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(MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE) (1904-1971)
At the time of the flood, Louisville, Kentucky.
Silver print, 8
3
/
4
x11
3
/
4
inches (22.2x29.8 cm.), with
Bourke-White’s embossed facsimile signature blind stamp on recto, and the Life Gallery of
Photography and edition hand stamps, plus a caption, credit, and edition notation 45/50 + 10 (“an
edition of 50 plus ten silver prints”), in pencil, on verso. 1937; printed 1998
[18,000/22,000]
Purchased from the Time Life Gallery of Photography, in 1998, with the accompanying Certificate
of Authenticity.
In January 1937, the Ohio River flooded Louisville, Kentucky and its surrounding areas, resulting in
one of the largest natural disasters in American history. LIFE magazine’s first woman photojournalist,
Margaret Bourke-White, who was given this special assignment, jumped on a plane to Louisville,