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This photograph by C. A. Smith depicts only a small section of the territory covered in a jack rabbit drive near Liberal, Seward County, during the Dust Bowl. Jack rabbits were rounded up in a pen and then processed as food for animals such as hogs and chickens. Between 10,000 and 20,000 rabbits were killed during this drive.
Creator: Smith, C. A.
Date: 1935
This image provides another visual of a jack rabbit drive and can work alongside sources describing crop failure during the drought. The image has a long description on back.
KS:11th:2.1:Dust Bowl Experiences (2005)
Item Number: 210974
Call Number: FK2.S4 .65 H1935 *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210974
Agriculture - Environment - Weather - Droughts
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (Kansas_Benchmark 2) - Dust Bowl experiences (Indicator 1) - Agricultural losses
Date - 1930s - 1935
Environment - Weather - Droughts
Environment - Wildlife - Mammals - Rabbits
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Counties - Seward
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Photographs
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