Tall Corn In The Dust Bowl. Water and work produced this tall corn on the dust bowl farm of Joe Evans near Hereford, Texas. Five years ago, before Evans sunk two wells for irrigation, and before increased rainfall lent a hand, sand dunes glared where this corn grows. Evans is shown here in one of the fields of his 1,000-acre farm in Deaf Smith county.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Tall Corn In The Dust Bowl. Water and work produced this tall corn on the dust bowl farm of Joe Evans near Hereford, Texas. Five years ago, before Evans sunk two wells for irrigation, and before increased rainfall lent a hand, sand dunes glared where this corn grows. Evans is shown here in one of the fields of his 1,000-acre farm in Deaf Smith county.

Associated Press · [ca. August 1938]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Depression Era: U.S.

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