Rio Grande Flood

PhotographerPhotographed by Alabama P. Milner 1880 Oneonta, Alabama - 1959 Albuquerque, New Mexico

Date1920

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions7 11/16 × 9 11/16 in. (19.6 × 24.7 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase

Object numberPA1992.005.062

DescriptionThe Rio Grande in flood stage in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The water is puddling in the mud of the foreground and a line of sandbags lines the main channel of the river. The view is looking West, with one of the volcanoes on the West Mesa visible behind cottonwood trees on the opposite bank.

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