A boy wearing metal pails on his feet stands in water surrounding a house. Labeled time is 11:00. Image is stamped Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky.
A car parked in front of a building on a partially flooded street lined by houses. The water approaches the car's bumper. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky. Original negative is...
A car parked next to debris in front of a large brick building. Water is on the ground. Labeled time is 1:15. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky. Original negative is...
A child crouches in a small wooden boat next to an exposed front yard with two other children crouched in the yard. More people are on a porch in the distance. The flooded street is lined by houses. A tire floats in the foreground. Labeled time is...
A collapsed house at the corner of Kentucky U.S. 42 and another street. A man is on the sidewalk with a shovel in front of a damaged house. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky....
A damaged shed on top of a one-story house with other damage to the front of the house. Labeled time is 4:00. 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; People
A figure stands in the middle of a creek or flooded field surrounded by trees. Labeled time is 2:30. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky. Original negative is deteriorated.
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...
A group of five men stand with two vehicles at a post or pole with equipment and machinery. One of the vehicles is labeled Commissioners of Sewerage. There is snow on the ground.
Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River; Streams; Towers; Men; Women; People
A group of men and women stands on an exposed patch of land next to a small brick tower at the Point. Water is on either side. There is a row of sandbags. Flooded Beargrass Creek at the Point partially covering a small wood building. Labeled: Ohio...
A group of men in suits and jackets stand under a sign that reads ""Central Relief Drain Extension. Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville. Matt H. Crawford, Chairman. J.B.F. Breed, Chief Engineer. Hoag & Rollins. Public Works...
Streets; Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River; Buildings; Men
A group of men stand at the corner of Fehr Avenue and an unidentified street on an exposed patch of sidewalk facing a flooded street and intersection. Labeled time is 2:10. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners...
A group of men stand in front of a bar or restaurant with Falls City beer signs while more people stand at the doorway. The street in front of them is flooded with water at the base of the tires of a car by the restaurant. Labeled time is 10:30....
Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River; Bridges; Men
A group of men stand on a bridge with rising water on either side. Labeled time is 2:30. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky. Original negative is deteriorated.
Streets; Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River; Buildings; Bridges; Pedestrian bridges; People
A group of people stand on a narrow wooden bridge running alongside a flooded street. Labeled time is 2:00. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky.
A house on its side, with its base facing the street across from a set of streetcar tracks. Men stand on the side of the cobblestone street. Labeled time is 3:00. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of...
A large boat is in the foreground of a partially flooded street lined by stores and houses. Two men sit in a rowboat at the intersection of Dixie Highway and St. Louis Avenue. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by...
Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River; Streets; Buildings; Houses; Vehicles; Street railroad tracks; Men
A large SilverFleet Moving Express truck backed up to the front of a house at the intersection of a flooded street. Water spills out of a manhole on the street. Three men stand in front of the truck on a gravel patch near the streetcar tracks....
A line of cars on a flooded and icy street at a residential intersection, possibly in Old Louisville. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky.
A man and three boys stand on a wood boat in front of houses along a flooded stretch of road at the intersection of Weller Street. Labeled time is 1:10. Image is stamped Ohio River Flood January - February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of...