Water Surges Over Bridge

Water Surges Over Bridge

Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

Water Surges Over Bridge

August 19, 1955
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 × 8 1/8 in. (17.8 × 20.7 cm)
Paper: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.7 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
Inscriptions printed in black ink on image recto, RB: (J03-Aug.19,) Putnam, Conn.-WATER SURGES OVER BRIDGE- \ Flood waters from the swollen river surges over a \ bridge here today. This north-east Conneticut [sic] town \ was hard hit with some sections under five feet of \ water after torrential downpours. \ (AP Wirephoto) (rfm60000-stf-jpc) '55; inscribed in black ink on verso, C: Weather
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