[PW] Re: 1937 Flood pics in LIFE magazine

[Joy Tofteland]

I have a picture of a cow on a sleeping porch from the June 1937 National
Geographic pg 786.  It is not very clear because it is from the CD.  I can
fax it if you want but maybe someone else has hard copy that will produce a
better picture.  Send me your fax # if you want me to send it.

Joy Tofteland
Reference/ Technical Resources Librarian
Kirkendall Public Library
Ankeny, IA 

tofteland at ankeny.k12.ia.us 

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[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of Ellen
Cousins
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 10:50 PM
To: list at project-wombat.org; wmadavis at iglou.com
Subject: [PW] Re: 1937 Flood pics in LIFE magazine

Hello Bill,

This page says that a photo appeared in National Geographic of a cow on a
Kentucky porch in 1937:

  ...The area's most devastating event of the twentieth century was the
flood of 1937 when 90% of Paducah was covered with flood waters.  Over
27,000 residents were evacuated.  After six weeks of rain in the Ohio River
Valley, the river crested at 60.8 feet, nearly 11 feet above the elevation
of this present sidewalk.  National Geographic featured a photo of a cow on
the second story porch of a Lower Town neighborhood home...

http://www.nostalgiaville.com/travel/Kentucky/paducah/paducah22001.htm

The accompanying photo montage may show your cow in the top right corner,
but it is not clear at this resolution. The National Geographic photo (if it
was NG) probably ran in June 1937:

Title: 	 Men Against the Rivers
Date: 	June 1937
Pages: 	767-794
	
Contributor(s): 	Simpich, Frederick Author
Subject(s): 	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Floods
Rivers
Mississippi River and Valley, U.S.
Ohio River and Valley, U.S.

HTH

Ellen C.


Bill Davis wrote:
> An elderly lady told me that she believed at the time of the 1937 Ohio 
> River flood, LIFE Magazine carried photos of cows standing on the 
> porch of a house near Warsaw, Kentucky.
> 
> I've found some magazine guides indicating the flood was featured in 
> issues in February of 1937 and in later followup issues, but does 
> anyone have access to an index specific enough to indicate which issue 
> and page this may have appeared in?
> 
> Ultimately I'd like to see this photograph, if it existed.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill Davis
> 
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