Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
Cumberland (Flood)
Media Items
Media Items
Media Items
ItemID
acfl097
IDEntry
7432
Creator
Hagerstown Morning Herald
Date
1936-03-19
Collection Location
Washington County Free Library
Coverage
Western Maryland, 1936
Body
Flood waters of the Potomac and Wills Creek isolated hundreds of homes in Cumberland. This view of the stricken Western Maryland community was snapped from an airplane yesterday by a photographer. The streets of the city were covered with water, causing incalculable damage.
Notes
Photographer was probably Timothy Elkins.