Dust Bowl photographic record
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documentary photography project
historical photographic collection
primary historical source
visual archive
The Dust Bowl photographic record is a historic collection of images documenting the lives, struggles, and migrations of Americans displaced by severe drought and economic hardship in the 1930s Great Plains.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Dust Bowl photographs | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
documentary photography project
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historical photographic collection ⓘ primary historical source ⓘ visual archive ⓘ |
| depicts |
Okie migrants
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children in poverty ⓘ displaced American farm families ⓘ makeshift housing and shanties ⓘ migrant agricultural workers ⓘ relief lines and aid distribution ⓘ rural landscapes affected by dust storms ⓘ work in fields and orchards ⓘ |
| documents |
Dust Bowl
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Great Depression in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ New Deal era rural programs NERFINISHED ⓘ displacement of farm families ⓘ drought conditions in the Great Plains ⓘ environmental degradation in the Great Plains ⓘ family life during the Dust Bowl ⓘ farm foreclosures and tenant evictions ⓘ government relief efforts ⓘ internal migration within the United States ⓘ labor conditions for migrant workers ⓘ living conditions in migrant camps ⓘ rural poverty in the 1930s ⓘ soil erosion and dust storms ⓘ |
| focusesOnPeriod |
1930s
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Great Depression era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOnRegion |
Colorado
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Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas Panhandle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary photography
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social realism ⓘ |
| medium | black-and-white photography ⓘ |
| purpose |
to document the lives and struggles of Dust Bowl migrants
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to provide visual evidence of economic hardship ⓘ to support public understanding of New Deal relief programs ⓘ |
| significance |
important documentation of the human impact of environmental disaster
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influential in shaping public memory of the Dust Bowl ⓘ key source for understanding internal migration in 1930s America ⓘ major visual record of the Dust Bowl era ⓘ |
| usedFor |
environmental history studies
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exhibitions on the Great Depression ⓘ historical research ⓘ public history projects ⓘ teaching U.S. history ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Arthur Rothstein
this entity surface form:
Dust Bowl photographs