1939 flood, Harrison County, Indiana, car under bridge
| Description: |
A group of men and boys stand on a bridge during a June 1939 flood in Harrison County, Indiana, and look at an automobile trapped under the bridge below. The owner of the car, Lee Shireman, stands on the bridge at far right. Shireman had staked down the vehicle the night before in anticipation of a flood, but found the car under the bridge several hundred yards away the next morning. |
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| Origin: | 1939-06-18 |
| Created By: |
Wallace, Albert (1909-2002) |
| Source: |
http://cdm17251.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17251coll30/id/18 |
| Collection: |
Fires and Floods |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
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| Geography: |
Harrison County, Indiana |
| Subjects: |
floods bridges automobiles |
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