Rubber Stamp Cancellation for 1955 Flood

Object/Artifact

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Exhibit Envoy

Name/Title

Rubber Stamp Cancellation for 1955 Flood

Entry/Object ID

FETE.080

Description

Droughts and Floods (Yuba City)

Collection

Sutter County Museum

Made/Created

Date made

1956

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Wooden post with rubber stamp

Width

3 in

Length

1-1/2 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

Rubber Stamp, 1956 Courtesy Sutter County Museum Natural disasters and epidemics often impact essential government services, including mail delivery. This rubber stamp was used on documents damaged by the 1955 flood in Yuba City. Its counterpart stamp, not displayed here, read “Delayed by Yuba City Flood.”