https://padlet.com/elopez191/cxpxov546w4i pictures en-us 2017-12-22 18:01:41 UTC 2025-11-21 15:53:57 UTC hello@padlet.com elopez191 https://padlet.com/elopez191/cxpxov546w4i/wish/217883189 On May 9th, 1934 a giant storm rose up out of the great plains. A menacing wall of soil and dust headed east across the land, thick enough to block out the sun.]]> 2017-12-22 18:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/elopez191/cxpxov546w4i/wish/217883189 elopez191 https://padlet.com/elopez191/cxpxov546w4i/wish/217883294 2017-12-22 18:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/elopez191/cxpxov546w4i/wish/217883294 elopez191 https://padlet.com/elopez191/cxpxov546w4i/wish/217883366 As the "double whammy" of drought and depression deepened on the Great Plains, more and more farmers gave up or were forced off of their land. In addition, the relentless march of new tractors meant that the farmers who were able to scrape together enough money to buy a tractor could buy out their neighbors. Fewer farmers could farm more land.]]> 2017-12-22 18:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/elopez191/cxpxov546w4i/wish/217883366 elopez191 https://padlet.com/elopez191/cxpxov546w4i/wish/217883556 Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) has been called America's greatest documentary photographer. She is best known for her chronicles of the Great Depression and for her photographs of migratory farm workers. Below are 42 preWorld War II photographs she created for the U.S. Farm Security Administration investigating living conditions of farm workers and their families in Western states such as California. Most of the workers had come west to escape the Dust Bowl, the lengthy drought which devastated millions of acres of farmland in Midwestern states such as Oklahoma.]]> 2017-12-22 18:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/elopez191/cxpxov546w4i/wish/217883556