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
City
Chattanooga
County
Hamilton County
State/Province
Tennessee
Country
United States of America
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
