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The song was inspired by the Depression-era photographs of Dorothea Lange, showing poverty-stricken Americans in Dust Bowl conditions. [1] Gabriel saw Lange's images in a book entitled In This Proud Land (1973) and felt that a song on this topic was appropriate.
Dorothea Lange (born Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn; May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA).
Original – Dorothea Lange's "Broke, baby sick, and car trouble!", showing Missouri migrants to California in 1937. Reason A fine photograph by Dorothea Lange that helps get the desperateness of the dust bowl migrants across. Articles in which this image appears Economic history of the United States, Dorothea Lange, Dust Bowl FP category for ...
The legacy of Dust Bowl migrants is a testament to the resilience and determination of those who faced extreme adversity. Their experiences have been immortalized in literature, music, and art, reflecting their enduring impact on American culture and history. The documentation efforts of photographers like Dorothea Lange ensure that the ...
Florence Owens Thompson (born Florence Leona Christie; September 1, 1903 – September 16, 1983) was an American woman who was the subject of Dorothea Lange's photograph Migrant Mother (1936), considered an iconic image of the Great Depression.
Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Gordon Parks were three of the most famous FSA alumni. [12] The FSA was also cited in Gordon Parks' autobiographical novel, A Choice of Weapons . The FSA's photography was one of the first large-scale visual documentations of the lives of African-Americans. [ 13 ]
The community is served by a post office (established July 16, 1926) and a school. During the Great Depression in 1936 a farm in Felt was the site of the iconic Dust Bowl photograph titled Farmer and Sons Walking in the Face of a Dust Storm. Felt was the original destination of the Elkhart and Santa Fe Railway. [3]
Within the final sequence, the narrator exclaims "Four hundred million acres the Great Plains seemed inexhaustible yet in 50 years we turned a part of it into a Dust Bowl" and continues to list the factors that led to the Dust Bowl, such as too many cattle and sheep, plowed lands that should have been left untouched, removal of native grasses ...