Mud Island covered by floodwater, Memphis, Tennessee, 1973

Creators

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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