Browse images of floods

Flood refugees at mealtime, Forrest City, Arkansas. 1937 Feb.

The Bessie Levee augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood. Near Tiptonville, Tennessee. 1937 Feb.

The Bessis Levee, along a subsidiary of the Mississippi River. The levee has been augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood. 1937 Feb.

The Bessis Levee, along a subsidiary of the Mississippi River, near Tiptonville, Tennessee. The levee has been augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood. 1937 Feb.

The Bessis Levee, along a subsidiary of the Mississippi River, near Tiptonville, Tennessee. The levee has been augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood. 1937 Feb.

Facilities for washing in the camp for white flood refugees at Forrest City, Arkansas. 1937 Feb.

Setting up a tent in the camp for white flood refugees, Forrest City, Arkansas. 1937 Feb.

A girl in the camp for white flood refugees, Forrest City, Arkansas. 1937 Feb.

View taken from train between Memphis, Tennessee, and Forrest City, Arkansas. 1937 Feb.

View taken from train between Memphis, Tennessee, and Forrest City, Arkansas, during the flood. 1937 Feb.

View taken from train between Memphis, Tennessee, and Forrest City, Arkansas, during the flood. 1937 Feb.

Cornbread. Food for flood refugees at the Forrest City concentration camp. Arkansas. 1937 Feb.

Negroes waiting for food in the Forrest City, Arkansas, concentration camp. 1937 Feb.

Negroes waiting for food in the Forrest City, Arkansas, refugee camp. 1937 Feb.

Sick flood refugee in the Red Cross temporary infirmary at Forrest City, Arkansas. 1937 Feb.

Sick flood refugee in the Red Cross temporary infirmary at Forrest City, Arkansas. 1937 Feb.

Sick flood refugee in the Red Cross temporary infirmary at Forrest City, Arkansas. 1937 Feb.

Sick Negro in the Red Cross temporary infirmary for flood refugees. Forrest City, Arkansas. 1937 Feb.

Household goods of a Negro flood refugee in the temporary infirmary. Forrest City, Arkansas. 1937 Feb.

Negro flood refugees in the Red Cross temporary infirmary at Forrest City, Arkansas. 1937 Feb.

Negro girl in the temporary infirmary. Forrest City, Arkansas. 1937 Feb.

Negro flood refugee in the Red Cross temporary infirmary of Forrest City, Arkansas. 1937 Feb.

Entrance to Marianna, Arkansas, during the 1937 flood. 1937 Feb.

Flood refugees in canning factory used by the Red Cross as a relief station. Mayfield, Kentucky. 1937 Feb.

Flooded farmland near New Madrid, Missouri. 1937 Feb.

Cache, Illinois, near the crest of the 1937 flood. 1937 Feb.

Livestock on a levee. A flooded farm. Cache, Illinois. 1937 Feb.

Flooded farm near New Madrid, Missouri. 1937 Feb.

A flood refugee and his family in the schoolhouse at East Prairie, Missouri. 1937 Feb.

Flood refugees at mealtime. Near Charleston, Missouri. 1937 Feb.

A young flood refugee sleeping amid salvaged household goods in a schoolhouse at Sikeston, Missouri. 1937 Feb.

Negro flood refugees at meal time. Charleston, Missouri. 1937 Feb.

A large load of household goods which has been moved from the path of the flood. Moored at the levee in New Madrid, Missouri. 1937 Feb.

Negro getting a haircut in front of church which houses flood refugees. Sikeston, Missouri. 1937 Feb.

Ancient stove in farmhouse near New Madrid, Missouri. 1937 Feb.

The kitchen sink in a New Haven, Illinois, home after the flood. 1937 Feb.

Colored flood refugees at the door of their boxcar home near Cache, Illinois. 1937 Feb.

Boxcar home of flood refugees near Cache, Illinois. About fourteen were living in this car. 1937 Feb.

Colored flood refugees leaving town. Harrisburg, Illinois. 1937 Feb.

The mail must go through. Lineup of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers during the flood at Cairo, Illinois. 1937 Feb.

Workers filling bags with sand during the flood. Cairo, Illinois. 1937 Feb.

Piling sandbags along the levee during the height of the flood. Cairo, Illinois. 1937 Feb.

Piling sandbags along the levee during the height of the flood. Cairo, Illinois. 1937 Feb.

Hogs in an improvised pen on the levee near Cache, Illinois, during the 1937 flood. 1937 Feb.

Pen improvised for pigs during the flood on a levee near Cache, Illinois. 1937 Feb.

During the flood, cows and chickens were moved to the highest ground possible. Near Cache, Illinois. 1937 Feb.

Telephone linesmen raising wires to keep them above the flood level. Near Cache, Illinois. 1937 Feb.

An attempt was made to save furniture and clothes by scaffolding in this house at New Haven, Illinois. 1937 Feb.

A backyard in Maunie, Illinois, after the flood. 1937 Feb.

Doll and furniture after the flood. Maunie, Illinois. 1937 Feb.

Flood-drowned chickens on road near Maunie, Illinois. 1937 Feb.

Farmhouse evacuated during the flood. Cache, Illinois. Note dog still guarding house. 1937 Feb.

A street in Cairo, Illinois, during the flood. 1937 Feb.

A police dog who became entangled in harnesses during the flood and was drowned. Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Workman removing flooded corn from crib at hominy mill. Mount Vernon, Indiana. Several thousand bushels were lost in this crib which was built above level of 1913 flood, previously the greatest on record. 1937 Feb.

Men removing water-logged corn from crib after flood. Port Township, Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Sacks of grain and corn strewn around farm after flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Hog drowned in the flood and half buried underground. Black Township, Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Chickens who were caught in the flood and drowned. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Digging grave for drowned mule. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Two drowned sheep being loaded onto a truck. Aftermath of the flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Loading dead sheep onto a truck in flooded area. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Turnips uprooted by the flood. Point Township, Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

A privy overturned by the flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Woman shoveling silt and debris in flooded farmhouse. Note overturned piano. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Corner of living room in farmhouse after flood had passed through Point Township. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Women cleaning mud off furniture damaged by flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Cleaning flood debris out of a farmhouse. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Furniture and debris scattered in Indiana farmyard after flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Side of house torn away by flood, showing damaged interior of house. Black Township, Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Interior of farmhouse after flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Man sweeping mud off the front steps of his house after flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Furniture ruined by flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Chicken house torn from foundations and twisted. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Automobile after the flood on Mackey Ferry Road near Mount Vernon, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Towing flood-damaged automobile to be reconditioned. Point Township, Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Remains of a player piano after the flood swept through a farm in Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Indiana farmhouse after the flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Closeup of Indiana farmhouse after the flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Havoc wrought by flood on a farm in Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

An Indiana farmhouse flung into the road by force of the flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Upturned farmhouse resting against a tree. Result of the flood in Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

This porch was torn off the house in the background by the 1937 flood. Near Mount Vernon, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Farmhouse and outbuildings ruined by flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Farmhouse damaged by the flood near Mount Vernon, Indiana. On Mackey Ferry Road. 1937 Feb.

Side of Indiana farmhouse torn away by flood waters on Mackey Ferry Road. Near Mount Vernon. 1937 Feb.

Log cabin farmhouse after the flood had swept through it. On Mackey Ferry Road near Mount Vernon, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Chicken house twisted by the flood. Point Township, Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

A wagon on Indiana farmland after the flood had passed over. Point Township, Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

A barn stripped by the flood on Mackey Ferry Road. Near Mount Vernon, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Shattered outbuilding and debris in an Indiana farmyard. 1937 flood. 1937 Feb.

A combination corn crib and machine shed collapsed after the flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Indiana farmland and machine shed after the flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Collapsed barn on farm near Mount Vernon, Indiana. 1937 flood. 1937 Feb.

Soil washed from field and deposited on the road. Point Township, Posey County, Indiana. 1937 flood. 1937 Feb.

Mule drowned by the flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

A drowned mule who was caught on the limb of a tree. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 flood. 1937 Feb.

County schoolhouse after the flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Buchanan's general store at Hovey, Indiana, open for business after the flood. Note furniture placed on roof to protect it from flood waters. 1937 Feb.

Schoolhouse in Posey County, Indiana, which was used as a stable during the 1937 flood. 1937 Feb.