Black Flood July 23, 1913

Black Flood July 23, 1913

Coalinga (Calif.) -- Photographs.

In front of I.O.O.F. Hall. The Phelps building, Fifth and Cedar, after the flood level had receded about a foot. Among those whom F. J. McCollum, then a 30-year-old reporter, was able to identify are Dr. S. H. McCannon (third from left, in white shirt), Frank Dexter, seated on box in center and smoking cigar; Bert Kenney (squatting at right, holding bottle) and Clair Halliburton (wearing slicker and holding camera tripod).

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 in.

San Joaquin Valley Library System

1913

Coalinga-Huron District Library

For more information about acquiring copies of these images (in photographic and/or digital form), please contact the R. C. Baker Memorial Museum, Inc., Helen Cowan, Curator, 297 West Elm, Coalinga, CA 93210; (559) 935-1914

R. C. Baker Memorial Museum, Inc.

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