Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm. Cimarron County, Oklahoma (LOC)

    Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer.

    Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm. Cimarron County, Oklahoma

    1936 Apr.

    1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.

    Notes:
     Title and other information from caption card.
    Digital file made from the original print, not the original negative.
    Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

    Subjects:
     Fathers & children.
    Farmers.
    Dust storms--Oklahoma
    United States--Oklahoma--Cimarron County.

    Format: Photographic prints.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection

    More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

    Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.00241

    Call Number: FSA/OWI COLL - H 167

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      brettbigb, ggaabboo, jcgr, liz.kassera, and 294 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. jcgr (43 months ago | reply)

      Really amazing shot. Have certainly heard about the dust storms of those years from relatives, but amazing to see it in this way.

    3. Omar A. (43 months ago | reply)

      I wonder if that is their home? It's a reminder that today's economic downturn pales in comparison with what these people went thru in the 30s.

    4. Professor Fumolatro (43 months ago | reply)

      Arthur Rothstein (the man who took this photo) was my Photojournalism professor in college. He was only a teenager when he took this shot but he told me what a power impression it had on him.

    5. terren in Virginia (43 months ago | reply)

      This photo is one of the most memorable things from going to grade school. I grew up in the Midwest, and can remember wondering what the dust bowl must have been like, and I always went back to this photo.

    6. canardo (43 months ago | reply)

      Son, don't worry. Someday you'll look back on this as the perfect preparation for being an astronaut.

    7. © noborders (43 months ago | reply)

      splendid - wonderful - and moving in the same time ; a travel in time, "TFS" !!!

    8. Zmanphoto (43 months ago | reply)

      Fantastic photograph. Arthur Rothstein is by far one of my favorite FSA photographers. @tripletlads- Too cool!

    9. T. Aberle (43 months ago | reply)

      One of my favs from this era. I have seen this photo so many places - even brings back memories from grade school textbooks.

    10. johnny.jake (43 months ago | reply)

      The description says the scan is from the original negative but it appears to be a scan of a print

    11. King Power Cinema (43 months ago | reply)

      Always loved this one. It looks like poor 1930's farmers on another planet.

    12. 'GHAZALEH GHAZANFARI' (43 months ago | reply)

      very historical bravo

    13. Barbara (LOC P&P) (43 months ago | reply)

      johnny.jake: You’re right, the scan is from a print. Our descriptions reflect information from a card file for the original negatives in the FSA/OWI archive. Since this original negative is no longer available, we filled in with a print from the files created in the 1930s.

    14. pinkyhonor (43 months ago | reply)

      wondrous. i love what tripletlads has filled in.

    15. megan1946 (42 months ago | reply)

      me parecen muy interesantes las fotos, ya habia visto la de la mujer inmigrante con sus hijos, la mirada de la mujer, es impresionante. muy buena foto!

    16. ommmmmmmmmmmmm♫♪ (41 months ago | reply)

      I'm re-reading Grapes Of Wrath...

    17. wiggiewormdog (39 months ago | reply)

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    24. radiokid.a [deleted] (37 months ago | reply)

      wow, great. i like it..

    25. Marxe (36 months ago | reply)

      One of my favorite photographs of all I've seen so far. It's simply wonderful and touching. I love all the work of Rothstein and this is just the best.

    26. tyziana (32 months ago | reply)

      Fantastic Photo!!!
      I Like it very much!

    27. artland (24 months ago | reply)

      Congratulations!
      This is a wonderful shot!
      You are invited to post it to:


      artland

    28. Mitch Snooks (21 months ago | reply)

      welcome to the dustbowl.

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    30. Gary P Kurns Photography (2 weeks ago | reply)

      Wow!

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