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This photograph, taken by C. A. Smith near Liberal, Kansas, depicts the crowds preparing to round up jack rabbits who had been devastating what little crops had managed to survive through the drought. One rabbit could do $10 worth of damage to a field in only one week. No guns were allowed, only clubs or canes; nevertheless between 10,000 and 20,000 rabbits were killed during this drive.
Creator: Smith, C. A.
Date: 1935
This photograph includes a lengthy description on reverse. It could work alongside the KERC video, other photos of the rabbit drive, and sources describing crop failure during the drought.
KS:11th:2.1:Dust Bowl Experiences (2005)
Item Number: 210973
Call Number: FK2.S4 .65 H1935 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210973
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 - Wildlife - Mammals - Rabbits
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Liberal
Places - Counties - Seward
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Photographs
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