Two women paddle a canoe through floodwaters outside Archie McVicar’s drugstore at the corner of Emporia and Douglas Avenues in Wichita, Kansas. Men and boys stand in the street behind them while horse-drawn wagons move along the waterlogged roadway.
The scene dates to early June 1903, during the aftermath of Wichita’s historic flood. The location is confirmed by the storefront signage and matching buildings still standing along Douglas Avenue. The mount is annotated “Kansas City, MO – 1903 Flood,” a later identification that does not match the scene.
