The photographs, the BBC documentary excerpt (however brief), and the article by Paul Taylor provide three approaches to gauging the nature and impact of the Dust Bowl. How does each deepen, complicate, and/or confuse your understanding of the others and of the Dust Bowl itself?
Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm. Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Photographer: Arthur Rothstein. Date: April 1936
The plow that broke the plains; look at it now. Oklahoma. Photographer: Arthur Rothstein. Date: April 1936
Son of farmer in dust bowl area. Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Photographer: Arthur Rothstein. Date: April 1936
Stock watering hole almost completely covered by shifting topsoil. Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Photographer: Arthur Rothstein. Date: April 1936
An excerpt from a 1988 BBC documentary on Woody Guthrie with narration by Woody Guthrie and an excerpt from his "Dusty Old Dust." + A QuickTime slide presentation with a full-length performance by Guthrie of the song.
"Again, the Covered Wagon" by Paul Taylor, Survey Graphic (July, 1935)
