Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon

Description:	A double pane cartoon about the 1937 flood. The top pane shows the Ohio River asking the Mississippi River whats being said about him at a meeting in Saint Louis. The bottom pane asks people to think about how much higher the flood waters would have been if it werent for all the basements that flooded. Image Access WideTEK 25 Whatre they saying about me? Ohio River Mississippi River Mayor Dress will Speak on what the flood did to Evansville. Mississippi Valley association meeting in Saint Louis. Did you realize that, if during the flood the excess waters-overflowing the river banks-had not had thousands of basements to fill-that it would have put more water in the streets and into homes and in more parts of town. And you who blame sewers back waters etc. and wont realize how much the river over flowed just study this.
Origin:	2013
Created By:	Karl Kae Knecht
Source:	http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/925
Collection:	Karl K. Knecht Collection
Copyright:	Digital Image Copyright 2014 University of Evansville Libraries. All rights reserved. All other material is open to the public without restrictions. Copyright laws of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) govern the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
Subjects:	Regional Affairs Disasters Evansville (Ind.) -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons Caricatures and cartoons -- United States Floods -- Indiana -- Evansville

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