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Relief camp identification card

Relief camp identification card

Relief camp identification card

One of the emergency measures introduced after the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake was to issue identification cards to everyone in relief camps. This card, issued for a two-year-old, was needed to get food.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-A-EARTHQUAKES-1931-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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