Kansas City Children in a Dust Storm

Description: 

Dust Bowl period photograph of school children in Kansas City during a dust storm on March 22, 1935. The caption reads, "Kansas City, March 22.-Handkerchiefs over faces were recommended by school principals Friday wherever recurrence of the middle west dust storms appeared probable. Pupils thus equipped are shown leaving a grade school when the storm was at its height."

Genre: 
Date: 
March 22nd 1935
Modern Location: 
Kansas City, MO
Rights Statement: 
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Collection Title, Call or Box Number: 
KCMA-PC1-396-0003
Digital Object Identifier: 
KCMA-PC1-396-0003
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