Hurricanes and Floods
The images on this page show the arrival and aftermath of hurricanes and large storms. Floods, destruction, and ominous skies are shown in these photographs, a selection of images from the Library's Carl Lumholtz Collection documenting the Lumholtz Expedition through Arizona, the Julian Dimock Collection with images from Florida and South Carolina, and from the general Photographic Collection with documentation from storms in Washington D.C. and Paris, France, and at the Jersey Shore in the nineteen teens. More information about each of these important historic image collections can be found in Digital Special Collections.
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