Dust Bowl photographic record
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documentary photography project
historical photographic collection
primary historical source
visual archive
The Dust Bowl photographic record is a historic collection of images documenting the lives, struggles, and migrations of Americans displaced by severe drought and economic hardship in the 1930s Great Plains.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dust Bowl migration | 1 |
| Dust Bowl photographic record canonical | 1 |
| Dust Bowl photographs | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dust Bowl photographic record Context triple: [Toward Los Angeles, California, partOf, Dust Bowl photographic record]
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A.
Oklahoma dust storm photograph
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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B.
Dust Bowl ballads (cycle)
Dust Bowl Ballads is a cycle of folk songs, popularized by Woody Guthrie, that chronicle the hardships and experiences of people living through the Dust Bowl era in the American Great Plains.
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C.
Talking Dust Bowl
Talking Dust Bowl is a folk song by Cisco Houston that reflects on the hardships and displacement experienced during the Dust Bowl era in the United States.
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D.
Dust Bowl migrants
Dust Bowl migrants were impoverished farmers and their families who fled the drought- and dust-stricken Great Plains in the 1930s, seeking work and survival in places like California during the Great Depression.
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E.
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a devastating 1930s environmental disaster on the North American Great Plains, where severe drought and poor farming practices caused massive dust storms, crop failures, and widespread displacement of farming communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dust Bowl photographic record Target entity description: The Dust Bowl photographic record is a historic collection of images documenting the lives, struggles, and migrations of Americans displaced by severe drought and economic hardship in the 1930s Great Plains.
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A.
Oklahoma dust storm photograph
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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B.
Dust Bowl ballads (cycle)
Dust Bowl Ballads is a cycle of folk songs, popularized by Woody Guthrie, that chronicle the hardships and experiences of people living through the Dust Bowl era in the American Great Plains.
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C.
Talking Dust Bowl
Talking Dust Bowl is a folk song by Cisco Houston that reflects on the hardships and displacement experienced during the Dust Bowl era in the United States.
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D.
Dust Bowl migrants
Dust Bowl migrants were impoverished farmers and their families who fled the drought- and dust-stricken Great Plains in the 1930s, seeking work and survival in places like California during the Great Depression.
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E.
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a devastating 1930s environmental disaster on the North American Great Plains, where severe drought and poor farming practices caused massive dust storms, crop failures, and widespread displacement of farming communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary photography project
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historical photographic collection ⓘ primary historical source ⓘ visual archive ⓘ |
| depicts |
Okie migrants
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children in poverty ⓘ displaced American farm families ⓘ makeshift housing and shanties ⓘ migrant agricultural workers ⓘ relief lines and aid distribution ⓘ rural landscapes affected by dust storms ⓘ work in fields and orchards ⓘ |
| documents |
Dust Bowl
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Great Depression in the United States ⓘ
linked to:
Great Depression
New Deal era rural programs ⓘ
linked to:
New Deal agricultural programs
displacement of farm families ⓘ drought conditions in the Great Plains ⓘ environmental degradation in the Great Plains ⓘ family life during the Dust Bowl ⓘ farm foreclosures and tenant evictions ⓘ government relief efforts ⓘ internal migration within the United States ⓘ labor conditions for migrant workers ⓘ living conditions in migrant camps ⓘ rural poverty in the 1930s ⓘ soil erosion and dust storms ⓘ |
| focusesOnPeriod |
1930s
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Great Depression era ⓘ
linked to:
Great Depression
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| focusesOnRegion |
Colorado
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Great Plains ⓘ Kansas ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Texas Panhandle ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary photography
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social realism ⓘ |
| medium | black-and-white photography ⓘ |
| purpose |
to document the lives and struggles of Dust Bowl migrants
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to provide visual evidence of economic hardship ⓘ to support public understanding of New Deal relief programs ⓘ |
| significance |
important documentation of the human impact of environmental disaster
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influential in shaping public memory of the Dust Bowl ⓘ key source for understanding internal migration in 1930s America ⓘ major visual record of the Dust Bowl era ⓘ |
| usedFor |
environmental history studies
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exhibitions on the Great Depression ⓘ historical research ⓘ public history projects ⓘ teaching U.S. history ⓘ |
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Subject: Dust Bowl photographic record Description of subject: The Dust Bowl photographic record is a historic collection of images documenting the lives, struggles, and migrations of Americans displaced by severe drought and economic hardship in the 1930s Great Plains.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Rothstein
linked to: Dust Bowl photographic record
linked to: Dust Bowl photographic record