Side-wheeler, Harrisburg

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Title

Side-wheeler, Harrisburg

Subject

Floods
Ohio River
Illinois--Harrisburg
Floodplains
Flood damage
Dwellings--Flood damage
Boats and boating

Description

A group of men travel down a flooded street using a homemade boat during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

On verso: "Improvised homemade side-wheeler at Harrisburg."

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

1937-XX-XX

Format

jpg

Language

eng

Identifier

404334
Henry Horner Collection

Original Format

photographic print
b&w
1

Physical Dimensions

7 x 9 cm