A Dust Storm in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

A Dust Storm in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936

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This photo shows a farmer and his two sons during a dust storm in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936. The 1930s Dust Bowl drought had four drought events with no time to recover in between: 1930-31, 1934, 1936 and 1939-40.

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Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration

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