Photograph, Black-and-White

Name/Title

Photograph, Black-and-White

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.38

Description

Photo of Brigadier Larsen of St. Louis, Missouri standing on a brick street in front of metal canisters lined up on the sidewalk. The canisters, usually holding milk, are filled with water for relief efforts during the 1937 flood of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. An imposing three story brick commercial building, probably the Saline County courthouse, is in the background. A label with a typed caption is adhered to the back of the photo. It reads "Water Supply at Harrisburg, ILL. (Flood of January 1937 -- Along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers) Brig. Larsen of St. Louis in picture.

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Central Territory Museum - Found in Collection

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Credit Line

Central Territory Museum Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1937 - 1937

Place

City

Harrisburg

County

Saline County

State/Province

Illinois

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Date: January 1937

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

9 in