Southwest Capital Avenue flooding, 1947

dc.date.accessioned	2019-09-12T13:20:33Z
dc.date.available	2019-09-12T13:20:33Z
dc.date.issued	1947-04-00
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/1000000628
dc.description	Southwest Capital Avenue resembled the nearby Kalamazoo River in this photograph of the April 1947 flooding in downtown Battle Creek. More than 7,500 people sought emergency shelter and nearly 1,000 homes were damaged in the flood.	en_US
dc.format.medium	4x5 BW negative
dc.subject	floods 1947	en_US
dc.title	Southwest Capital Avenue flooding, 1947	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.description.envelope	FLOODS APRIL 1947 COPY S.W. CAPITAL AVENUE RESEMBLED THE NEARBY KALAMAZOO RIVER DURING MID-APRIL 1947. ONE OF WORST FLOODS IN CITY'S HISTORY SCENES FROM YESTERDAY NOV 19, 1977
dc.description.photographer	Enquirer and News
dc.description.taxonomy	Environment and Natural Resources\|Floods	en_US