[Ohio River flood, Brookport, Illinois]

[Ohio River flood, Brookport, Illinois]

Photograph

Albert W. Stevens

Maker
American, 1886–1949

Col. George W. Goddard

Maker
American, 1889–1987

[Ohio River flood, Brookport, Illinois]

February 5, 1937
Gelatin silver print
Image: 15 13/16 × 20 1/4 in. (40.2 × 51.5 cm)
Paper: 18 7/8 × 22 1/16 in. (47.9 × 56.1 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
1972.0339.0019
Inscriptions Printed in image, B: (666)(W.F.)(2-5-37)(2:30P.)(12-300) Brookport Ill. G-39
Inscribed in black ink on verso, TL: Fig 7 [5 strikethrough, all underlined] \ Brookport, Illinois inundated completely during the Great Flood of the Ohio River \ photographed on Feb. 5, 1937 by Major A.W. Stevens and Capt. Geo. W. Goddard \ Courtesy U.S. Army Air Corps. \ For article by Glenn E Matthews \ "Photographic Progress During 1937" \ for April 1938 Photographic Journal.
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BR: Glenn E Matthews \ Photo Journal 578 \ [arrow] 5 1/2" [arrow] \ Screen 133
Typed on applied label on verso, BLC: Aerial photos of flood areas \ taken in 1937 by Goddard & \ Stevens. \ Received thru Glen Matthews \ Research Laboratory, Kodak P.
Stamped in purple ink on verso, BLC: EASTMAN HISTORICAL \ PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION
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