Black & white, center of image is head-on view of set of railroad tracks and double span iron bridge; large pile of debris on bridge and to one side of track; frame houses visible in background; black lettering near bottom reads "I.&C. Traction Bridge during Great Flood 1913 Shelbyville, IN." Mounted on multi-layer pasteboard.
Adhesive label on back "W.R. Meloy, Inc."
Grainy appearance suspect was copied from series of post cards issued in 1913.