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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dust Bowl - Dallas, South Dakota 1936.jpg

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Buried machinery in barn lot, due to Dust Bowl conditions. Dallas, South Dakota, May 1936
Reason
This is a very historic an iconic image (it's even included in the top tier United States article). It was nominated once before 6 months ago Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dallas South Dakota. However, that was the image taken from the online USDA site. I contacted them and obtained a high resolution image which I uploaded to the commons. For whatever reason, the thumbnail on the website (i.e. the image previously nominated) is sepia, and the one they sent me has been converted to greyscale. In addition to being a historic image of an unrecreatable natural disaster, the composition is very striking. Focus and contrast is adequate, cropping/framing is dynamic. The image clearly illustrates the severity of dust bowl conditions.
Articles this image appears in
South Dakota, Dust Bowl, Dallas, South Dakota, Great Depression in the United States, United States
Creator
"Sloan" for the USDA


Promoted Image:Dust Bowl - Dallas, South Dakota 1936.jpg --Raven4x4x 05:31, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]