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Flood refugee camp, Forrest City, Ark

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@ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

Locke, Edwin

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LOC negative # : 4206 M5.
Type:
Image
Format:
Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
Contributors:
United States. Farm Security Administration
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Farm Security Administration Collection

Record Contributed By

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Arkansas
  3. Disaster Victims
  4. Forrest City (Ark.)
  5. Refugee Camps
  6. Tents

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