This past week we have been looking at photographs by Dorthea Lange, one of foremost photographers for documenting the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.
Check out the link under OMAM, then comment on this blog posting about what you see. Keep in mind that your comments must be:
(In other words, I don't mind comments about the guy's funny haircut as long as you add an addition comment that actually is part of an intelligent discussion about the time period.) Have a great day! -Mrs. Coller
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Matt Bixby
2/5/2014 09:57:22 pm
The highly advanced cities in the north were the first to feel the full effect of the Great Depression.
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wyatt blanding
2/5/2014 10:01:04 pm
At the same time as the Great Depression the Dust Bowl hit further damaging the economy and agriculture
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Wyatt Blanding
2/6/2014 09:32:57 pm
There should be a period at the end of the sentence.
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2/5/2014 10:01:56 pm
The day the stock market crashed was called Black Thursday.
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kenny misercola
2/5/2014 10:02:14 pm
the high demand for jobs and the lack of jobs led to workers not being payed nearly as much as they should
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kenny misercola
2/6/2014 09:32:10 pm
The high demand of jobs and the lack of work for the migrant farmers resulted in people not being payed what they should have.
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Kenny Misercola
2/6/2014 09:38:18 pm
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Becky Shea
2/5/2014 10:03:47 pm
The music by Al Bowlly "Try to Forget" talks about trying to forget about the bad situation during the depression
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Becky Shea
2/6/2014 09:34:40 pm
The song by Al Bowlly, "Try to Forget", is about the difficult situations of the Great Depression.
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tony lozipone
2/5/2014 10:04:18 pm
the music video was in a big city and it showed the city trying to be more and more industrial. Also the north was the first to show full depression.
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Anthony Lozipone
2/6/2014 09:36:16 pm
The music video was in a big city, and it showed the the city trying to be more and more industrialized. Also, the North was the first to show full signs of depression.
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jake fields
2/5/2014 10:04:35 pm
This pictures that i looked at makes that after the dust bowl it made most people loose money and had to move to a lot of places because they werent making enough money so they worked more and went job to job just looking to get payed to support their familys
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Derek Smith
2/5/2014 10:04:59 pm
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president at the time of the depression.
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Derek Smith
2/6/2014 09:38:31 pm
The D in depression should be capitalized
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2/5/2014 10:05:42 pm
"Food Riots" broke out in 1931 in huge cities like New York, Minneapolis.
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2/5/2014 10:06:14 pm
"Food Riots" broke out in 1931 in huge cities like New York, and Minneapolis.
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2/6/2014 02:12:36 am
The North cities felt the Great Depression first. The food lines filled the streets of cities and there were not many cars on the streets. During the Great Depression the Dust Bowl hit the West. Farms were abandoned and so were cars.
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kyle sgroi
2/6/2014 02:14:10 am
during the great depression citizens had no money to buy food because many lost their jobs. this picture i viewed shows a bread line which people would go to daily to get at least one meal for the day.
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kyle sgroi
2/6/2014 02:18:32 am
D in during should be capitalized and this should be capitalized.
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2/6/2014 02:15:09 am
Different organizations and groups organized soup kitchens to provide food and shelter for the needy. This prompted help from state and national authorities.
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2/6/2014 02:15:56 am
The effect of the Great Depression had an incredible toll on families everywhere. With the poor conditions of living, relationships during this era were strained and tested to their maximum limits.
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kayla niles
2/6/2014 02:16:37 am
In 1994 the soil was loose and the grass acted as an anchor almost towards the soil, as winds during the dust bowl would pick up, they would form dense dark dust clouds, also known as " black blizzards."
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2/7/2014 02:01:32 am
It shows men big and small, all poor and dirty. Eating soup and bread for free at a kitchen. Because 11,000 banks failed and the people lost all there life saving's.
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2/6/2014 02:18:19 am
The picture I looked at was taken by Dorothea Lange. The picture was a scene from the Dustbowl. Houses such as this one typically were soon abandoned; and those families migrated in search of jobs.
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Mrs. Coller
2/6/2014 09:02:15 pm
Interesting observation. They put a majority of what into their clothing?
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2/6/2014 02:19:27 am
Most adults, and children were dressed formally. Each family member had a lack of items on their person. Also many wore a look of depression on their faces in many of the shots.
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2/6/2014 02:20:59 am
Through the pictures and videos i seen the great depression was really hard on the whole country. Droughts throughout states forced farmers and families to migrate place to place. Big Topic which was the dust bowl ruined farmers fields and crops putting people moneyless and homeless. Inflation made it harder to survive the depression.
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Mrs. Coller
2/6/2014 09:04:02 pm
Correction to the first sentence: "Through the pictures and video, I SAW that the Great Depression was really hard on people."
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2/6/2014 02:22:18 am
"Enduring Life" this photo shows a billboard ad saying "There's no way like the American way." meaning that Americans have the highest standard of living.
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Mrs. Coller
2/6/2014 09:05:13 pm
Did you also look at the people in front of that billboard? What is the difference between the information on the sign and the information you gather from the people surrounding the sign??
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Brandon Key
2/6/2014 02:56:56 am
In the Hot Hot Hot dance, the parties are still very formal; everyone is dressed well. People are all in line, in their place in the party, no one is crazy, and everyone is respectful.
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Brandon Key
2/7/2014 02:44:36 am
In the "Hot Hot Hot" dance, the parties are still very formal; everyone is dressed well. People are all in line, in their place in the party, no one is crazy, and everyone is respectful.
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2/6/2014 07:16:46 am
The 1920's was a time of sadness and depression but despite all of that it was also a time of great music and dance. Jazz music was born during this era as was the foxtrot. The fast pace of the jazz music soon turned the foxtrot into a dance known as the quickest.
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Erica Hrynio
2/7/2014 02:51:46 am
The 1920's was a time of sadness and depression but despite all of that, it was also a time of great music and dance. Jazz music was born during this era as was the foxtrot. The fast pace of the jazz music soon turned the foxtrot into a dance known as the quickest.
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Alexis Gibson
2/6/2014 09:30:01 pm
The dust bowl destroyed the economy in the 1930s
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Alexis Gibson
2/6/2014 09:36:09 pm
By analyzing all the pictures and music,I have realized that the Dust Bowl and depression destroyed the economy in the 1930s.
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Ericka
2/6/2014 09:31:47 pm
By looking at all the picture you can see how the depression/dust bowl has left many people with barely anything like money, a job, or even shelter.
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Ericka
2/6/2014 09:36:51 pm
By looking at all the pictures you can see how the Depression and the Dust Bowl has left many people with barely anything such as money, jobs, or even a suitable shelter.
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Katlynn Boyer
2/6/2014 09:31:55 pm
The song sung by Al Bowlly "Try To Forget" is about the hardships of depression are there but life can't get better until you try to forget the past.
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Katlynn Boyer
2/6/2014 09:44:01 pm
*The song sung by Al Bowlly "Try To Forget" explains the hardships of the depression and says that things can't get better until you let go of the past.
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Cody Stucker
2/6/2014 09:32:43 pm
FDR was the president at the time of the Great Depression which happened after the roaring 20's
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Cody Stucker
2/6/2014 09:36:24 pm
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president at the time of the Great Depression, which happened after the roaring 20's an World War 1.
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Jake Fair
2/6/2014 09:36:01 pm
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/greatdepression/tp/greatdepression.htm
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Jake Fair
2/6/2014 09:39:55 pm
policy*
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Marcus Hale-Brown
2/6/2014 09:35:06 pm
In Times Square New York, riots over food started because of Soup Kitchens and Bread Lines.
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Gretchen Burgan
2/6/2014 09:36:58 pm
The song Did you ever see a dream walking by Eddy Duchin is about having a dream and going for it.
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Italia Mothersell
2/6/2014 09:40:55 pm
The dust bowl left the lands dry and bare, so the land looked like sand.
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ashley price
2/6/2014 10:00:59 pm
The Great Depression was a terrible tragedy because millions of people didn't have money for food, so they had to stand in long lines to get food.
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Alex Nodine
2/6/2014 11:00:31 pm
Head of families create Cooperative farms where they farm the crops for twice the money
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Alex Nodine
2/7/2014 01:57:35 am
There should be a period at the end of the second sentence.
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Taylor Murphy
2/7/2014 01:58:46 am
The music from the Great Depression period of American history exemplified a certain state of emotion, from heartbreak to eager optimism of a better time.
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2/7/2014 01:59:18 am
During the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl many families were forced to leave their homes and migrate somewhere livable.
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Aaron Borowski
2/7/2014 01:59:36 am
Industrialized cities in the North were hit first with the poverty of the Great Depression. Also half of Americans could not afford food at the height of the Great Depression. Found from the History.com Soup Kitchen and Bread Lines photos.
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The Dust Bowl in the link posted, you can see how dry it actually is. Now, because of this you can obviously see the struggles that the people in Midwestern states such as Oklahoma. The ground is completely dead, there is no way anyone could farm or do anything with that land. The Dust Bowl completely fried millions of acres of land.
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Jeremiah Scott
2/7/2014 02:09:48 am
Many people had to abandon their farms because of the Dust Bowl. Their farms got wiped out and turned to nothing but dust the best thing to do was to move north.
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Nathaniel T. Lanning
2/7/2014 02:43:49 am
What I've noticed from this time period is that despite having no money people still had some swingin' parties. It shows that the Depression Era wasn't entirely deppressing since people were still enjoying themselves.
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Conor Laughlin
2/7/2014 02:48:42 am
I looked at the photo from the History Channel from the Dust Bowl folder the "Day Labors At Shack". This picture shows that large family had to live in small shacks that where also run down.
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Nathan Loucks
2/7/2014 02:50:47 am
Soup kitchens and breadlines History.com
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2/7/2014 02:51:07 am
The music of the thirties had a very unique sound. The world was changing into something much more modern and so was the music. This time period had a long lasting effect on music and culture nowadays. This music can still be found in jazz, movies and modern gamers like Fallout.
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Tiara
2/7/2014 02:51:17 am
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Jeff Smith
2/7/2014 02:51:24 am
"Little Money" - Within these three pictures, I have noticed that since the Great Depression began, it cost many families their homes, jobs and ways of life, therefore eliminating their income, causing many families to be poor.
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Karina Wells
2/7/2014 02:53:28 am
The Hot Hot Hot Dance" In the 1920's was the source of many of today's popular dance styles, such as the Charleston. It came from all cultures, which where Jazz was contruibuted in the dance.
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Karina Wells
2/7/2014 02:59:00 am
"The Hot Hot Hot Dance," In the 1920's was the source of many of today's popular dance styles, such as the Charleston. It came from all cultures, which where Jazz was contruibuted in the dance.
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Noah Campbell
2/7/2014 02:55:05 am
In the picture "Soup Kitchens and Bread Lines" shows how desperate and in need of food so many families were; the lines were so gigantic they circled around and down the streets.
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Nichole Richer
2/7/2014 02:55:19 am
The Dust Bowl Abandoned in Colorado picture showed little detail but expressed many feelings. The car in the photo was old and rusted, obviously wasn't running any longer and was useless. Also in the background it shows a barn but no life.
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Nichole
2/7/2014 02:57:11 am
Poverty obviously wrecked the family with the primary source of The Dust Bowl
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