In the very early 1930s, before the Great Depression deepened, Arkansas farmers and their families were already suffering… and some had been for years.
Lewis Wikes Hines photographed this girl in black & white in 1930 or 31 in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
Hines was in Arkansas documenting, through photographs, people in parts of the state and the drought relief they received from the Red Cross, including this schoolgirl.
I don’t normally colorize old photos. This one piqued my interest. With her freckles, she likely had red hair.
