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Source Collection
Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0475.73547_01.002
Description
View of the Mississippi River and Wolf River floodwaters over Mud Island. Parts of the island are just barely visible and a note on the front says "river is retreating" implying that all of Mud Island was submerged before this picture was taken.
Date Created
6-28-2021
Date
1973-04-17
Recommended Citation
"Mud Island covered by floodwater, Memphis, Tennessee, 1973" (2021). Memphis. 1.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar5/1
Keywords
Mud Island (Memphis, Tenn.), River flood
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