drowning victims

Drowned in the flood / F. Opper.

Print shows Roswell P. Flower kneeling over the drowned body of a young girl labeled "Presidential Hopes"; in the background, a figure labeled "Maynard" appears to be half-buried and stuck in the mud in the aft... More

We lit three matches one by another, well's we could in the rain

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Friendly Brook" by Rudyard Kipling, Metropolitan magazine, 39:20 (March 1914).

The Captain started up the dune with the bedraggled body of the uncons...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Tides of Barnegat" by F. Hopkinson Smith, Scribner's magazine, 40:233 (Aug. 1906).

[Joseph Avery stranded on rocks in the Niagara River]

Three men boating in the Niagara River were overwhelmed by the river's strong current, lost control of their boat, and crashed into a rock. The current carried two men immediately over the Falls to their deaths... More

[Joseph Avery stranded on rocks in the Niagara River]

Three men boating in the Niagara River were overwhelmed by the river's strong current, lost control of their boat, and crashed into a rock. The current carried two men immediately over the Falls to their deaths... More

Joseph Avery stranded on rocks in the Niagara River

Three men boating in the Niagara River were overwhelmed by the river's strong current, lost control of their boat, and crashed into a rock. The current carried two men immediately over the Falls to their deaths... More

Joseph Avery stranded on rocks in the Niagara River

Three men boating in the Niagara River were overwhelmed by the river's strong current, lost control of their boat, and crashed into a rock. The current carried two men immediately over the Falls to their deaths... More

Notes by Alexander Graham Bell, September 2, 1881

Joseph Avery stranded on rocks in the Niagara River

Three men boating in the Niagara River were overwhelmed by the river's strong current, lost control of their boat, and crashed into a rock. The current carried two men immediately over the Falls to their deaths... More

[Joseph Avery stranded on rocks in the Niagara River]

Three men boating in the Niagara River were overwhelmed by the river's strong current, lost control of their boat, and crashed into a rock. The current carried two men immediately over the Falls to their deaths... More

Notes by Alexander Graham Bell, September 2, 1881

Notes by Alexander Graham Bell, September 2, 1881

Notes by Alexander Graham Bell, September 2, 1881

Notes by Alexander Graham Bell, September 2, 1881

Notes by Alexander Graham Bell, September 2, 1881

Notes by Alexander Graham Bell, September 2, 1881

Come in men! he shouted - Cartoon illustration, public domain image.

Father of one victim speaking to townspeople gathered outside while couple and woman in red cape look at dead bodies on floor. Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration... More

Joseph Avery stranded on rocks in the Niagara River

Three men boating in the Niagara River were overwhelmed by the river's strong current, lost control of their boat, and crashed into a rock. The current carried two men immediately over the Falls to their deaths... More

[Joseph Avery stranded on rocks in the Niagara River]

Three men boating in the Niagara River were overwhelmed by the river's strong current, lost control of their boat, and crashed into a rock. The current carried two men immediately over the Falls to their deaths... More

Notes by Alexander Graham Bell, September 2, 1881