failures, and widespread displacement of farming communities.
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B.
Town of Kansas
Town of Kansas was the original 19th-century riverfront settlement that later grew into and was renamed Kansas City, Missouri.
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C.
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
The Oklahoma Climatological Survey is a state-supported climate research and data center that provides weather and climate information, analysis, and services for Oklahoma.
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D.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a film associated with director Tom Hooper, known as one of his earlier dramatic works before his rise to international prominence.
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E.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, set on a rubber plantation in French Indochina.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oklahoma dust storm photograph Target entity description: The Oklahoma dust storm photograph is a famous 1936 image by Arthur Rothstein that powerfully documents the human and environmental devastation of the Dust Bowl era in the American Great Plains.
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A.
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a devastating 1930s environmental disaster on the North American Great Plains, where severe drought and poor farming practices caused massive dust storms, crop failures, and widespread displacement of farming communities.
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B.
Town of Kansas
Town of Kansas was the original 19th-century riverfront settlement that later grew into and was renamed Kansas City, Missouri.
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C.
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
The Oklahoma Climatological Survey is a state-supported climate research and data center that provides weather and climate information, analysis, and services for Oklahoma.
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D.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a film associated with director Tom Hooper, known as one of his earlier dramatic works before his rise to international prominence.
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E.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, set on a rubber plantation in French Indochina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
black-and-white photograph
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photograph ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Rothstein ⓘ |
| collection | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Farm Security Administration ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain in the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Arthur Rothstein ⓘ |
| dateCreated | 1936 ⓘ |
| depicts |
Dust Bowl
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Great Plains ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ drought ⓘ dust storm ⓘ environmental devastation ⓘ family ⓘ farmer ⓘ soil erosion ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary photography
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photojournalism ⓘ |
| hasPhotographicProcess | black-and-white film photography ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
iconic
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symbol of Dust Bowl ⓘ symbol of environmental disaster ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
representation of Great Depression hardship
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visual documentation of Dust Bowl conditions ⓘ |
| inception | 1936 ⓘ |
| language | none ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation |
Great Plains
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Oklahoma ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Dust Bowl refugees
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rural poverty ⓘ |
| medium | gelatin silver print ⓘ |
| movement |
New Deal photography
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social documentary photography ⓘ |
| partOf |
Farm Security Administration photographs
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surface form:
Farm Security Administration photography project
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| photographer | Arthur Rothstein ⓘ |
| publisher | Farm Security Administration ⓘ |
| subjectHeading |
agricultural crisis
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migration ⓘ rural life in the United States ⓘ |
| temporalContext |
Dust Bowl
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surface form:
Dust Bowl era
Great Depression ⓘ |
| usedFor |
documentaries about the Dust Bowl
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exhibitions on American photography ⓘ history textbooks ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oklahoma dust storm photograph Description of subject: The Oklahoma dust storm photograph is a famous 1936 image by Arthur Rothstein that powerfully documents the human and environmental devastation of the Dust Bowl era in the American Great Plains.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.