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Visions In the Dust Images of the Great Depression

Study these images, then answer the following questions.

Farmhouse

Farmer's Son

Topsoil

1. Speculate as to when and where these photographs may have been taken.

    

    

2. Which image "speaks" to you and why?

    

    

3. If every picture tells a story, what story do these photographs convey?

    

    

4. What questions do these images evoke?