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Source Collection
Twentieth century photograph collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0462.009_007.002
Description
Automobiles traveling down a flooded road in Memphis, Tennessee, during the 1927 Mississippi River flood. The photographer may have been Orville F. Long whose name is printed on the return address of the envelope the prints were received in. An electrical engineer who worked for the Fisher Lumber Company, between Thomas Street and Second Street near the Wolf River, Long was its powerhouse superintendent in 1930.
Date Created
7-1-2021
Date
1927
Recommended Citation
"Automobiles travelling on a flooded road, Memphis, 1927" (2021). Memphis Flood, 1927. 2.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-20thcenturyphoto2/2
Keywords
Floods--Mississippi River--1920-1930., Flood--Tennessee--Memphis--1920-1930--Photographs.
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