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Source Collection
Twentieth century photograph collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0462.009_007.012
Description
A flooded lumberyard, possibly the Fisher Lumber Company, in Memphis, Tennessee, during the Mississippi River flood of 1927. 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
"Flooded lumberyard, Memphis, 1927" (2021). Memphis Flood, 1927. 9.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-20thcenturyphoto2/9
Keywords
Floods--Mississippi River--1920-1930., Flood--Tennessee--Memphis--1920-1930--Photographs.
