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Kentucky Flooding 1937

Margaret Bourke-White1937

LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States

African-American refugees left homeless after severe flooding sleep in temporary relief station set up in clubhouse of Churchill Downs racetrack.

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Title: Kentucky Flooding 1937
Date: 1937
Location: Louisville, KY, US
Physical Dimensions: B/W TRANSMISSION
Subject Keywords: Special Collections, Floods, People And Customs, Kentucky, Sleep, Us, African Americans, Icp Donation, 1930s
Publisher: TimeLife
Usage: For personal non-commercial use only
Provider: LIFE
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
Original ID: TimeLife_image_731503
Credits: LIFE
Copyright: © Time Inc.

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