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This is a postcard showing people killing rabbits in Western Kansas. During this period of drought, jack rabbits ate what little vegetation was growing, such as crops and grass. To reduce the rabbit population, they were rounded up in a pen and killed.
Creator: Potter
Date: Between 1934 and 1936
Item Number: 303162
Call Number: QL.5 R.2 *2a
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 303162
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Leisure activities - Hunting
Date - 1930s
Environment - Wildlife - Mammals - Rabbits
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
Places - Regions - Western Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Postcards
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