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![Urge $10,000,000 Red Cross Relief Fund. President Hoover, as President of the American Red Cross, joins Judge John Barton Payne, chairman, in a special call for a $10,000,000 popular subscription to the Red Cross to be used for drought relief in 21 states. Payne has described the drought problem, accentuated by unemployment, as the "greatest peace-time emergency" the organization has ever faced. 1/14/31 [White House, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzEvMDEvMDEvdXJnZS1kb2xsYXIxMDAwMDAwMC1yZWQtY3Jvc3MtcmVsaWVmLWZ1bmQtcHJlc2lkZW50LWhvb3Zlci1hcy1wcmVzaWRlbnQtb2YtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "Urge $10,000,000 Red Cross Relief Fund. President Hoover, as President of the American Red Cross, joins Judge John Barton Payne, chairman, in a special call for a $10,000,000 popular subscription to the Red Cross to be used for drought relief in 21 states. Payne has described the drought problem, accentuated by unemployment, as the \"greatest peace-time emergency\" the organization has ever faced. 1/14/31 [White House, Washington, D.C.]")
Red Cross Headquarters at city market, San Antonio, Texas, after the flood of Sept. 9th. Representatives of the Southwest Div. ARC, hurried to the scene of the disaster and on their advice National Headquarters placed the sum of $20,000 at the disposal of the San Antonio Chapter. Local relief organization was affected with three hundred volunteer workers under Red Cross direction, and embraced the American Red Cross, the American Legion and all church and fraternal organizations in the city
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Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: SW Div.
Data: All Divs. Sept. 1921. Classification: Disaster Relief.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
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Date
01/01/1921
Location
san antonio
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html
