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This image, part of the New Deal Indian Program scrapbook compiled by the Works Progress Administration, depicts a gully created by severe erosion. Erosion such as this depleted the soil of its nutrients and decreased fertility, and blowing soil contributed to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
Creator: Works Progress Administration Indian Program
Date: 1935
This provides another visual of how traditional farming techniques of the early twentieth century contributed to the Dust Bowl. This source could also be used within the standard on New Deal projects.
KS:7th:5.1:Agriculture and the Dust Bowl (2005)
Item Number: 210639
Call Number: E93R.K2.1935c *131
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210639
Agriculture - Environment - Soil - Soil erosion
Agriculture - Environment - Water
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930s to 1940s (Benchmark 5) - Agriculture and the Dust Bowl (Indicator 1) - Soil erosion
Date - 1930s - 1935
Environment - Natural resources - Conservation of natural resources - Soil
Environment - Natural resources - Conservation of natural resources - Water
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Works Progress Administration
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - New Deal
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - American Indians
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Photographs
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