RPPC, Orchard Knob under Flood Waters

Photograph

Picnooga

2023.019.006 Recto

Black and white photograph showing the flood waters on Orchard Knob Avenue in 1917.

Name/Title

RPPC, Orchard Knob under Flood Waters

Entry/Object ID

2023.019.006

Description

Black and white photograph developed on postcard paper showing Orchard Knob Avenue after the March 1917 flood of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The photograph shows one side of the road with several houses with the flooded river water up to their front doors. A gas street lamp is seen at the right edge of the photograph. "Orchard Knob Ave." is typed at center on the front of the photograph. Typed on the verso: "Every street in Oak Grove was under water | but Willow and it went under one block this | side of the school house. It reached the first | floor of the school house." with "Chattanooga, TN 1917" handwritten in pencil underneath.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Real Photo Postcard

Subject Place

Neighborhood

Oak Grove

* Untyped Subject Place

Chattanooga, Tennessee*

Street

South Orchard Knob Avenue

Collection

Chattanooga Neighborhood Collection

Made/Created

Date made

3/1917

Copyright

Restrictions

Credit Chattanooga Historical Society Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only