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Louisiana Flood 1912-- refugees saved by gov't [i.e. government] boat (LOC)

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  • Randy Reiss said:
    This is a result of The Mississippi River Flood of 1912.
  • Paula said:
    Interesting. They called victims of the Katrina hurricane (2005) "refugees" too.
  • Charles Bell said:
    More on this image www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ggb2004010512/ I recognize the The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley depot on Levee Street in Vicksburg on the far right in this image. Compare to flood scene in 1922 www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150214645297380&set...
  • Charles Bell said:
    Another image of a Steamer docked at Vicksburg with the letter M between its smokestacks www.loc.gov/pictures/item/det1994021985/PP/
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks cbellh47, I think you are correct, this is Vicksburg. We'll add that to the description. I have a question for you all. I zoomed in on our TIFF file at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.10512 and on the top of the ship on the left, it looks like it says "Lucile". I did a little searching but could find no ship named Lucile that seemed to fit. I did find a ship called Lucile Nowland, that at one time docked at Vicksburg. If anyone can find an image to back that up, or discover another name, we can add that to the record.

Louisiana Flood - 36 hours after the crevasse (LOC)

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Louisiana Flood 1912, Cotton Compress at Vicksburg as a refuge (LOC)

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  • Randy Reiss said:
    A result of The Mississippi River Flood of 1912.
  • Alder Ahlvin said:
    Hello, I'm Alder an admin for a group called Vicksburg, Mississippi, and we'd love to have this added to the group! This would be a good addition.
  • Charles Bell said:
    A Vicksburg map from 1890 indicates there were two cotton compresses operating in Vicksburg, the upper one in the city block bounded by Mulberry, Depot, Pearl, and South Madison Street which was close to a Vicksburg and Meridian rail road terminal were the Mississippi Hardware is located today. A picture post card in the Mississippi Archives Cooper Postcard collection, indicates this set of buildings was the lower compress and that there were additional buildings, including one for sampling cotton. In and about Vicksburg. An illustrated guide book to the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi (1890) Author: [Richardson, Lee], 1866- [from old catalog]; Godman, Thomas David, [from old catalog] joint author Publisher: Vicksburg, Miss., The Gibraltar publishing company www.archive.org/details/inaboutvicksburg00rich
  • Charles Bell said:
    There is an image of the lower cotton compress along Levee Street and the train tracks mdah.state.ms.us/arrec/digital_archives/cooper/index.php?...