Lot 281v
2
March 12, 2019
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281 •(SALEM, OREGON--THE CHRISTMAS FLOOD)
Album with 42 photographs made in the days after the "Christmas Flood," one of the worst disasters in the state of Oregon during the 20th century.
With scenes of displaced vehicles such as a seaplane moored to a railroad track; rising and dissipating floodwaters; and the National Guard who stepped in during the height of flooding. Silver prints, each measuring approximately 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), cornered in recto/verso, each with a typed caption label beneath. Oblong 4to, green boards; ties. 1964-65
[800/1,200]