Brownsville/Matamoros flooding

Photograph

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Museum of South Texas History

Name/Title

Brownsville/Matamoros flooding

Entry/Object ID

2014.022.008

Description

Press photograph showing an aerial view of the flooding in Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico after a hurricane. Typed caption on the back of the photograph reads "CC212312.........(Chicago Bureau) BROWNSVILLE UNDER WATER AFTER HURRICANE. an air view of Brownsville, Texas, under several feet of water, with houses askew and some destroyed, after the hurricane that took a toll of at least one hundred lives in southern Texas and northern Mexico, and injured thousands. The Rio Grande is in the background, and accross it the Mexican town of Matamoras, where 30 persons were reported killed by a falling cathedral. BFM#26 9-7-33 YOUR CREDIT LINE MUST READ "ACME"........"

Collection

Museum Purchase

Acquisition

Accession

2014.022

Source or Donor

Historic Images

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Place

City

Brownsville

State/Province

Texas

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

County

Cameron County

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Floods, Hurricanes

Search Terms

III.NATURE:Disasters-Hurricanes-1933, Aerial, Brownsville (Tex.)--History., Flood, Hurricane, Matamoros, Mex., Water, Brownsville, Texas, Matamoros (Mex.)

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Digital File, Brownsville/Matamoros flooding

Condition

Overall Condition

Good