Mississippi River Flood, Memphis, TN, 1913

Creators

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Source Collection

Ron Pevahouse collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.0169.001_005.001

Description

Postcard photograph of a family stranded in the high water at Auction Avenue and Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee, during the 1913 Mississippi River flood. The caption along the bottom reads "Several of Clyde's girls" The caption on the side reads "Doesn't this look tempting." The note, written to Miss Helen Greer, Sledge, Miss, reads "How's the little Girl, received your card several days ago, Does the water ever get this bad in the Big City of Sledge, Clyde has to swim though this to get to work. MBB"

Date Created

2024

Date

1913 April

Recommended Citation

"Mississippi River Flood, Memphis, TN, 1913" (2024). Memphis Images. 1.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-rpevahouse3/1