The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects

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  • https://filsonhistorical.org/wp-content/uploads/O11PC17_33_fc-copy.jpg

    Photo of the 1945 flood of Louisville. The image was taken from a row boat around Butchertown.
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    Flood damage across the Ohio River in Indiana, 1937. Groups of people are entering boats from a large building on the far side of the street to travel on the flooded roadway. Boats range in size from rowboats to schooners. There is a flooded, abandoned trailer on the opposite side of the street. Multiple trees are submerged.
  • https://filsonhistorical.org/wp-content/uploads/FLO-235.jpg

    Aerial view of flooded Portland, the West End of Louisville, and eastern New Albany, Indiana with the K&I Bridge in the distance, 1937 Flood.
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    1913 Flood. Butchertown Brewery and ball park, Jan. 1913. (Beargrass Creek backwater). St. Joseph's Church in the background.
  • https://filsonhistorical.org/wp-content/uploads/FLO-339_web.jpg

    Damaged houses at The "Point," Louisville, KY, 1937 Flood. Housing materials are mostly wood and roofing tiles. A detached roof with gable is on the ground.
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