Earth dugout inhabited by homesteader, Pennington County, South Dakota. Arthur Rothstein, photographer (American, 1915 - 1985) July 5, 1936 A woman and child sit outside the entrance to a dugout homestead built into a hill. The ground around them is sandy and barren. (Verso, print) upper left, typed text: "The year 1936 reeats [sic] the history of the years 1894, 1901, 1930, 1934 -- lean yers [sic] of / ddroughts [sic] and dust storms. This is a tyical [sic] scene in the stricken area of South / Dakota. Meterologists [sic] hold that the c i ste [sic] is not changing but that we are in / the mi
Earth dugout inhabited by homesteader, Pennington County, South Dakota. Arthur Rothstein, photographer (American, 1915 - 1985) July 5, 1936 A woman and child sit outside the entrance to a dugout homestead built into a hill. The ground around them is sandy and barren. (Verso, print) upper left, typed text: "The year 1936 reeats [sic] the history of the years 1894, 1901, 1930, 1934 -- lean yers [sic] of / ddroughts [sic] and dust storms. This is a tyical [sic] scene in the stricken area of South / Dakota. Meterologists [sic] hold that the c i ste [sic] is not changing but that we are in / the midst of a dry cycle."; in pencil on green post it: "VIN 00225"; Upper right, in pencil: "#3" [circled]; Center left, in pencil: "Dugout / Home"; Center, in pencil: "Ra 4511-Le / Earth dugout inhabited by homesteaders / Pennington Co. "; Center right, in pencil: "Flat Bcal / Service / 6 1/16 x 4 / Thurs" [circled]; Lower left, blue ink on yellow post it: "01593"; Lower center, in pencil: "4257-L" [in a box]; (Recto, print) cropping marks and numbers in crayon;
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Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
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