This document contains summaries of 6 different sources from the 1930s Dust Bowl era: 1) An image showing a dust storm engulfing the town of Elkhart, KS in 1921 with a local resident describing the impossible task of keeping dust out of homes. 2) A photo of an unemployed miner's wife and baby in Carbon Hill, AL struggling with medical bills and inability to nurse due to kidney trouble while surviving on $30/month. 3) A portrait and quote from laborer Ben Pair about how without New Deal programs "people would've just gone down to the stores and taken what they needed" to feed hungry children. 4) An account of Kansas wheat farmer Lawrence Svobida

1. By:
Trent Bradley

2. The d u s t storm takes over
This image shows the dust storm almost completely covering the town of
Elkhart, KS on May 21. Stan Jenson explained that it was close to
impossible to keep the dust out of everyone’s homes.
Ganzel, Bill. Dust Bowl .2003. Wessels. York, Nebraska.
8/6/13<http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_02.html>

3. Carbon Hill, Alabama
This is a photo of Mrs. Greene and her baby. She
is the wife of unemployed miner who is on WPA.
Her husband gets $30 a month, they owe a $38
doctor bill, and she should be in the hospital for
her kidney trouble. Also she is unable to nurse
the baby, they buy milk at $4.68 per month.
Pryor, William C. A New Deal For Carbon Hill, Alabama. (No date or
location published)8/6/13<http://newdeal.feri.org/carbonhill/k93.htm>

4. Ben Pair, Laborer
Meet Ben Pair. He is a laborer on WPA
"If they hadn't had WPA people would've
just gone down to the stores and taken
what they needed. When the kids look an'
say 'Daddy, I'm hungry', why — you just
got to have food.” –Ben
Pryor, William C. A New Deal For Carbon
Hill, Alabama. (No date or location
published)8/6/13<http://newdeal.feri.org/
carbonhill/k93.htm>

5. Lawrence Svobida was a wheat farmer from Kansas who had his farm torn to
shreds from the drought and strong winds that hit the southern Great Plains
during the 1930’s.
McCarty, John. An Eyewitness Account, American Experience(No date or location
published)8/6/13<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/photo-gallery/dustbowl/>

6. This is a photo taken in Sprott, Alabama in 1936 right
after the Depression. This picture is a sign of modern
industrialism back then– like the shabby wooden
postal office and the old gas pump. It was taken to
represent consumption of a big corporation.
Evans, Walker. Walker Evans Revolutionizes Documentary Photography(FSA PAGE).
05/31/1997 (No location published)
8/6/13<http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/fsa/images.html>