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Oklahoma farmer and his family, 1942.

Explore 10 surprising facts about America's epic drought disaster—the Dust Bowl.

THE DUST BOWL-Producer Chana Gazit discusses what drew her to the film and how she told the story.

Yesterday was the anniversary of some mammoth multi-state dust storms. Robert Geiger (AP) wrote on 4/15/35:

Explore the artists and artworks of our time at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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The Dust Bowl refers to the drought-stricken southern plains of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Dust Bowl Days | NEH-Edsitement

Weather is notoriously unpredictable. A sharply dressed weatherman smiles brightly through your TV set on a Monday morning, promising a sunny day, only for you to get caught up in a hailstorm of note and arrive at work late in a car peppered with dents. Weather can also be extremely dangerous. Tornadoes, hurricanes and blizzards,

There are many theories about what may have caused the duststorms of the 1930’s including failure to rotate crops, grassland being plowed under to grow wheat and unstable ocean temperatures w…

Hooker, OK in Texas County 1937

The Dust Bowl chronicles the environmental catastrophe that, throughout the 1930s, destroyed the farmlands of the Great Plains, turned prairies into deserts, and unleashed a pattern of massive, deadly dust storms that for many seemed to herald the end of the world. Full film now streaming.

October 29th marks the anniversary of the start of The Great Depression.

The project for the Historical Sew Fortnightly Challenge this time was “Peasants & Pioneers.” From the event page on Facebook: “As wonderful as making pretty, pretty princess …

Dust Bowl of the 1930’s.

Striking images taken by photographer Dorothea Lange show families living in tents and shacks as they wait to be returned to Oklahoma after arid storms decimated their prairie homeland.