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Keywords: Haskell County, Kansas. A good example of the semi-subterranean houses that are found all over this . . . - NARA - 522087.jpg Scope and content Full caption reads as follows Haskell County Kansas A good example of the semi-subterranean houses that are found all over this part of Kansas Outsiders think that they are so constructed to guard against hurricanes; but this according to Haskell County farmers is not even one of the reasons for their construction Apparently a number of people were caught short by the low prices of 30 and 31 just when they were beginning to build houses with the money they had made in the rich Twenties Those who could went ahead and finished off their cellars then roofed them over and moved in These places are easy to heat cool in Summer and take in less dust than the frame houses that are wholly above ground General notes 522087 Local identifier 83-G-41898 Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics Division of Economic Information ca 1922 - ca 1953 NARA-Author Rusinow Irving Photographer 5307166 <br /> Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 04/1941 Record group Record Group 83 Records of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics 1876 - 1959 Record group ARC 412 Photographic Prints Documenting Programs and Activities of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and Predecessor Agencies compiled ca 1922 - ca 1947 documenting the period ca 1911 - ca 1947 Series ARC 521048 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-83-G-41898 Other versions <gallery> File Haskell_County _Kansas _A_good_example_of_the_semi-subterranean_houses_that_are_found_all_over_this_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_522087 tif tif File Haskell_County _Kansas _A_good_example_of_the_semi-subterranean_houses_that_are_found_all_over_this_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_522087 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Irving Rusinow Haskell County Kansas Dugouts shelter
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