Photograph of Train in flood, from Main Street, Apr. 1922

Item — Box: 3120, Folder: 003, Object: 02

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Eleven sepia photographic postcards (3.5” x 5 3/8”) showing Mississippi river flood scenes in the downtown Cape Girardeau, Missouri area, with particular emphasis on the railroad, the Frisco depot, and riverfront businesses. Postcard scenes described on verso in unidentified hand and dated “Apr 1922.” Two scenes credited to Kassel Studio, a commercial photographic studio in Cape Girardeau.