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Dust Bowl Destruction (7/13/23)

2011:040:0005 Black and white photo of a field and farmhouse.  Top soil has blown in along the fence line.
2011:040:0005 Black and white photo of a field and farmhouse. Top soil has blown in along the fence line.

This image is of soil piled up against a wood fence, but it was not put there on purpose. The dirt came from the dust storms during the Dust Bowl, and this photo was to document just how much topsoil had blown into this person’s property. This photo was taken near Gregory in 1934.