[PW] Re: 1937 Flood pics in LIFE magazine

[Ellen Cousins]

Getting back to the original query...

The February 8, 1937 issue of LIFE has a big feature on the flood:

"Photographic Essay: Ohio-Mississippi Flood - America's Worst Flood 
Makes Nearly a Million Refugees - The Mississippi Tests $325,000,000 
worth of floodworks - Map showing flood area - Railroading in the land 
of high water - Pictures of Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, 
Tennessee, etc."

"#Ohio-Mississippi flood - astounding photos, including Coney Island
  #Cincinnati flooded - water probably at least 12 feet deep..."

The February 15, 1937 has a follow-up article with more pictures:

"The Flood Leaves its Victims on the Bread Line - Ohio Valley - 400 dead 
- Great Flood down the Mississippi - Chain Gang working on Tennessee 
Levees..."

The February 21, 1938 issue has a one-year anniversary article with 
pictures of flood damage as well:

"It is a 1 year anniversary celebration in Louisville, Kentucky 
commemorating the 1937 Ohio Valley Flood that so severly affected the 
area.  The 2 page article..."

No page numbers to give you and no guaranteed porched cows , sorry. All 
descriptions come from ebay ads for these various issues.

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 
> 
>