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View of the camp for flood refugees. Forrest City, Arkansas
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View of the camp for flood refugees. Forrest City, Arkansas
Maker
Locke, Edwin
Date
n.d.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
overall: 5 1/2 in x 8 13/16 in
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object number
2007:61
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An old lady at mealtime in the camp for white refugees from the flood of 1937, Forrest City, Arkansas
Locke, Edwin
n.d.
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Drought refugees from South Dakota. Montana
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Mother and child, flood refugees in a schoolhouse at Sikeston, Missouri
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