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[Red Cross relief, drought of 1930-31: Ozark drought area post office, Lost Corner, Ark.] – Antique Wall Art

[Red Cross relief, drought of 1930-31: Ozark drought area post office, Lost Corner, Ark.], [between 1930 and 1931] — historic photograph
[Red Cross relief, drought of 1930-31: Ozark drought area post office, Lost Corner, Ark.], [between 1930 and 1931]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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[Red Cross relief, drought of 1930-31: Ozark drought area post office, Lost Corner, Ark.]

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Lost Corner, Arkansas, is the place named in this view, showing the post office in the Ozark drought area. During the drought of 1930 and 1931, the American Red Cross ran relief operations across hard-hit rural areas of the South and Midwest, distributing food and supplies to farm households whose crops had failed. Rural post offices often served as community hubs where people collected mail and news, which made them practical points for getting aid to local families. The catalog also lists family groups among its subjects, a reminder that the relief reached individual households and not only towns.

Created / published[between 1930 and 1931]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesNo. RC 23126. Red Cross Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Red Cross; Droughts; Geogr.; Family groups; Post Offices. Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 89 (Disaster relief, drought).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,183 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-146535

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