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A Yankee trader in the gold rush; the letters of Franklin A. Buck,
A native of Maine, Franklin Agustus Buck (1826-1909) was working in New York City when he heard of the gold strikes and set out for California in January 1849. A Yankee trader in the gold rush (1930) contains Buck's letters to his sister in Maine.…
Abandoned farm in the dust bowl area. Oklahoma
A photo of an abandoned house in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl time period on the Library of Congress website.
Abandoned farm of the western Panhandle, Cimmaron [i.e. Cimarron] County, Oklahoma
Abandoned farm of the western Panhandle, Cimmaron [i.e. Cimarron] County, Oklahoma. In 1934 and again in 1936 drought conditions in the Great Plains became so severe that it was necessary for the federal government to take steps to rescue dying…
Abandoned farm on the high plains, Texas County, Oklahoma
Abandoned farm on the high plains, Texas County, Oklahoma. "The record of the Great Plains is to a great extent a record of settlement and abandonment." J. Russell Smith
Along the highway near Bakersfield, California. Dust bowl refugees.
Families traveling across the country, finding new places to live.
Americas Own Refugees The Story Behind the Grapes of Wrath.
Image of Migrant laborers with baskets of peas waiting to be paid for their days labor.
An abandoned farm. Coldwater District, north of Dalhart, Texas
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.