1917 Flood, Rossville Boulevard

Postcard

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Picnooga

2020.033.001 Recto: Photographic postcard showing a flooded Rossville Blvd after the 1917 flood of the Tennessee River
2020.033.001 Recto

Photographic postcard showing a flooded Rossville Blvd after the 1917 flood of the Tennessee River

Name/Title

1917 Flood, Rossville Boulevard

Entry/Object ID

2020.033.001

Description

A postcard with the front showing a flooded Rossville Boulevard lined with fenced homes with flooded yards. In the foreground is a boat is tied to a pole with a group of several people standing next to it. Further away is a buggy with a group of people is pulled through the flooded road by a mule. Handprinted on the negative is, "Rossville Blvd, 3/7/1917."

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Rossville Boulevard, Chattanooga, Tennessee*

Collection

Tennessee River Collection

Postcard Details

Date Published

3/9/1917

Relationships

Related Events

Event

1917 Flood

Copyright

Type of License

No Copyright - United States