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Source Collection
Norris C. Blackburn papers, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0455.001_003.002
Description
Cotton bales, belonging to the Union Compress & Warehouse Company, stacked along Front Street in Memphis, Tennessee. During the 1937 Mississippi River flood many warehouses along the river front were forced to move their products elsewhere to protect them from the rising flood water.
Date Created
2022
Date
1937
Recommended Citation
"Cotton bales lining Front Street, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937" (2022). Images. 3.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-blackburnnc1/3
Keywords
1937 Mississippi River flood, Front Street (Memphis, Tenn.), Cotton industry
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