Destruction from an Ohio River flood Flood refugees
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- Created Date
- 1937-01-25
- Description
Copy image:The traditional rule of the sea is followed by relief agencies in flooded Wheeling. Here the flood refugees as women and children are given the first issues of food. Latest reports indicate that the river had dropped two feet from the crest stage here but is still eight feet above flood stage.
- Creator
Blackington, Alton H
- Partner
- Digital Commonwealth
- Contributing Institution
- Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
- Collection
- Alton H. Blackington Collection
- Subjects
- Disaster relief--West Virginia--Photographs
Floods--West Virginia--Photographs
Natural disasters--West Virginia--Photographs - Location
- West Virginia, United States
- Type
- image
- Format
- PhotographsBlack-and-white photographsBlack-and-white negatives
- Language
- English
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- Chicago citation style
- Blackington, Alton H. Destruction from an Ohio River flood Flood refugees. 1937-01-25. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph061-sl225-i001. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Blackington, Alton H, (1937-01-25) Destruction from an Ohio River flood Flood refugees. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph061-sl225-i001
- MLA citation style
- Blackington, Alton H. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph061-sl225-i001>.