Flood-Isolated Motorists
Photograph
Flood-Isolated Motorists
June 9, 1947
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 7/16 × 6 3/4 in. (21.4 × 17.2 cm)
Paper: 9 × 7 1/8 in. (22.8 × 18.1 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
Inscriptions printed in black ink on applied label affixed to verso, BC: 15766 A \ ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / FROM NEW YORK \ CAUTION: USE CREDIT \ FLOOD-ISOLATED MOTORISTS \ CAUGHT ON A STRETCH OF HIGHWAY NEAR \ ALEXANDRIA, Mo., BY THE FLOOD WATERS OF \ THE RAMPAGING MISSISSIPPI RIVER, MOTORISTS \ AWAIT RESCUE, JUNE 9. AT LEFT CAN BE \ SEEN PARTIALLY INUNDATED RAILROAD TRACKS. \ IN THE BACKGROUND, FLOOD WATERS NEAR THE \ ROOFS OF BUILDINGS. THE CREST OF THE \ FLOOD WAS MOVING DOWNSTREAM ON JUNE 11. \ ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO \ GWW-6/11/47-935AEDT-CX-STF / 33 \ EAST ABC TMC PA. LON; stamped in black ink on verso, C: NOTICE [underlined] \ This picture is the property of The Associated \ Press and may be used only for the purposes of reproduction when authorized by the owner. It may \ not be syndicated rented or loaned, or used for \ advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade. \ The following credit must be printed under \ reproduction of this picture. \ ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO
