To order images and/or obtain permission to use them commercially, please contact the KSHS Reference Desk at KSHS.reference@ks.gov or 785-272-8681, ext. 117.
For more information see the Copyright and Permission FAQ.
This is a photograph showing rabbits placed in a truck after they were captured and killed in Western Kansas. During the drought in the mid 1930s, Jack rabbits ate what little vegetation was growing. To reduce the rabbit population, they were rounded up in a pen and killed.
Date: Between 1934 and 1936
Item Number: 303167
Call Number: QL.5 R.2 *33
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 303167
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Leisure activities - Hunting
Date - 1930s
Environment - Wildlife - Mammals - Rabbits
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Regions - Western Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Transportation - Trucks
Type of Material - Photographs
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/303167