Oklahoma dust storm photograph

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The Oklahoma dust storm photograph is a famous 1936 image by Arthur Rothstein that powerfully documents the human and environmental devastation of the Dust Bowl era in the American Great Plains.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf black-and-white photograph ⓘ
photograph ⓘ
author Arthur Rothstein ⓘ
collection Library of Congress ⓘ
commissionedBy Farm Security Administration ⓘ
copyrightStatus public domain in the United States ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Arthur Rothstein ⓘ
dateCreated 1936 ⓘ
depicts Dust Bowl ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
drought ⓘ
dust storm ⓘ
environmental devastation ⓘ
family ⓘ
farmer ⓘ
soil erosion ⓘ
genre documentary photography ⓘ
photojournalism ⓘ
hasPhotographicProcess black-and-white film photography ⓘ
hasQuality iconic ⓘ
symbol of Dust Bowl ⓘ
symbol of environmental disaster ⓘ
historicalSignificance representation of Great Depression hardship ⓘ
visual documentation of Dust Bowl conditions ⓘ
inception 1936 ⓘ
language none ⓘ
locationOfCreation Great Plains ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
mainSubject Dust Bowl refugees ⓘ
rural poverty ⓘ
medium gelatin silver print ⓘ
movement New Deal photography ⓘ
social documentary photography ⓘ
partOf Farm Security Administration photography project ⓘ
photographer Arthur Rothstein ⓘ
publisher Farm Security Administration ⓘ
subjectHeading agricultural crisis ⓘ
migration ⓘ
rural life in the United States ⓘ
temporalContext Dust Bowl era ⓘ
linked to: Dust Bowl

Great Depression ⓘ
usedFor documentaries about the Dust Bowl ⓘ
exhibitions on American photography ⓘ
history textbooks ⓘ

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Arthur Rothstein → notableWork → Oklahoma dust storm photograph ⓘ
Arthur Rothstein → notableWork → Fleeing a dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma ⓘ
subject linked to: Arthur
linked to: Oklahoma dust storm photograph