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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
11th Grade, Kansas-Benchmark 2, WPA and the Kansas landscape (indicator 2)
KS:7th:5.1:Agriculture and the Dust Bowl (2005)
Item Number: 210639
Call Number: E93 R.K2. 1935c *131
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210639
Agriculture - Environment - Soil - Soil erosion
Agriculture - Environment - Water
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (Kansas_Benchmark 2) - WPA and the Kansas landscape (Indicator 2)
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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