Overturned and damaged houses on a muddy street. Two boys stand on the street next to an overturned shed. Labeled time is 11:20. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky. The...
An overturned and dented car sits at the corner of Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard) and Eighth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A crowd of mostly African American men looks on. Many of them wear caps or hats and white shirts with jackets or...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
STANDARD, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (130.2 ft. x 30.8 ft. x 5.8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1914. Owned by Standard Oil Company, STANDARD operated on the Mississippi River between Alton, Illinois and Memphis, Tennessee. This was...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Distant starboard side view of towboat VEGA, tied to the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. VEGA, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (104 ft. x 17 ft. x 3.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,...
Port stern view of FULTON running full past Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. FULTON, a stern wheel towboat with a wood hull (129 ft. x 19 ft. x 3 ft.) was built at Madison, Indiana in 1891. She operated in the...
Wagon trains; Westward movement; Discovery & exploration; Spinning; Women; Men; Waterwheels; Children; Animals; Shipwrecks; Lifeboats; Military personnel; Uniforms; Play (Recreation); Toys; Indians of North America; Ships; Tickets
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: cover of "Morton & Griswold's Western Farmer's Almanac," signed "Hartwell" and featuring images of settlers heading west in covered wagon train and at work on...
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: title page for "Home and School Journal of Popular Education"; portrait of man seated in chair, wearing glasses; cube, dissected by smaller cubes, with labeled endpoints; number 26; cow with...
A row of damaged houses, including an overturned portion of the front of a house. Labeled time is 3:30. Debris and bare trees at the edge of a body of water with damaged houses in the background. Labeled time is 2:10. Image is stamped Ohio River...
Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River; Buildings; Houses; Building failures; Railroad tracks
Collapsing and overturned small wood buildings by a set of train tracks near a flooded area. Labeled time is 4:20. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky. Original negative is...
An overturned freight car on railroad tracks next to smokestacks and other industrial buildings. The train cars are pushed into each other along the tracks. Labeled time is 12:30. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by...
Wood posts jut out of the water with overturned and damaged houses in the background. Labeled time is 11:20. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky. The Jefferson Storage company in...
Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River; Streets; Buildings; Houses; Debris; Children
A group of children stand on the street facing overturned houses, other damaged buildings, and debris with water to the left. Labeled time is 11:30. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of...
An overturned house on a muddy street next to a large puddle. Other damaged buildings and debris are in the background. Labeled time is 10:20. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky....
Overturned and damaged houses on a muddy street. Labeled time is 11:10. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky. The Jefferson Storage company in the provided title was at Bernheim...
Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River; Streets; Buildings; Men
Overturned buildings blocking a muddy street. Three men stand in front of the buildings. Labeled time is 3:20. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky. The Jefferson Storage company...
An overturned house and other damaged buildings on a muddy street. Labeled time is 3:40. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky. The Jefferson Storage company in the provided title...
Overturned and damaged houses on a muddy street. Two boys stand in front of a damaged house. Labeled time is 11:00. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky. Original negative is...
Overturned and damaged houses on a muddy street. Labeled time is 11:30. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky. The Jefferson Storage company in the provided title was at Bernheim...
Overturned houses and outbuildings on a muddy street. Labeled time is 11:45. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky. The Jefferson Storage company in the provided title was at...
