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DonkeyDonRulz t1_izov6n9 wrote

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Watch ken Burns "the dust bowl".

Not much changed on the frontier in that time I imagine. My family grew up in Illinois/Iowa farm country , and I don't think the horse really even got supplanted until WW2, judging by family photos.

Look for 1918 flu documentaries, I saw one that discussed the progression, and panic in small Midwest America in as in it spread from that army base. Quarantine photos and photos of towns keeping guard and what not.

I feel like another ken Burns show touched on the Midwest in that period, possibly "prohibition", or the jack Johnson one.. they're all spectacular documentaries, so you can't lose.

Also,.just found this website that sorts clips from his shows, sorted by dates, areas, characters

The 1920s: https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/unum/playlist/1920s#19th-amendment

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myguitar_lola t1_izoxm51 wrote

I looove the ken burns specials! I also really liked an older doc called Surviving the Dust Bowl. I found the first hand accounts so immersive mostly bc they told stories from their childhood perspective. "Daddy" instead of "my father".

I also watched a few on the polio outbreaks in the early 20th century bc my grandmother had polio as a child and post polio as an older adult. That rocked my world. I actually never knew much about it.

Omg that timeline is amazing!!! When I get home I'll check to see if my PBS app shows that.

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