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Flooded street in Fairbanks during the 1911 flood.
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Flooded street in Fairbanks during the 1911 flood.
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Description
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)
Ordering & Use
For information on ordering and using this material:
http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
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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