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The Arkansas farmer, undismayed by last year's drought, prepares his ground for another crop – Antique Wall Art

The Arkansas farmer, undismayed by last year's drought, prepares his ground for another crop, [1930 or 1931] — historic photograph
The Arkansas farmer, undismayed by last year's drought, prepares his ground for another crop, [1930 or 1931]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A farmer in Arkansas, undaunted by a drought the previous year, readies his ground for another crop in this view. The drought of 1930 and 1931 hit much of the South hard, and the American National Red Cross provided relief to rural families whose harvests had failed and who needed seed, food, and help to keep working their land. The print is catalogued in the Red Cross disaster relief files, and its date appears in brackets, suggesting the archive could not confirm the exact year. The image shows how farm households tried to start over after a lost season.

Created / published[1930 or 1931]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsAmerican National Red Cross Collection. Disaster Relief--Drought of 1930-31". RC no. 23308. Hine no. 57. Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 089 (Disaster relief
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,297 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-178309

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