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Dust Bowl

Lindsay Buhl, Author

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Credits

This project was a collaboration of efforts from Lindsay Buhl, Ellen Goedtke, and Maria Krautkremer for History 1903 at the University of Minnesota.


Pictures References:


Note: All pictures from the exodus timeline are from the library of congress digital photography library, which is in the public domain. They can be found by looking up the titles for the pictures on the library of congress webpage.


  1. Selective Service Act http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/SheetMusicCoverAmerHeresMyBoy1917.jpg

  2. Black Tuesday: Stock Market Crash https://thegreatdepression2013.wikispaces.com/file/view/stock-market-crash-1929_4.jpg/300111964/stock-market-crash-1929_4.jpg

  3. Wall Street: Black Tuesday http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2009/10/27/crahs1__1256672435_9252.jpg

  4. Wheat Production during Depression http://www-tc.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/media/photos/s8036-lg.jpg

  5. Farming in Nebraska https://www.kshs.org/portraits/graphics/wheat_farmer.jpg

  6. Ford Model T: http://www.library.mstn.govt.nz/history/images/ModelTFord.jpg

  7. Approaching Dust Storm http://www.redriverhistorian.com/images/gr_dep_tx_panhandle_dust_storm.GIF

  8. Car in Dust Storm http://southeastfarmpress.com/site-files/southeastfarmpress.com/files/imagecache/medium_img/uploads/2012/11/tumbleweedsinfencerows.gif

  9. Wheat Production http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/17/article-0-1611060C000005DC-143_964x753.jpg

  10. Drought in Kansas http://ndstudies.gov/gr8/sites/default/files/zoomImages/Unit4Lesson2Topic2/3-0351-06-Dried-up-corn-stalks-caused-by-drought-optimized.jpg

  11. Irrigation Wells http://www.kgs.ku.edu/General/Geology/Wichita/gifs/plate6b.jpg

  12. Farming Family https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/dust-bowl-03.jpg?quality=65&strip=color&w=559

  13. Flour Sack Dresses http://c8.alamy.com/comp/CP4A1A/young-mother-dressed-in-a-ragged-sweater-and-a-skirt-made-of-flour-CP4A1A.jpg

  14. Baseball Game http://www.baseballlibrary.com/pics/HOD_1930.jpg

  15. Dustbowl Family http://www1.american.edu/ted/ICE/images5/ns-8b29516r.jpg

  16. Dust Bowl http://www-tc.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/media/images/slideshow/hm-slide-0.jpg

  17. Civilian Conservation Corps http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/media/uploads/films/heroImages/ccc_film_landing.jpg

  18. Dust Storm 3 http://kpbs.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2012/11/13/DustBowl_ChurchOfGod_tx800.jpg?aae402d4163f394116c3dd6e602f75682c526327

  19. New Deal Political Cartoon http://www.authentichistory.com/1930-1939/2-fdr/1-newdeal/Cartoon_Farm_Relief_Plan.jpg

  20. Federal Surplus Relief Corporation http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/hppr/files/201402/020514_finally-historic.gif

  21. Dust Storm 4 https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/8c/11/a1/8c11a1538e7cb805f5d247433506329e.jpg

  22. Driving in the Dust Bowl http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/06/10/article-2338928-1A3F8A95000005DC-524_634x503.jpg

  23. Dust Bowl Drought http://addins.waow.com/blogs/weather/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dustbowl-pic1.jpg

  24. Harvest During the Drought http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UfZsSLy574U/TlVqZkt3UUI/AAAAAAAABUQ/pOPqcHspNhM/s1600/farm_threshing.jpg

  25. Kansas Bank https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/3c/fe/d0/3cfed0f92e0bd435336773f5e684e808.jpg

  26. New Deal: Cattle Program http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/images/uploaded/scaled/pcfarm_beef_cattle_large_1960.jpg

  27. 1930’s Radio http://www.kingsacademy.com/mhodges/03_The-World-since-1900/04_The-Roaring-20s/pictures/Oregon-family+radio_1925.jpg

  28. Dust Bowl Family 4 http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/10/02/dep276.jpg

  29. Dust Bowl Chores http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_n3jtd6TjcCs/TTIeKDka2BI/AAAAAAAAA78/qGqKaI3ZB08/s1600/womanwashing.gif

  30. Jackrabbit Roundup https://www.kshs.org/portraits/graphics/jackrabbit_drives.jpg

  31. Jackrabbits in the Dust Bowl http://worksbygeorge.net/bygeorgecdrabbitdrive.jpg

  32. Jackrabbit Drive http://img.kansasmemory.org/00181656.jpg

  33. Dust Bowl Family 5 http://newdeal.feri.org/images/i38.gif

  34. Dust Bowl Chores http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/17/article-0-161105C5000005DC-910_964x948.jpg

  35. Farm Mortgage Act Political Cartoon http://www.nisk.k12.ny.us/fdr/fdr_farm/33040602.GIF

  36. Dust Bowl Family 6 http://www.holmdelschools.org/faculty/sdante/images/english%20I/mice%20n%20men%20pics/dust%20bowl%20refugee.jpg

  37. Dust Storm 5 http://s.hswstatic.com/gif/dust-bowl-cause-1.jpg

  38. Dust Storm 6 http://www.history.com/images/media/slideshow/oklahoma/oklahoma-dust-bowl.jpg

  39. Dust Storm 7 http://kansaspublicradio.org/images/NEWS/Commentaries/Rex%20Buchanan/Approaching-Dust-Storm_KHS.jpg

  40. Dust Storm 8 http://www-tc.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/media/photos/s2571-lg.jpg

  41. Farm Foreclosure http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/media/money0901.jpg

  42. Condemned Cattle http://heritagerenewal.org/coteau/kidder/1934p60B.jpg

  43. Dust Storm 9 http://www.ecology.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Dust-Texas-1935.jpg

  44. Kansas Farmstand http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/01600/01653v.jpg

  45. Family Picnic http://sandpond.org/images_1930s_40s/picnic_lane_1932.jpg

  46. Dust Storm 10 http://greatdepressiongrca.weebly.com/uploads/1/8/3/9/18397443/4610670_orig.jpg

  47. Black Sunday http://discovermagazine.com/~/media/Images/Web%20exclusives/2013/Jan%20Feb/what%20you%20see%20gallery/The-Black-Blizzard.jpg?mw=738

  48. Dust Bowl Family 7 http://www-tc.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/media/photos/biographies/s4929.jpg

  49. Dust Storm 11 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Dust-storm-Texas-1935.png

  50. Farm Foreclosure 2 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dustbowl2.jpg

  51. Dust Storm 12 https://student.societyforscience.org/sites/student.societyforscience.org/files/main/articles/dust_bowl_landscape_free.jpg

  52. Lone Ranger Radio Show https://durnmoosemovies.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/koda-am-lone-ranger-ad.jpg

  53. Soil Conservation District http://www.cascadecd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/00.jpg

  54. Dust Storm 13 https://timeecocentric.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/3316822.jpg?w=480&h=320&crop=1

  55. Plowing the Fields http://histclo.com/imagef/date/2010/05/ark-mule30s.jpg

  56. Unplowed Fields http://uni.edu/carrchl/wp/iowalandscapes/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/11/Figure-34.jpg

  57. Dust Storm 14 http://www.history.com/images/media/slideshow/the-dust-bowl/sand-dune.jpg

  58. Dust Storm 15 http://www-tc.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/media/photos/s3684-lg.jpg

  59. Works Progress Administration http://digitalvaults.org/images/assets/000/001/451/1451_dt_large.jpg

  60. Dust Storm 16

  61. Home Remedies http://media.baylorhealth.com/photos/9273/e676/9273e676-11db-fa5f-6ef7-94004c6a9b0c-480x320.jpg

  62. Doctor Making A House Visit http://www.socialwelfarehistory.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Doctor-w-family-looks-like-sw.jpg

  63. Driving in the Dust Bowl 2 http://edgecast.travelok.com/images/photos/1326485248_300.jpg

  64. Dust Bowl House http://www-tc.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/media/photos/s0743-lg.jpg

  65. Breathing in Dust http://geol105naturalhazards.voices.wooster.edu/files/2013/04/s1654-lg.jpg

  66. Farm Foreclosure 3 https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/cb/ab/4d/cbab4da9397b13430f07f1f11df4b45a.jpg

  67. Children’s Hopstial http://www.seattlechildrens.org/uploadedImages/Seattle_Childrens/About_Us/History/100_Years/05_firstarrangement.jpg

  68. Children’s Gas Mask http://out-alive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/WWII_Gas_Mask.jpg

  69. Gardening in the Dust Bowl http://daysgoneby.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Mr.-and-Mrs.-Schoenfeldt-pulling-beets-from-their-tile-garden-Sheridan-County-Kansas.-Tile-gardens-are-a-part-of-the-FSA-Farm-Security-Administration-program-in-the-former-dust-bowl2-e1416095822432.jpg

  70. Eroded Fields http://www.wtamu.edu/library/images/kansasdustbowl.jpg

  71. Dust Storm 17 http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/09/09/8b38287v_wide-82fa1db43d8a97fa875390d3c7716e2bbf980ebf-s1100-c15.jpg

  72. Farm Security Adminstration http://www.archives.gov/kansas-city/public/great-plains-originals/images/gov-soil-poster-m.jpg

  73. Children’s Gas Mask 2 https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/ee/97/d9/ee97d902a8d07178322dbbc194503daf.jpg

  74. Livestock in Dust Bowl http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/60/6029/27KB100Z/posters/john-barnett-feeding-livestock-on-his-farm-in-the-dust-bowl.jpg

  75. Dust Bowl Barn http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/Live-From/2012/07/22/dust-bowlx-large.jpg

  76. Heatwave Political Cartoon http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/images/1930_HEATWAVE_web.jpg

  77. Planting a Garden https://womeninthegreatdepression.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/the-great-depression-happy-valley-settlement_-1242225976-50219240386560040961.jpg

  78. Chores on the Farm https://georgiainthedepression.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/young-resettlement-farmer-with-harrow-grady-county-georgia-august-1935-arthur-rothstein-fsa-photographer-library-of-congress-georgia-in-the-great-depression-copyright-brian-brown-vanishi.jpg

  79. X-Ray Showing Dust Pneumoina http://img.ehowcdn.com/615x200/ehow/images/a04/t0/bg/symptoms-dust-pneumonia-800x800.jpg

  80. Livestock in the Dust Bowl 2 https://timelifeblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/14_00748362.jpg

  81. Planting Trees http://binaryapi.ap.org/251bcb1d99a042589f186aba502bde30/preview.jpg?wm=api

  82. Dust Storm 18 http://denverpost.slideshowpro.com/albums/001/496/album-365539/cache/dustbowl20.sJPG_950_2000_0_75_0_50_50.sJPG?1430279085

  83. Gardening in the Dust Bowl 2 http://www.fasttrackteaching.com/burns/Unit_9_1930s/Dust_Bowl_1939_Kansas_pulling_beets_FSA_dbloc_sized.gif

  84. Eroded Topsoil after Dust Storm http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-STfZrM3Codk/ULO3hQvSxPI/AAAAAAAAAKA/oUJzZ--XO00/s1600/Elt200901211751298834817.jpg

  85. Driving in the Dust Bowl 3 http://www.texasarchive.org/library/images/3/38/Pampa,_Texas_-_Dust_Blizzard_Blots_Out_Sun%3B_Buries_Plants_tn.jpg

  86. Dust Storm 19 http://media.news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/111412_Dusty_095_500.jpg

  87. Grasshoppers Attack 1http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/agcomm/newscolumns/archives/OSL/2013/March/Grasshopper1930.jpg

  88. Grasshoppers Attack 2 http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bobofwa/brule_locust.jpg

  89. Grasshopper Attack 3 http://www-tc.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/media/images/interactive/s1218-half.jpg

  90. Grasshopper Attack 4 https://homesteadramblings.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/grasshoppers.jpg

  91. Dust Storm 20 http://images.wjla.com/pictures/339/AP370529045_606.jpg

  92. Shelterbelt Project http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m205/HiPlainsDrifter/farms-trees-wpa-poster.jpg

  93. Dust Storm 21http://www.leftways.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dust_car_gs.jpg

  94. Livestock in the Dust Bowl 3 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/14/article-0-140E5A23000005DC-575_964x727.jpg

  95. Farming in the Dust Bowl http://www-tc.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/media/photos/s1172-lg.jpg

  96. Dust Storm 22 http://glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/dl/free/0012122005/664107/image4.jpg

  97. Farmhouse https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/e0/05/9c/e0059ce78f73d8e0d103caa27c7783e7.jpg




Kansas & Nebraska & Exodus Sources:

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