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Photos of Harris family and Franklin Area |
1913 Flood
img254_7: Looking north over Commons north end of Franklin Wednesday morning. Water had receded 2 feet |
img271_17: Looking west on Lake St. day after the flood. Water had receded 4 ft. |
img257_19: Looking north on River street from corner 2nd and River. Taken on Wednesday. Water had receded 2 ft. |
img266_20: Looking west across the river between 3rd and 2nd on River Street. Wednesday morning water had fallen 1 and 1/2 feet. |
img263_34: Looking across river from corner of third and front Wednesday morning. Water had fallen 1 foot |
Contributed by Samuel W. Harris on 6 Feb 2005. The discriptions are taken from the negative envelopes. |
Clean-up After the flood
Two photos with writing in windows calling for volunteers
for cleanup of the 1913 flood in Franklin, Ohio. Contributed by Samuel W. Harris on 1 Feb 2005 |
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S. CONOVER |
THIRKIELDS & SONS CO. CLOTHING SHOES DRY GOODS CARPETS can't complely make out exact words on the signs in the two windows but it is asking farmers to bring teams, scoops, shovels and wagons to help clean up the city - Request of the Citizens Relief Comm. |
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Two photos showing clean-up activity following the 1913 flood. Contributed by Samuel W. Harris on 3 Feb 2005 | |||
Students cleaning up at school |
Street cleanup on Park Ave |
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