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Showing posts with label Flood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flood. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Smithville Flats is Flooded

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In 1935 the small town of Smithville Flats, New York was hit by a massive flood after two nearby dams gave out. Residents of the the town we...
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

High Water - Pittsburgh, PA

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This card, showing high water in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is probably from the March 1907 flood. The report below from the Fort Wayne Journ...
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Flood in Middletown, Ohio

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1913 was not a good year for Middletown, Ohio. This picture doesn't show the half of it; it was really much worse than this. All of the ...
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Saturday, February 6, 2010

The Flood in Grafton, Illinois

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Grafton is located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. I wanted to get an idea of the year these postcards were printe...
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I love antique postcards because they preserve evidence of everyday life as well as celebrations and sad events. Looking at an old postcard is like holding a single piece of a puzzle; we have to imagine the rest. I will try to put up a postcard every day. If you have a special request for a particular city or place, let me know!
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