Real-photo postcard with image of post-flood damage in Spring Valley, Wisconsin, from the flood on the night of September 17, 1942. Title supplied by cataloger. A different image of railroad track damage appeared in the Minneapolis "Star Journal" with the caption: "Flash flood which hit Spring Valley, Wisconsin, washed out these Northwestern railroad tracks, bending and twisting them." Printed on EKC paper (this stamp box design used 1930-1950). Unused.

Real-photo postcard with view of the post-flood damage in Spring Valley, Wisconsin, from the September 17, 1942, flood. Title supplied by cataloger. A slightly different angle view of this image appeared in the Minneapolis "Star Journal" with the caption: "Flood water carried this Spring Valley automobile two blocks before it finally left it this way, its rear end high in a tree." Printed on EKC paper (this stamp box design used 1930-1950). Verso shows signs of having been removed from a scrapbook, otherwise unused.

Real-photo postcard with image of destruction of a electrical pole due to floods. The building on the left was a mill. Title supplied by cataloger. Printed on EKC paper (this stamp box design used 1930-1950). Verso shows signs of having been removed from a scrapbook, otherwise unused.

Real-photo postcard with image of damage left by the September 17, 1942, flood. An open cash register can be seen in the photograph. Title supplied by cataloger. Printed on EKC paper (this stamp box design used 1930-1950). Verso shows signs of having been removed from a scrapbook, otherwise unused.

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.

Real-photo postcard with image of destruction of a house due to the floods on the evening of September 17, 1942. Title supplied by cataloger. Probably printed on EKC paper (this stamp box design used 1930-1950), as most of the cards in this set have that logo undamaged in the stamp box. Verso shows signs of having been removed from a scrapbook, otherwise unused.

Real-photo postcard with image of the interior of a building that flooded in Spring Valley, Wisconsin, on September 17, 1942. Title supplied by cataloger. Printed on EKC paper (this stamp box design used 1930-1950). Verso shows signs of having been removed from a scrapbook, otherwise unused.

Real-photo postcard with image of the post-flood damage in Spring Valley, Wisconsin. The flood happened on the night of September 17, 1942. Title supplied by cataloger. Printed on EKC paper (this stamp box design used 1930-1950). Verso shows signs of having been removed from a scrapbook, otherwise unused.

Real-photo postcard with image of the post-flood damage in Spring Valley, Wisconsin. The flood happened the night of September 17, 1942. Title supplied by cataloger. Printed on EKC paper (this stamp box design used 1930-1950). Verso shows signs of having been removed from a scrapbook, otherwise unused.

Real-photo postcard with image of post-flood damage in Spring Valley on the night of September 17, 1942. This is possibly a Northwest railroad trestle torn out by the flood waters. Title supplied by cataloger. Printed on EKC paper (this stamp box design used 1930-1950). Unused.

Real-photo postcard with image of post-flood damage in Spring Valley, Wisconsin, from the flood on the night of September 17, 1942. Title supplied by cataloger This image of railroad track damage appeared in the Minneapolis "Star Journal" with the caption: "Flash flood which hit Spring Valley, Wisconsin, washed out these Northwestern railroad tracks, bending and twisting them." Printed on EKC paper (this stamp box design used 1930-1950). Verso shows signs of having been removed from a scrapbook, otherwise unused.

Real-photo postcard with image of a building that flooded in Spring Valley the night of September 17, 1942. Title supplied by cataloger. Printed on EKC paper (this stamp box design used 1930-1950). Unused.

Real-photo postcard with image of a building that was torn apart due to the floods. Title supplied by cataloger. Printed on EKC paper (this stamp box design used 1930-1950). Verso shows signs of having been removed from a scrapbook, otherwise unused.

Real-photo postcard with image of a house that is tilted due to the floods during the night of September 17, 1942, in Spring Valley. Title supplied by cataloger. See also PH 1997.072.011 for another view of these buildings. Printed on EKC paper (this stamp box design used 1930-1950). Verso shows signs of having been removed from a scrapbook, otherwise unused.

Real-photo postcard with image of a railroad bridge swept away by flood waters the night of September 17, 1942, in Spring Valley, Wisconsin. Title supplied by cataloger. Probably printed on EKC paper (this stamp box design used 1930-1950), as most of the cards in this set have that logo undamaged in the stamp box. Verso shows signs of having been removed from a scrapbook, otherwise unused.