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Beneficaries receiving Red Cross aid, Carter County, Tenn. Chapter – Vintage Print

Beneficaries receiving Red Cross aid, Carter County, Tenn. Chapter, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Beneficaries receiving Red Cross aid, Carter County, Tenn. Chapter, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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The caption identifies these people as recipients of Red Cross aid in Carter County, Tennessee, a mountainous county in the state's northeastern corner. A catalog tracing lists drought, which suggests the relief was distributed during a dry season, when farm families in the region could not count on their land for food. The American Red Cross ran disaster and relief programs across the country during the 1920s and 1930s, and photographs like this one recorded who received food, clothing, and supplies. The record gives no date, so the exact year and occasion remain unconfirmed.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesNo. RC 23592. Red Cross Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Red Cross; Geogr.; Drought. Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 89.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,207 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-146528

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