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Much of life got buried under the Dust Bowl. This picture is from Dallas, South Dakota in 1936 and is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Rhode Island’s ‘Dust Bowl’ Documentary Connection

By Bob Plain on December 1, 2012

Rhode Island should be honored that we’ve got a resident who helped Ken Burns put together his awesome new documentary “The Dust Bowl.” Jim Pontarelli, reports the Associated Press, became familiar with the Library of Congress’ collection of Dust Bowl photographs when he worked for John Chafee. So when Burns got to work he tapped [...]

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