Gallery


1. The Dust Bowl Introduction
the dust bowl introduction

2.
dorothea lange. migrant mother. nipomo, california, march 1936
bill ganzel. abandoned house in the middle of a cotton field. childress county

3.
arthur rothstein. fleeing a dust storm. cimarron county, oklahoma, april 1936
bill ganzel. darrel coble in his home. cimarron county, oklahoma, september 1977
bill ganzel. darrel coble. cimarron county, oklahoma, september 1977

4.
dorothea lange. former texas tenant farmers displaced by power farming. hardeman, county, texas, may 1937
bill ganzel. raymond turpen and walter ballard. hardeman county, near goodlett, texas, july 1979

5.
arthur rothstein. missoula (vicinity), montana, july (18), 1936
arthur rothstein. leaving south dakota for a new start in the pacific northwest.
bill ganzel. marie [braught] johnson and frank braught on a bluff overlooking the columbia river. the dalles, oregon, july 1979

6.
dorothea lange. county courthouse just before primary election. waco, texas, 1938
bill ganzel. joe alexander with his 1938 campaign poster in front of the mclennan county court house during election week. waco, texas, november 1978

7.
dorothea lange. wife of a migratory laborer [nettie featherston] with three children. childress (vicinity), texas, june 1938
bill ganzel. nettie featherston in the door with her dog sandy. lubbock, texas, august 1979

8.
arthur rothstein. wife of a farmsteader [mrs. harvey taft]. falls city farmsteads, nebraska, may 1936
bill ganzel. the -cave- on harvey taft’s farm. north of falls city, nebraska, june 1975

9.
arthur rothstein. fritz frederick shows how high his wheat would grow if there were no drought. grant county, north dakota, july 1936
bill ganzel. fritz frederick in the same field. grant county, north dakota, july 1977

10.
john vachon. getting the mail at 18 degrees below zero. morton county, north dakota, february 1942
bill ganzel. jake sorensen getting the mail at 6 degrees below zero, lowest in the nation that day. morton county, north dakota, march 1979
john vachon. playing -cut the pie- or -fox and geese- at noon recess at a rural school. morton county, north dakota, february 1942

11.
bill ganzel. burton brewster. quarter circle u brewster ranch, near birney, montana, october 1979
arthur rothstein. jack arnold, part owner with burton and lyman brewster, looking over the quarter circle u brewster-arnold ranch, near birney, montana, june 1939
arthur rothstein. cowhands at dinner during the roundup [burton brewster in far right background]. quarter circle u brewster-arnold ranch, near birney, montana, june 1939

12.
john vachon. one-room school. lancaster county, nebraska, october 1942
bill ganzel. one-room schoolhouse, formerly district no. 112, on the ted christensen farm, a quarter mile from its original site. lancaster county, nebraska, may 1976

13.
marion post wolcott. main street. sheridan, wyoming, august 1941
bill ganzel. the mint bar on main. sheridan, wyoming, october 1979

14.
russell lee. the 4-h fair, judging pigs, with spectators looking on. sublette, kansas, september 1939
russell lee. the 4-h fair, 4-h member with lamb. sublette, kansas, september 1939
bill ganzel. brian waugh with grand champion market lamb of the 4-h county fair. sublette, kansas, august 1978

15.
russell lee. school teacher [may ross] at rural school, winner of the prettiest girl contest at the pie supper. muskogee county, oklahoma, february 1940
bill ganzel. may [ross] lincoln at home. oklahoma city, oklahoma, may 1979

16.
bob aden studying. university of nebraska, lincoln, nebraska, may 1942
bill ganzel. bob aden working in his back yard. sioux falls, south dakota, july 1978