February 18, 2008
An Image from a Very Different Time
Filed under Great Depression, history, photography, weather
Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm - Cimaron County, Oklahoma
I’m currently reading a book about the dust bowl period of the Great Depression. It’s a time that most people living today know very little about. Life was different then. Values were different.
I like photography. I like taking pictures and sharing them with others. I also like finding public domain images, cropping them and adjusting them and then sharing them with others.
Along with my own pictures, I plan on presenting images that I find from other times and other places.
Photo Information:
Taken: 1936 Apr.
Rothstein, Arthur - photographer
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection
Location of public domain digital image: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.00241
Comments on "An Image from a Very Different Time" »
CatherineL @ 9:09 am
I love this pic Mike. And it is true - values were certainly different then. We seem to have spoiled so much in the name of progress, that you have to wonder whether we’ve really progressed at all.
Calamity @ 10:27 am
I love old pictures like this. I am a huge history buff. My dream vacation is where we can go through old abandoned towns and wander around and just feel the history!
Tim @ 3:47 pm
Grapes of Wrath. I live in Raleigh, NC and we’re currently in what is allegedly the worst drought in decades (however, it wouldn’t be a problem at all were it not for the fact that we have a massive population influx and also have a local government that has no familiarity with the notion of restraining building growth)
teeni @ 10:06 pm
This is a great photo! I love how the background just kind of disappears in the distance. The focus is definitely on the immediate subjects.
Beth Ellen @ 9:54 pm
This is really a powerful image. Thanks for sharing.
Mike Goad @ 8:44 am
Thanks all!
As I have time, I’ll be posting other interesting images that I find here and on my flickr page. http://flickr.com/photos/exit78/collections/72157603937012252/