Outstanding flood picture - a chain gang on the levee at South Memphis, Tennessee

Men in a chain gang work on the levee near the flood area at South Memphis, in Memphis, Tennessee.

Publication date: 1937-12-26

Size: 21.8 x 9.7 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Fort Pickering (Tenn.)

Subject(s):

• Flood control--Tennessee--Fort Pickering--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 26, 1937), p. 7

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Associated Press