Collection Name	Reed Family Papers
Identifier	UAF-1968-21-100
Title	Flooded street in Fairbanks during the 1911 flood.
Description	Title by indexer . This photograph shows flood waters in North Turner Street near the Chena River. The sign for Samson Hardware store shows the original owners' names: "Brumbaugh Hamilton & Kellog." Below the owners' names is the wording: "Samson Hardware & Mining Machinery." From other photographs it is known the bottom of the sign reads: "Our specialties Pennsylvania Boilers American & Samson Hoists." There are two Tanana Valley Railroad cars with TVRR printed on their sides. A small boat, probably a rowboat, is in the street. The Northern Commercial Company building is visible in the distance on the other side of the Chena River. The finding aid and other related photographs indicate this flood is in Fairbanks during May 1911. Related flood photographs are at: UAF-1968-21-87 through UAF-1968-21-111.
Subject.TGM	Floods Streets Boats People Railroad cars Business districts Hardware stores Disasters Rowboats Wooden sidewalks
Subject.Local	Breakup
Corporate Name	Samson Hardware (Fairbanks, Alaska) Tanana Valley Railroad Company Northern Commercial Company
Location	Fairbanks (Alaska)
Region	Interior Alaska
Time Period	1896 to 1913
Date	1911
Type	Image (Photographs)
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Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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Flooded street in Fairbanks during the 1911 flood.

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