Dust storm, Kansas – Antique Wall Art
![Dust storm, Kansas, [1934 or 1935] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1f/1fc7f20402e1-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Dust storm, Kansas, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Dust storm, Kansas
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Dust storms rolling across Kansas in the mid-1930s were among the most striking features of the Dust Bowl, the drought-stricken stretch of the southern Plains where years of dry weather and plowed-up grassland left topsoil loose and easily lifted by wind. Storms of this kind, often called black blizzards, could turn midday into darkness, bury fences and farmhouses in drifts of silt, and force families to seal their windows with wet cloth. The record dates the picture to 1934 or 1935, a period when the scale of the catastrophe drove many farmers off their land.
| Created / published | [1934 or 1935] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | No. 11-3 W. |
| Subjects | Dust storms--Kansas--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,282 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-193849 |
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