Desolation in wake of flood, looking south from Main Street, A.T. & S.F. river bridge and wrecked D. & R.G. bridge in center
Date
1921 June
Summary
Men beside a cement wall look at wreckage from the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows standing water, mud, debris and damaged Denver and Rio Grande Western and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad bridges. A brick three-story building reads: "Riverside Social Center." The Nuckolls Packing Company plant is in the distance.
Description
1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 12 x 17 cm. (5 x 7 in.) mounted on album page 28 x 21 cm. (11 x 8 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of
C Photo Album 327. Arkansas River flood, vol. 3.
Subject
Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters; Arkansas River; Pueblo (Colo.); Clubhouses--Colorado--Pueblo; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Pueblo; Ruins--Colorado--Pueblo
Geographic Area
Pueblo (Colo.)
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR711005051; Photographic print included in: Arkansas River flood, June 1921 / report of Arthur Ridgway for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
Notes
Emulsion chipped on original negative and reproduced in photographic print.; Mounted on album page with: Z-5050.; Mounted on verso of album page: Z-5052, Z-5053.; Number: "69" inked on original negative and reproduced in photographic print.; Title inked on album page.; R7110050511
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