Postcard

Photograph

Lewis County Historical Museum

photo

Name/Title

Postcard

Entry/Object ID

PC1349

Description

Picture postcard on Tower Ave, Centralia, WA., Dec. 10, 1933. There was a lot of rain & dam at Bucoda broke which put a lot of water in the Skookumchuck River, causing dam at Eastern Mill to break which threw the water into Centralia just as Christmas decorations were going up to Dec.10, 1933. Shows Tower Street under water and flooding of many businesses. Excellent picture.

Cataloged By

Z. Ferguson

Acquisition

Accession

1981.041

Source or Donor

Kaija, Arvo

Made/Created

Date made

1930 - 1940

Notes

Date: 1933

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Buildings, Floods, Natural disasters, People, Photographs, Photography, Postal cards, Postcards

Search Terms

Buildings, People, Photography, Centralia, WA - Business, Centralia, WA - Streets, Disasters - Floods

General Notes

Note

Notes: November 2012 PastPerfect Conversion

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

January 11, 2014

Updated By

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Update Date

October 8, 2026