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Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, Arthur Rothstein, 1936
Arthur Rothstein, portraitArthur RothsteinAmerican, 1915–1985

Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma

1936 · Photograph · 27.62 × 34.61 cm

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Where is “Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma” now? Collection: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis. Not on view at present. Checked October 12, 2026.

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In the 1920's and early 1930's farmers in western states began working land that had previously been covered in drought resistant native grasses. When an extended El Niño driven drought occured the crops on those lands dried up as did the soil. Winds carried the dust to the east and north of areas typically affected by such droughts, covering them in dust and destroying the crops. What was a naturally driven disaster was made far worse by poor land management practices.

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PhotographsGelatin silver printModernism20th centuryUnited States

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