Title

The Bessie Levee augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood. Near Tiptonville, Tennessee.

Caption

The Bessie Levee augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood, Near Tiptonville, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Walker Evans.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A59_194

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

32,1Mb (960,8Kb) / 13,7in x 9,1in / 4108 x 2728 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather nature exterior outdoors river South water tree countryside road library plant plants economics country lake geography pole Southern Tennessee photography rustic poor poverty quay location century flooded Mississippi Mississippi River thirties concept depression negative recession flood B&W flooding bad weather Library of Congress United States of America sandbag sandbags black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century Great Depression rural American trees America US USA geographical feature levee River Mississippi rural life TGN outside photograph united states quai Regionalism Congressional Library water level Heritage Art Farm Security Administration FSA Office of War Information OWI nitrate negative still image Nitrate negatives. gmgpc Walker Evans Evans Walker augmented Tiptonville