No Place to Picnic

No Place to Picnic

Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

No Place to Picnic

June 24, 1972
Gelatin silver print
Image: 5 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (14.6 × 23.2 cm)
Paper: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
Inscriptions printed in black ink on image recto, TC: (WX13) WASHINGTON, June 24--NO PLACE TO PICNIC--Washington's West Potomac Park is no place \ to have a picnic Saturday since flood waters from the Potomac River have deposited debris \ along the shore line. Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Agnes have caused flooding conditions \ in the Washington area. (AP Wirephoto) (sf71850stf-jp)1972; inscribed in black ink on verso, LB: Flood [sideways]
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