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Dust Bowl
<br />One Book project
<br />spurs exhibits
<br />in. Louisville,
<br />Lafayette
<br />By John Aguilar
<br />Camara Staff Writer
<br />East Boulder County hi de-
<br />scending into the devastating
<br />vortex of the Great Depres-
<br />sion this summer though,
<br />luckily for those who live
<br />here, only through literature
<br />and photos.
<br />Visitors to the Louisville
<br />Public library can view a col.
<br />lection of 20 oe so Colorado
<br />photographs taken during the
<br />crippling dust storms of the
<br />1930s while, starling -this
<br />week, the Lafayette Public Li-
<br />brary puts in place its own ex-
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<br />Bill Ganzel, author of "Dust
<br />.11 Bowl Descent, said:pictures
<br />si taken by government photog-
<br />et raphers three quarters of a
<br />la century ago offer a vivid
<br />b chronicle of the horror fami-
<br />:if lies endured as drought and
<br />,b dust storms wiped out crops
<br />is and livelihoods.
<br />s me blows over county
<br />Marty Caiveno ICarrom
<br />A-.photagraph of :a dust storm in-Lamar is part Man exhibit about the Oust Bowl ere displayed at the
<br />Louisville Public Library. The display is tied Into the On the Same Page" One Book program, which
<br />launched last month and Is aimed at getting residents of. Louisville, Lafayette and Superior to read and
<br />discuss "The Worst Hard Time.°•
<br />CoatinaedjromIB- In the 19705, Ganzel back:• neaiories 6f his. child
<br />hibit. featuring .before_. and combed through thousands hood in Pratt, Kan. He re-
<br />after photos of Dust B.p sur- -of Farm Security Administra- members,playing outside and
<br />afte rs. :.Y lion photographs at; -the. ti- spotting approaching. •dust
<br />brary of Congress and.fanned •storms across ihe.plains.
<br />The efforts by'bdth'librar- out across the middle of the
<br />ies tie into the "On the Same country photographing and °t worild run ld and tell my
<br />Page" One Book program, interviewing She subjects of h iii a'brovfli cloud was on
<br />which launched last month those photos t liorizoa and she would
<br />th
<br />and is aimed at getting rest- puts h Bets over a windows
<br />post Bow3 Desten# pair :and;towels-under.the doors,'
<br />dents of Louisville, Iafayette d 1984, 1 -cbll lion
<br />•he ai.
<br />Ush m 1 a c ec
<br />andSuperior...toread;and:di&- o f_beforeadd' f fer£photos of a• >i 4
<br />cuss 'The Worst Hard Tube." e
<br />the.survivorsofthat.era, Bltrretrsaid talhat•kiadof
<br />The award _Seattle g:bo y vrmd:iinagery- and'sturytelling
<br />56-year-old- ld- :Seat »author.ese stories
<br />Thnothy'Kgan tells.thetstory. to'tell::weteshu stories, fib ariea t iee tb O I-
<br />of. of;,iSe' ';'.`.:,ii,.;.. Grat 'he said: •s, n il 1 5 Sa,
<br />),wl *t10'' the`: me "Page"
<br />elrnerican DtiatBowl:,:: 'Toddy, G
<br />aaze amve rn. q
<br />"We're hoping• it' s,i -v,iayto, °home: n bett n0,:for whatever rea-
<br />rsi lihc91 -'0 U ;'to deliveiitr tee "sdn� ertca Y!"ieme'df s trilgl e i 1,
<br />,a bdce:tUe etory r e D'ust. •,A B eat' 4,. d.l as msa
<br />tl BoR1'.and.'compare;itCO`>vliat l ra p 1 'a oub Laf liis p'rtaf6 a e _wiElij ie itt ways
<br />;d happetia'f ere ii Colorado B Ptrs tidl l.afayettOdblic
<br />....1 LouisvdtercPiibhe -aTabrar�•Di Hbrary for�d'rsplay The ex .she
<br />or rto tksa t i D u [.Bowl ialege yMI ;Manes- 'in 'The
<br />iI m. the: tiibialy of Corigress;officielly Tro`rdtBnrt Tani as'thBOne
<br />d lotiis ille ez i Ed'_=_ope sesturday:, 1 Bbdy p c li`:in'Juiie O 90 "cop-
<br />r r:Gif4n Coloracla a the; r 1• F
<br />4 ti e .p {o Udth ]t iies=iveikCi i elkeil'.'oilG Barrett
<br />hoto a �l #950 .ti s um k copies ey
<br />:d trahon':yp gr P. eis�floeu; �.�r �:r
<br />rn rnenting- `rfife'a :on-'xthe Great 1 think_les a great..time:+10 flew' bff .tJ a shelVea
<br />,Kdp', dv it li 19 Plains during.the' glltnoNwb of th e ',hours.
<br />economic...slowdown,,we've Shi the same thing
<br />The..- come #roin
<br />been through n Ganzel'.sa e said s at. the ColorOdo t.
<br />H
<br />la History n museum. and. -the "flow we live our ;lives 4dday th
<br />ect e libWies had'•. on Eiau$ of
<br />u Denver Public Library's W_ es is directly., al ecfcd; .by the doe colnpanion` Book:titte Great Depression.."
<br />19 ern History Collection, Bar- for younger readers, "Moon
<br />el rat said. But DnstBowrsurvivorarid .Ove r fanifesE 'K`=
<br />a :Dust =l;ov _ere #aken y
<br />e t bt��ies will;.reFriain ia:Ace ?sat .Ilieliliranea'or eredan-
<br />U U.S 1?airm Security: rlmmi� 7
<br />met:" iother
<br />'arid d1 'also
<br />Erie resident, Herbert -Schu-
<br />macher, ?9,:,sakithere really
<br />is no comparisoti'.betweento-
<br />day's economic doldrums and
<br />the hardships of the 1930s.
<br />"People then didn't have
<br />any money at all," he said.
<br />Schumacher said "The
<br />Worst Hard Mme brought
<br />"Tie hean'so: pl'eased,,and
<br />frankly surprised, :by thesup-
<br />pa t,. from the. codununity,"
<br />Barrett said:'
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