THE 1936 FLOOD - The Great Ohio River Flood of 1937 - page 37

Here is another 1936 photograph of Huntington's flooded warehouse district. Just visible in
the distance are the hills of Ohio on the other side of the flooded river. Below them, a sign
identifies the Greene Terminal Company. There is a furniture warehouse at the left, with the
bow of a small boat just visible at the photograph's edge. The truck at right is parked just at
the edge of the floodwaters. (Courtesy the C&O Historical Society.).
Photographers working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), a federal New Deal
program initiated by U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt, documented much of the nation's
Depression-era misery. Many of the FSA photographers went on to iconic careers in photo-