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1936 Flood in Hancock

Collection Name

The 1936 Flood in Cumberland, Hancock, and Williamsport

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Photographs of flood damage

Media Items

Photo of East End of Hancock, MD during 1936 Flood; 3 people in boat rowing past top of telephone pole
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ItemID
acfl063
IDEntry
7401
Creator
Arthur White
Date
1936-03
Collection Location
Hancock, Maryland
Subject
Floods--Maryland
Cumberland, MD--History
Coverage
Western Maryland, 1936

East end of Hancock, after the 1936 flood. Notice the telephone pole in the water.

Marian Golden remembered her father reporting that the majority of the flooding was in the west end of town. Only "Ice Hollow", the site of Hardee's today, was flooded in the east end.

Notes

Photograph made available by Marian Golden, Arthur White's daughter.