Abandoned farm of the western Panhandle, Cimmaron [i.e. Cimarron] County, Oklahoma

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 cattle, relieve destitute families and safeguard human lives. From the report of the Great Plains Committee, 1936

Lange, Dorothea, photographer

Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 USA

1938 June

No known restrictions.

1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.

English

Photograph

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