View from boat of First and Main, Vincennes, Indiana
| Description: |
Black and white photo taken from a boat, of flood waters, of the Wabash River, at First and Main Streets, Vincennes, Indiana, in the flood of 1913. With over a hundred people standing behind a rope barrier across First Street. Burtch and Hanna Grocery Building [still there today], noted by the Tromley sign on the left, across First Street. Two men in small boat extreme lower right. Man checking on something on the extreme lower left. Message on the side is to Mrs. Elsie McClutch (?), Box 185, Venice, California, postmarked April 9, 1913. |
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| Origin: | 2011-07-16 |
| Created By: |
(?), Lyman |
| Contributor(s): |
Knox County History Day, July 16, 2011. |
| Publisher: |
From the private collection of Norbert Brown Vincennes, Indiana |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcc/id/603 |
| Collection: |
Knox County Community |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
Copyright Undetermined |
| Subjects: |
Floods Flood control Flood damage Wabash River (Ind.) Wabash River Cities & towns -- Indiana -- Vincennes People Domestic Life Disasters Business & Industry |
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