1917 Flood, View of Chattanooga

Postcard

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Picnooga

2020.032.001 Recto: Postcard showing the rooflines of homes following the peak of the 1917 flood
2020.032.001 Recto

Postcard showing the rooflines of homes following the peak of the 1917 flood

Name/Title

1917 Flood, View of Chattanooga

Entry/Object ID

2020.032.001

Description

A postcard with the front showing a photograph of flooded residential buildings. A tall smokestack and industrial buildings are seen in the background. A notation on the back reads "We live to the left of this view, up on hill". A note in the gutter of the postcard reads "End off [?] st north"

Subject

Flood of 1917

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Chattanooga, Tennessee*

Collection

Tennessee River Collection

Postcard Details

Date Printed

circa 1917

Relationships

Related Events

Event

1917 Flood

Copyright

Type of License

No Copyright - United States