A house boat in flood-time
Image
Title
A house boat in flood-time
Subject
Cairo (Ill.)
Floods -- Illinois
Men -- Illinois
Boats -- Illinois
Floods -- Illinois
Men -- Illinois
Boats -- Illinois
Description
A black man standing in a small boat, paddling through a flooded area. Two wooden shacks, one raised on a platform, stand behind him with a few trees growing nearby. Some stalks of grass stick up from the water.
Creator
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Source
Image from opposite page 157 of Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley by Clifton Johnson, 1906
Publisher
Jones Library Special Collections
Date
undated
Rights
This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
Relation
From the Clifton Johnson Collection
Type
Photographs
Identifier
CJ1520
Original Format
Photograph
Physical Dimensions
5 x 7
Collection
Citation
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940, “A house boat in flood-time,” Digital Amherst, accessed October 30, 2024, https://digitalamherst.org/items/show/4427.