Washed out by the floods - an incident of cabin life in the west
Family huddled on river bank. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1875 Sept. 18), p. 760. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Floods 1875; West Settlers; Shelf.
View of the broken dam looking from bed of lake, Johnstown Flood, May ...
17846U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Liberty & Water Sts., Pittsburg flood, 1907
H91547 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R.W. Johnston; March 18, 1907.
Sixth Street from Liberty Avenue
Photograph shows an elevated view of flooded downtown street; men using small boats to carry passengers along the street; groups of men wait near buildings. On verso: Jno C. Bragdon, Engraver. Title on verso: 6... More
Akron Beacon Journal, March 25, 1913
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Birds eye view, Delaware flood, March 29, 1913
J180260 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Fuller & Harmount; April 10, 1913. Copyright claimant's address: 5th floor, Bldg., Columbus, Ohio.
Amoskeag mills as seen from Bridge Street showing supports of Bridge S...
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Negroes in the lineup for food at meal time at the camp for flood refu...
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Houseboat washed high and dry amid debris. Maunie, Illinois
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Havoc wrought by flood on a farm in Posey County, Indiana
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Flood in North Memphis, Tennessee
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Sick flood refugee in the Red Cross temporary infirmary at Forrest Cit...
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Syrian floods, Nov. 2, 1937. American colony in Jerusalem public domai...
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A police dog who became entangled in harnesses during the flood and wa...
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Flood damage. Shawneetown, Illinois
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Negro flood refugees at meal time. Charleston, Missouri
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View taken from train en route to Forrest City, Arkansas from Memphis,...
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Negroes in the lineup for food at meal time at the camp for flood refu...
Original caption before agency editing: Negroes in the lineup for food at mealtime at the concentration camp for flood refugees. Forrest City, Arkansas. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; ... More
Interior of cotton compress at Forrest City, Arkansas where sick Negro...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Flood refugee from the Wabash River bottoms brought to McLeansboro, Il...
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The Bessis Levee, along a subsidiary of the Mississippi River, near Ti...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A child flood refugee taking a nap. Tent City near Shawneetown, Illino...
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Automobile after the flood on Mackey Ferry Road near Mount Vernon, Ind...
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Woman flood refugee in schoolhouse at Sikeston, Missouri
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Chicken house twisted by the flood. Point Township, Posey County, Indi...
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A large load of household goods which has been moved from the path of ...
Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Johnstown disaster, May 31, 89--debris on fire at bridge / Filson & So...
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Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ
Significance: Begun by the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufacturers under the supervision of Pierre L'Enfant, the Canal System was first completed in 1794. Later alterations and improvements were ... More
Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ
Significance: Begun by the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufacturers under the supervision of Pierre L'Enfant, the Canal System was first completed in 1794. Later alterations and improvements were ... More
The Great Flood of 1884, at Lawrenceburg, Ind. / Rombach & Groene, Pho...
Photograph shows flood waters around city buildings in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, with city hall, topped with cupola or bell tower, on the right. P4557 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed on mount at bottom: The Great ... More
Nepesta Bridge, Spanning Arkansas River on County Road 613, Boone, Pue...
Significance: The only roadway truss left in Pueblo County over the Arkansas River after the 1921 flood, the bridge has served as a regionally important crossing on the major east-west artery in southeast Color... More
Dundee Canal, Headgates, Guardlock & Uppermost Section, 250 feet north...
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Dundee Canal, Headgates, Guardlock & Uppermost Section, 250 feet north...
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Dundee Canal, Headgates, Guardlock & Uppermost Section, 250 feet north...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Gregory Tailings (Ruins), State Highways 269 & 119, Black Hawk, Gilpin...
Significance: Remnants of the first gold lode vein discovered in Colorado. The wood cribbing retaining the tailings is laminated in some places, a previously unused cribbing construction unique at the time to t... More
Andrew Vosburg House, 302 East Church Street, Lock Haven, Clinton Coun...
Significance: The architecture is typical of the Greek Revival style found in Lock Haven in the decade before the Civil War. Nearly all of these examples are either gone or at this point in time, highly threate... More
Samuel Probst Farm, Farrandsville Road, approximately 2.1 miles Northw...
Photo caption pages & written data include site plans. Significance: The Samuel Probst Farm, in the ownership of the Probst family since 1906, is a significant and distinguishable entity as an early 20th centur... More
Vermont Bridge No. 48, Spanning Winooski River at U.S. Route 2, Waterb...
Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of bridges constructed in the early 20th Century. During this time, the use of trusses dominated the bridge industry, replacing the variety o... More
Vermont Bridge No. 48, Spanning Winooski River at U.S. Route 2, Waterb...
Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of bridges constructed in the early 20th Century. During this time, the use of trusses dominated the bridge industry, replacing the variety o... More
Vermont Bridge No. 48, Spanning Winooski River at U.S. Route 2, Waterb...
Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of bridges constructed in the early 20th Century. During this time, the use of trusses dominated the bridge industry, replacing the variety o... More
Debris at P.R.R. stone bridge, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889
17832U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Vieley Bridge, Spanning North Fork Vermillion River at Township Road 2...
Significance: The Vieley Bridge is one of two iron and steel bowstring arch truss bridges of the Phoenix Ring upper chord design remaining in Livingston County. The bridge possesses significance as an example ... More
Vieley Bridge, Spanning North Fork Vermillion River at Township Road 2...
Significance: The Vieley Bridge is one of two iron and steel bowstring arch truss bridges of the Phoenix Ring upper chord design remaining in Livingston County. The bridge possesses significance as an example ... More
Bacon Bridge, Spanning Moniteau Creek, Bacon, Moniteau County, MO
Significance: Bacon Bridge (Moniteau Bridge #2) is one of the earliest surviving Pratt through truss bridges in central Missouri. Preserved in the evolution of this structure is the record of the struggle betw... More
121-123 Mill Street (Duplex), Lock Haven, Clinton County, PA
Photo caption pages & written data include site & floor plans. Significance: The building at 121+123 Mill Street is included in a locally significant historic neighborhood which contains architecturally impress... More
Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops & Terminal Facilitie...
Significance: The Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops are significant because they represent the major site component of one of the earliest attempts in the United States to plan and develop a who... More
Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops & Terminal Facilitie...
Significance: The Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops are significant because they represent the major site component of one of the earliest attempts in the United States to plan and develop a who... More
Fort Benton Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Fort Benton, Chouteau Cou...
Significance: Fort Benton has a long history in Montana. It was s fur trading post before the formation of Montana territory. In order to hold the town's trade with the Judith Basin to the east from other compe... More
Fort Benton Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Fort Benton, Chouteau Cou...
Significance: Fort Benton has a long history in Montana. It was s fur trading post before the formation of Montana territory. In order to hold the town's trade with the Judith Basin to the east from other compe... More
Manchester Street Bridge, Spanning Baraboo River on Manchester Street,...
Significance: The Manchester Street Bridge is a Camelback (Pratt) through truss. It was erected in 1884 by the Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works, a very prolific late nineteenth century firm that built bridges t... More
John F. McCormick House, 234 East Church Street, Lock Haven, Clinton C...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
John F. McCormick House, 234 East Church Street, Lock Haven, Clinton C...
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Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889. No. 15, General view of Johnstown loo...
U17845 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa. Printed on mount at bottom: Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889. Loss from 10,000 to 12,000 lives. Typed on label attached at top... More
Bonner's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Kootenai River, Bonners Ferry, Boundar...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...
Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More
Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...
Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More
Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...
Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More
Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...
Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More
Jeffersonville Bridge, Spanning Lamoille River on Vermont Route 15, Ca...
Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of the bridges built following the flood of 1927, in which over 1250 of Vermont's bridges were destroyed. The flood was a major episode in Ve... More
Jeffersonville Bridge, Spanning Lamoille River on Vermont Route 15, Ca...
Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of the bridges built following the flood of 1927, in which over 1250 of Vermont's bridges were destroyed. The flood was a major episode in Ve... More
Jeffersonville Bridge, Spanning Lamoille River on Vermont Route 15, Ca...
Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of the bridges built following the flood of 1927, in which over 1250 of Vermont's bridges were destroyed. The flood was a major episode in Ve... More
Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...
Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More
Town of Mount Union, Near U.S. Highway 522, Mount Union, Huntingdon Co...
See also HABS PA-5973 for related information. Significance: For the first half of the 20th century, Mt. Union was a center of refractory brick manufacture. Three brick plants were built early in the century an... More
Town of Mount Union, Near U.S. Highway 522, Mount Union, Huntingdon Co...
See also HABS PA-5973 for related information. Significance: For the first half of the 20th century, Mt. Union was a center of refractory brick manufacture. Three brick plants were built early in the century an... More
Linden Avenue Bridge, Spanning Purgatoire River on Linden Avenue, Trin...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Cuttingsville Bridge, Spanning Mill River at State Route 103, Shrewsbu...
Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of the bridges built following the flood of 1927, in which over 1250 of Vermont's bridges were destroyed. The flood was a major episode in Ve... More
Black Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River, Grand Junction, Mesa County, CO
Significance: It is significant as the longest and tallest Pratt roadway truss remaining in Colorado. It is exceeded in span length by only one other pinned truss in the survey, the Pennsylvania span of the Rif... More
Penn Traffic Building, 319 Washington Street, Johnstown, Cambria Count...
Significance: The present six-story brick building was erected in 1908, with additions made in 1924 and 1949 for the Penn Traffic Company, an outgrowth of the Cambria Iron Company's company store. When the pres... More
Hydroelectric Power Development North Highlands, Thirty-eighth Street ...
Significance: This development was the largest in the South when built in 1900. Originally, the dam provided water for 2 power houses: one for hydroelectric power generation, one for hydromechanical power tran... More
John M. Williams House, Route 664, approximately 1350 feet from Jay St...
Photo caption pages & written data include site & floor plans. Significance: The John M. Williams House is significant as an example of vernacular Italianate architecture within the 19th century canal-era house... More
Patch Street Bridge, Spanning Kohanza Brook on Patch Street, Danbury, ...
Significance: The single arch stone Patch Street Bridge was a typical example of an increasingly rare class of municipally-built structure in Connecticut, and was the best preserved and perhaps most unusual suc... More
Patch Street Bridge, Spanning Kohanza Brook on Patch Street, Danbury, ...
Significance: The single arch stone Patch Street Bridge was a typical example of an increasingly rare class of municipally-built structure in Connecticut, and was the best preserved and perhaps most unusual suc... More
News sketch of Johnstown flood - Drawing. Public domain image.
No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Pine Street Bridge, Pine Street (State Route 66) ,spanning Cumberland ...
Significance: The bridge derives its significance from its representative nature as an open spandrel deck concrete arch bridge and from its associations with the Luten Bridge Company and the historic Cumberland... More
Hemlock Bridge, Spanning Black River on Warner Drive, Greenwood, Clark...
Significance: The Hemlock Bridge is one of six Pennsylvania truss bridges in Wisconsin. It is an example of the early design and practice of the Wisconsin State Highway Commission and of the construction work ... More
Hemlock Bridge, Spanning Black River on Warner Drive, Greenwood, Clark...
Significance: The Hemlock Bridge is one of six Pennsylvania truss bridges in Wisconsin. It is an example of the early design and practice of the Wisconsin State Highway Commission and of the construction work ... More
Cambria City & Minersville Neighborhoods, Johnstown, Cambria County, P...
Written data includes a photocopy of a location map. Survey number: HABS PA-5672 Building/structure dates: 1853 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1858 Subsequent Work
Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA
Significance: The Augusta power and navigation canal was projected in order to make Augusta a manufacturing center. By the 1880's, the canal was a success. It supplied water power for eight textile mills, thr... More
Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA
Significance: The Augusta power and navigation canal was projected in order to make Augusta a manufacturing center. By the 1880's, the canal was a success. It supplied water power for eight textile mills, thr... More
Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA
Significance: The Augusta power and navigation canal was projected in order to make Augusta a manufacturing center. By the 1880's, the canal was a success. It supplied water power for eight textile mills, thr... More
Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA
Significance: The Augusta power and navigation canal was projected in order to make Augusta a manufacturing center. By the 1880's, the canal was a success. It supplied water power for eight textile mills, thr... More
View showing relief camps; Wood, Morrell & Co.'s store; and office fro...
17847U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price ...
Significance: The Round Lake Logging Dam is one of the few remaining early artifacts of Wisconsin's logging industry. It was built during the industry's log driving and log booming stages when cut timber was c... More
Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price ...
Significance: The Round Lake Logging Dam is one of the few remaining early artifacts of Wisconsin's logging industry. It was built during the industry's log driving and log booming stages when cut timber was c... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More