Postcard of the 1908 Flood

Postcard of the 1908 Flood

Kansas River (Kan.) -- Flood -- 20th century

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a scene from the 1908 flood on the front. Photograph features a city block that has flooded roads and sandbags are stacked along on side of the street, people are standing around in the background. A white border is around the entire photograph. On the back is a note to G.C. McKinley in Neosho Falls, Kansas from Lawrence, Kansas. In the note the writer indicates that this is the street north of the bridge. The end of the note is a quote from "The Reaper and the Flowers" by Henry Longfellow. Postmarked June 19, 1908. Information on when and from whom the postcard was acquired is on the back, 11/1/1989 from John Dunning.

Writer unknown

Fitzpatrick-Postma Collection

Unknown

6/19/1908

Fitzpatrick, Charline

Postma, Sally

Carttar, Rosalea

Carttar, Peter

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Still Image

English

Postcard

6_Motels_to_River_Ice(cp_151a)

6_Motels_to_River_Ice(cp_151b)

Lawrence, Kan.

6/19/1908

11/1/1989

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a scene from the 1908 flood on the front. Acquisition information on the back. Note written on the back.

6/19/1908

Album 6: Motels to River Ice

Photograph

Print

Drawing

Acquired by Sally Postma on November 1, 1989.

Postcard

5 1/2" x 3 1/2"