Well Equipped For Flood- Leigh Dawson maneuvers a boat through the flooded display room of the Marine Equipment Company in southwest Washington after the Potomac River overflowed its banks in some parts of the area. Dawson and the other two employes, unidentified, rescued the boat after it was washed from its display cradle outside the store.

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Title:
Well Equipped For Flood- Leigh Dawson maneuvers a boat through the flooded display room of the Marine Equipment Company in southwest Washington after the Potomac River overflowed its banks in some parts of the area. Dawson and the other two employes, unidentified, rescued the boat after it was washed from its display cradle outside the store.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Floods: Aug. 1955: Wire Photos
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. August 1955]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Floods
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 222 x 209 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/05744r28j
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001175_0010
Barcode:
39999088103237