A house boat in flood-time

Image

cj1520.jpg

Title

A house boat in flood-time

Subject

Cairo (Ill.)
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

Citation

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940, “A house boat in flood-time,” Digital Amherst, accessed October 30, 2024, https://digitalamherst.org/items/show/4427.