Creation Date
1938
Decade
1930
Subject
Alabama -- History; Floods -- Alabama; Automobiles, Boats and boating
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Description
People wade through water in the streets of Wetumpka, Alabama as others paddle through in boats. One car drives through water. Thompson's Café of Home Cooked Meals, Standard Oil Products, and the Bank of Wetumpka are shown. This may be 1938 when a devastating flood occurred. (circa 1938)
Date Digitized
8-2-2017
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Rights
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Location
The original printed photograph is housed in the Houston Cole Library Alabama Gallery, Box 2, Item 330.
Identifier
http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Ihttp://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/psp/psp1930/PSP1930floods_00330.tif
Technical Metadata
Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 300 dpi. The file name is PSP1880floods_00017.tif; file size is 6.9 MB. Original image is 8 by 10 on glossy photographic paper
Keywords
Alabama -- History; Floods -- Alabama; Automobiles, Boats and boating