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Post-flood damage, Spring Valley, Wisconsin
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- 1942 (creation)
Extent
1 photograph : print ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)
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Real-photo postcard with image of houses torn from their foundations by the 1942 flood in Spring Valley. The flood happened the night of September 17, 1942. Title supplied by cataloger. This image appeared in the Minneapolis "Star Journal" with the caption: "Torn from their foundations, many homes at Spring Valley, Wisconsin, were tossed around by the 16-foot wall of water that swept the city. Though no one is known to have met death in Spring Valley, property loss ran high." Printed on EKC paper (this stamp box design used 1930-1950). Verso shows signs of having been removed from a scrapbook, otherwise unused.
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This item is made available by the University Archives & Area Research Center, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, for personal, educational, and research purposes in accordance with the Fair Use provisions of Copyright Act of 1976. Other uses may require permission from the copyright owner.
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Cataloged by kdo (Sydney Sleichert), 04/05/2016
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Donated by Kevin Thorie, UW-Stout ARC, December 18, 1997
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[Wisconsin] : [Privately printed?], 1942.