File:1913 Flood debris at West State Street - DPLA - 440bfe1523a4c1c69be7ef3883a09b29 (page 1).jpg

Size of this preview: 800 × 502 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 201 pixels | 640 × 402 pixels | 1,024 × 643 pixels | 1,280 × 804 pixels | 3,236 × 2,032 pixels.

Original file ‎(3,236 × 2,032 pixels, file size: 736 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

English

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

1913 Flood debris at West State Street (

)

Creator

Title

1913 Flood debris at West State Street

Description

A scene of the 1913 flood showing debris floating in the streets. Note on the back of the postcard reads, "1:00 PM water raised 4:30 PM. The Hesters were rescued from the roof by fireman at 2:45 PM." Location is possibly 516 W. State St. because the Hester family is listed at that address in the 1913 City Directory. The 1913 flood occurred when Ohio received a heavy downpour that flooded many Ohio rivers, including the Scioto river, and the levees failed. In Columbus, more than five inches of rain fell in 24 hours beginning on March 24, 1913. Combined with a heavy winter snowfall, it was too much for the levees. In Columbus, 96 people died as a result of the flood.

Date

1913

Collection

Columbus Metropolitan Library

	Location	Franklin County , United States of America
	Coordinates	39° 57′ 40.32″ N, 82° 59′ 22.2″ W
	Website	www.columbuslibrary.org
	Authority file	: Q69487420 VIAF: 131636067 ISNI: 0000000403920857 LCCN: no92015499 WorldCat

Source/Photographer

This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Columbus Metropolitan Library as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Ohio Digital Network.

Record in source catalog
DPLA identifier: 440bfe1523a4c1c69be7ef3883a09b29

Permission
(Reusing this file)

Copyright determination made by Columbus Metropolitan Library ( Q69487420) using RightsStatements.org

No Copyright - United States

The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.

Notices

* Unless expressly stated otherwise, the organization that has made this Item available makes no warranties about the Item and cannot guarantee the accuracy of this Rights Statement. You are responsible for your own use.

You may find additional information about the copyright status of the Item on the website of the organization that has made the Item available.
You may need to obtain other permissions for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy or moral rights may limit how you may use the material.

Public domain	This media file is in the public domain in the United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1929, and if not then due to lack of notice or renewal. See this page for further explanation.	United States
	This image might not be in the public domain outside of the United States; this especially applies in the countries and areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada, Mainland China (not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland. The creator and year of publication are essential information and must be provided. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details.