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Dust storms and black dusters

Description:

Produced by a combination of drought, breaking of the sod, and lack of crop cover, black dusters of the 1930s came without warning and left everything in their paths with a clinging mantle of black silt.

Creator: Unknown
Location:
Creation Date: 1934-09-02
Partner(s):
Deaf Smith County Library
Collection(s):
Bill and Marcella Bradly Collection
Humanities Texas Grant
Creator:
Unknown
Original Creation Date: 1934-09-02
Coverage:
Place
United States - Texas
Era
New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
Description:

Produced by a combination of drought, breaking of the sod, and lack of crop cover, black dusters of the 1930s came without warning and left everything in their paths with a clinging mantle of black silt.

Physical Description:

1 photograph : b&w

Language: English
Subject(s):
Keyword(s): farmyards
Partner:
Deaf Smith County Library
Collection:
Bill and Marcella Bradly Collection
Collection:
Humanities Texas Grant
Identifier:
  • LOCAL-CONT-NO: deafsmith-00019
  • ARK: ark:/67531/metapth3429
Resource Type: Photograph
Format: Image
Rights:
Access: public

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