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Rio Grande Flood
Rio Grande Flood
Rio Grande Flood

Rio Grande Flood

DateMay 18, 1937
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions3 15/16 × 6 3/8 in. (10 × 16.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque National Bank
Object numberPA1980.061.489
DescriptionMen and horses clear the banks of the Rio Grande during a flood after a break in the Upper Belen Riverside Levee between Isleta Pueblo and Los Lunas, New Mexico. Men work to clear trees and debris from the banks of the river. There is a team of two horses in the background. There are trees along the side of the river bank.
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