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Places & Vistas: Middle West, U.S.

Dust Storm in Rolla, Kansas

This photograph showing a massive dark cloud approaching a village was sent to FDR with the note, "Dear Mr. Roosevelt, Darkness came when it hit us. Picture taken from water tower one hundred feet high. Yours Truly, Chas. P. Williams."

Date: April 14 1935

Original Format: Photographic Print

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