East 14th Street Flood, March 1917, February, 1918

Postcard

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Picnooga

2020.522.001 Recto: Sepia toned photograph postcard showing the floodwaters on East 14th Street with two men in a boat in the mid ground
2020.522.001 Recto

Sepia toned photograph postcard showing the floodwaters on East 14th Street with two men in a boat in the mid ground

Name/Title

East 14th Street Flood, March 1917, February, 1918

Entry/Object ID

2020.522.001

Description

A postcard with the front showing two men in a boat on E. 14th Street. Several homes and buildings are in the background with the flood waters up to their front doors. An advertisement panted in the windows of the store at left read "[14th] Street Grocers and Notions" with a Coca-Cola advertising sign hanging from the awning at center. Written on the negative is "East 14th St. | Chattanooga Tenn of Mar 1917 | Feb 1918. " This image is attributed to the 1917 flood.

Subject

Natural Disasters

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

East 14th Street

City

Chattanooga

County

Hamilton County

State/Province

Tennessee

Country

United States of America

Collection

Tennessee River Collection

Postcard Details

Date Published

3/1917 - 2/1918

Relationships

Related Events

Event

1917 Flood

Copyright

Type of License

No Copyright - United States