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Views of the Mississippi River and tributaries after the flood of 1927
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Mississippi River Valley Mississippi River |
| Description | Includes flood waters and recovery efforts in parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri. Many photographs show crevasses in broken levees; construction of new levees; inundated towns; disaster victims and their household goods on the levees; Red Cross rescue operations; temporary tent cities on the levee; silt and earth piled up in buildings as water recedes. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Floods--Mississippi River Valley--1920-1930. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Disaster victims--Mississippi River Valley--1920-1930. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Rescue work--Mississippi River Valley--1920-1930. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Mississippi River--1920-1930. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
