Browse images of floods

The living room in an Indiana farmhouse after the flood. Posey County. 1937 Feb.

Bedroom in an Indiana farmhouse after the flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Cleaning up after the flood. Posey County, Indiana. 1937 Feb.

Twenty truckloads of corn sent as a gift from the farmers of Livingston County, Illinois, to southeastern Illinois flood area. Near Carmi, Illinois. 1937 Feb.

Twenty truckloads of corn were sent as a gift from the farmers of Livingston County, Illinois to southeastern Illinois flood counties. Near Carmi, Illinois. 1937 Feb.

During the 1937 flood most of the Resettlement Administration office in Sikeston, Missouri, was turned over to the Red Cross as headquarters for their relief activities in southeastern Missouri. 1937 Feb.

Flooded farm near New Madrid, Missouri. 1937 Feb.

Group of flood refugees in a schoolhouse of Sikeston, Missouri. 1937 Feb.-Mar.

A blind and paralyzed man refugee from the flood in the schoolhouse at Sikeston, Missouri. 1937 Feb.-Mar.

Mother and two children, flood refugees in the schoolhouse at East Prairie, Missouri. 1937 Feb.-Mar.

Mother and two children, flood refugees in the schoolhouse at East Prairie, Missouri. 1937 Feb.-Mar.

A group of flood refugees on the streets of McLeansboro, Illinois. 1937 Jan.

Woman and child, flood refugees in schoolhouse, Sikeston, Missouri. 1937 Jan.

Working on the levee at Bird's Point, Missouri during the height of the flood. 1937 Jan.

Young flood refugee asleep in schoolhouse, Sikeston, Missouri. 1937 Jan.

Woman flood refugee in schoolhouse at Sikeston, Missouri. 1937 Jan.

Levee worker during the flood, on a raw day with a thirty-mile wind. These men are very cold and almost exhausted from constant work. 1937 Jan.

Flood refugee from the Wabash River bottoms brought to McLeansboro, Illinois. 1937 Jan.

Flood refugees at Equality, Illinois. 1937 Jan.

Visiting days in an improvised hospital in the church housing flood refugees at Sikeston, Missouri. 1937 Jan.

Colored flood refugees housed in the Baptist church at Sikeston, Missouri. 1937 Jan.

Group of children being cared for by an old lady; all of them flood refugees. Sikeston, Missouri. 1937 Jan.

Group of colored flood refugees housed in the Baptist church at Sikeston, Missouri. 1937 Jan.

During the 1937 flood, most of the Resettlement Administration office was turned over to the Red Cross, who made it their headquarters. 1937 Jan.

Flooded farmland near New Madrid, Missouri. 1937 Jan.

Flood refugees who were sheltered in the schoolhouse at East Prairie, Missouri. 1937 Jan.

Flood refugees in schoolhouse at East Prairie, Missouri. 1937 Jan.

This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rain in the Dust Bowl. Auton, Texas. 1937 June.

This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rains in the Dust Bowl. Texas. 1937 June.

View of the camp for flood refugees. Forrest City, Arkansas. 1937 Mar.

New Madrid County, Missouri. Remnants of building deposited by flood. 1938 May.

Remnants of building deposited by 1937 flood in New Madrid Bird's Point Fuse Plug Levee District. 1938 May.

Aerial view of flooded(?) area near ocean, January 1938. 1938-01

Aerial view of the flooded Los Angeles River at the Lankershim Boulevard bridge, 1938. 1938-03-02

Department of Public Works employees cleaning debris from a storm drain from a flood on March 2, 1938. 1938-03-02

Aerial view of Barham Boulevard looking south, March 3, 1938. 1938-03-03

Flood damage to Warner Brothers Studio, showing a bridge, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of unidentified flooded area, showing damaged buildings and roadways, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooding on an unidentified river, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of unidentified flooded area, showing residential communities at right, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of Hyperion Viaduct over Riverside Drive and the Hyperion Bridge over flooding Los Angeles River, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of severely flooded area south of Talbert, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooded orchards in Buena Park, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooded area of Covina and El Monte Highway, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooded area on Highway 14 at the Santa Ana River, 1938. 1938-1938

View of flood damage at Warner Brothers Studio, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooding on a railroad bridge in Big Santa Anita Canyon in Monrovia, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of a swollen river in an industrial area of an unidentified city, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of the swollen Los Angeles River showing the old Los Angeles Jail and Midway railroad yard, Los Angeles, 1938. 1938-1938

Flood damage to Warner Brothers Studio, showing men viewing a crevasse in the street, 1938. 1938-1938

Flood damage to Warner Brothers Studio, showing the edge of the bridge, 1938. 1938-1938

Flood damage to Warner Brothers Studio, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooded Los Angeles River at new Victory bridge, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooding on an unidentified river, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of floodplains, showing break in levee, Santa Ana, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of unidentified flooded area, showing river curving to the left, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of a flooded area, showing a highway over the river, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooding near what appears to be an airport, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of unidentified flooded areas, showing large shadow cast on city at left, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooded area of Arroyo Seco at Avenue 43, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of unidentified flooded area, showing large river sweeping near city, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of a river passing near storage tanks in Los Angeles County, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of a swollen river passing under a bridge in Los Angeles County, 1938. 1938-1938

Flood damage to Warner Brothers Studio, showing a falling building, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooding in Monrovia, 1938. 1938-1938

Flooded groves in an unidentified area, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of unidentified flooded area, showing city blocks at left, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of a flooding area, showing the river, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooding on an unidentified river, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of unidentified flooded area, showing residential blocks at left and at right, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of an unidentified river, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooded area of Arroyo Seco, Sycamore Grove, 1938. 1938-1938

Flooded section of the Los Angeles River, near Griffith park airport, 1938. 1938-1938

Flood damage to Warner Brothers Studio and a bridge, 1938. 1938-1938

Flood damage to the Universal back lot at Barham, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of a swollen Los Angeles River showing the the Southern Pacific Shops and its Alhambra Avenue roundhouse, Los Angeles, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooded area of Verdugo Wash, showing damaged bridge, Glendale, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooded Los Angeles River at Fletcher Drive bridge, 1938. 1938-1938

Flooded Los Angeles River at the Dayton Avenue bridge, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of unidentified flooded area, showing city blocks at left and container at right, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooding in Monrovia, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooding on an unidentified, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of a flooded area, showing a highway over the river, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooded area of Arroyo Seco at Avenue 52, 1938. 1938-1938

Flood damage to Warner Brothers Studio, showing men at left, 1938. 1938-1938

Flood damage to a bridge and bank, 1938. 1938-1938

Flood damage to Warner Brothers Studio, showing the water at right, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooded Huntington Drive west of San Marino, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of a flooded area, showing closely-spaced buildings, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of an unidentified river, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooded Highway Number Ten bridge at the Santa Ana River, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of a freeway over an unidentified flooded river, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of unidentified flooded area, freight yard at right, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of unidentified flooded area, showing patches of dry mud on parts of the city, 1938. 1938-1938

Stream of water and flood damage at Universal Studios' back lot at Barham Boulevard, Burbank, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooded area near railroad tracks, Colton, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooded area of Arroyo Seco at Sycamore Grove, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of flooding near Dycer Airport, looking west, 1938. 1938-1938

Aerial view of the Los Angeles River and the Santa Fe Railroad yards on its left bank, Los Angeles, 1938. 1938-1938

Men surveying flood damage in Los Angeles, 1938. 1938-1938