The Dust Bowl Remembered in Classic LIFE Magazine Images

[Frank W. Baker]

As fears of another and perhaps even more devastating Dust Bowl grip  vast regions of the country, LIFE.com offers a series of rare photos — most of which never ran in LIFE magazine — by the great Alfred  Eisenstaedt. But these pictures don’t follow “Okies” as they leave their world behind. Instead, Eisenstaedt’s photos chronicle the hardscrabble  existence of Oklahoma farmers who stayed: families who fought to keep  their livelihoods and their homesteads during those lean, unforgiving  years after the Dust Bowl — according to the history books, at least— came to an end.

[Craig Wiesner]

As we're getting ready for a Woody Guthrie 100th birthday singalong in our shop tomorrow, checking out these pictures is a good way to remember what Woody was trying to get people to pay attention to! Thanks for sharing the link.