Floods Collection

The late flood of the Arno at Florence – from a sketch by E. W. Cooke, R.A., 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The late flood of the Arno at Florence - from a sketch by E. W. Cooke, R.A., 1864. View of '...the flood which visited that city from the sudden rise of the river Arno

Inundations at Rome: the Ghetto submerged, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Inundations at Rome: the Ghetto submerged, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. From "Illustrated London News", 1876

Dining under difficulties - from a sketch by our special artist in China, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Dining under difficulties - from a sketch by our special artist in China, 1860. British forces in the Far East. From "Illustrated London News", 1860

Map of the area between Bergen op Zoom and Steenbergen, 1630. Creator: Franciscus van Schooten
Map of the area between Bergen op Zoom and Steenbergen, 1630. Tabula Bergarum ad Zomam Stenbergae'. Showing fortresses, trees, hills, harbours, areas susceptible to flooding

Figurative map, giving an indication of the main dike breaches, etc.: along the Rivers, 1809. Creator: Antoni Zürcher
Figurative map, giving an indication of the main dike breaches, etc.: along the Rivers, 1809. The area affected by flooding between the large rivers

Dyke breach in Brakel, January 4, 1861, (1861). Creator: Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
Dyke breach in Brakel, January 4, 1861, (1861). People stranded on rooftops in a flooded village, as others are swept away

The Inundation at Lyons - sketched by Gustave Dore, 1856. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Inundation at Lyons - sketched by Gustave Dore, 1856. The English traveller who has visited France, and knows the districts through which the river Rhone runs from Lyons to the Mediterranean

The Inundation at Lyons - sketched by Gustave Dore, 1856. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Inundation at Lyons - sketched by Gustave Dore, 1856. The inundation includes in its ravages upwards of 550 English miles, from Lyons to the delta of La Camargue

The Inundation at Lyons, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Inundation at Lyons, 1856. Flooding in France....upwards of 10, 000 men, women, and children are by this catastrophe thrown out of work, and not only so, but they are without house or home

Flood Scenes, Dayton, Ohio, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Flood Scenes, Dayton, Ohio, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Flood Scenes, Dayton, Ohio, 1913. Collapsed timber buildings

Flood Scenes, Dayton, Ohio, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Flood Scenes, Dayton, Ohio, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Flood Scenes, Dayton, Ohio, 1913. Dead bodies and coffins

Flood Scenes, Dayton, Ohio, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Flood Scenes, Dayton, Ohio, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Flood Scenes, Dayton, Ohio, 1913. People queuing

Flood Scenes, Dayton, Ohio, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Flood Scenes, Dayton, Ohio, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Flood Scenes, Dayton, Ohio, 1913. Dead horses in the street

Flood Scenes, Dayton, Ohio?, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Flood Scenes, Dayton, Ohio?, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Flood Scenes, Dayton, Ohio?, 1913. Collapsed timber buildings

Spring on the banks of the Loing (Printemps au bord du Loing), ca 1881. Creator: Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899)
Spring on the banks of the Loing (Printemps au bord du Loing), ca 1881. Private Collection

'Abords de l'avenue de Gezireh pendant la crue du Nil; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'Abords de l'avenue de Gezireh pendant la crue du Nil; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Noah, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
Noah, [193-]. Warning! The Flood is Coming! Page Noah! The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935

"The Barrage of the Nile", 1854. Creator: Unknown. "The Barrage of the Nile", 1854
"The Barrage of the Nile", 1854. Dam across the River Nile in Egypt. A large passage is kept close to the Eastern shore, for the steamers

Overflow of the Thames on Tuesday - Lambeth-Stairs, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Overflow of the Thames on Tuesday - Lambeth-Stairs, [London], 1850....the tide rose so extraordinarily high, as to overflow the banks of the river

This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rains in the Dust Bowl, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rains in the Dust Bowl. Texas

This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rain in the Dust Bowl, Auton, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This year (1937) there are floods and heavy rain in the Dust Bowl. Auton, Texas

Migratory workers in winter quarters, Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County, California. Migratory workers in winter quarters

Migratory workers in winter quarters, Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County, California. Migratory workers in winter quarters

U.S. 101 near San Juan Bautista, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
U.S. 101 near San Juan Bautista, California

The High Tide - Overflow of the Thames on Tuesday - Vine-Street, York-Road, Lambeth, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The High Tide - Overflow of the Thames on Tuesday - Vine-Street, York-Road, Lambeth, [London], 1850....the tide rose so extraordinarily high

The Inundation in the Fens: the syphon dam of the middle-level drain, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Inundation in the Fens: the syphon dam of the middle-level drain, 1862. The employment of the syphon is quite a novel feature in the history of drainage. Should the experiment now devised by Mr

Bursting of the Fleet Ditch and destruction of part of the Metropolitan Railway... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Bursting of the Fleet Ditch and destruction of part of the Metropolitan Railway: scene of the accident, [London], 1862. Owing to falls in the Fleet sewer the waters had accumulated to a great extent

The Inundation in the Fens: the blown sluice at the Marshland Drain, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Inundation in the Fens: the blown sluice at the Marshland Drain, 1862. View of...the remains of the Smee or Fen Drain sluice

The Flood in the Fens: making the cofferdam, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Flood in the Fens: making the cofferdam, 1862. The hopes, mingled largely with fears, of the Marshland farmers are centred upon the gigantic cofferdam which Mr

The Flood in the Fens: view from Islington Bridge, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Flood in the Fens: view from Islington Bridge, 1862. From the summit of the Middle-Level railway-bridge almost the entire extent of the flooded country was presented to the view

The Flood in the Fens: the submerged railway between Lynn and Wisbeach, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Flood in the Fens: the submerged railway between Lynn and Wisbeach, 1862. From the summit of the Middle-Level railway-bridge almost the entire extent of the flooded country was presented to

The Flood in the Fens: the breach in the bank, three miles and a half above the sluice, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Flood in the Fens: the breach in the bank, three miles and a half above the sluice, 1862. The high tides of the past week made no impression on the eastern bank of the Middle-Level Drain

The Inundation in the Fens: scene from the drain bank, above the Coffer Dam, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Inundation in the Fens: scene from the drain bank, above the Coffer Dam, 1862. From the summit of the Middle-Level railway-bridge almost the entire extent of the flooded country was presented to

Fall of the middle level sluice on the west bank of the Ouse, about four miles from Lynn... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Fall of the middle level sluice on the west bank of the Ouse, about four miles from Lynn, Norfolk, 1862....tidal water found its way under the front apron of this sluice

The Great Flood in the Fens: attempt to form a dam in the middle-level drain, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Great Flood in the Fens: attempt to form a dam in the middle-level drain, 1862. The destruction of the sluice connected with the Middle-Level outfall...has been attended with the most serious

Flooding in London, 1928, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Flooding in London, 1928, (1935). The seriousness of the floods was not fully realised until the Embankment at Westminster gave way

Flood waters in the moat at the Tower of London, 1928, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Flood waters in the moat at the Tower of London, 1928, (1935). The worst Thames flood within living memory...the Tower moat - ordinarily used as a football ground - filled with water

School bus starts up the flat 7: 30 a.m. to collect children of new... Malheur County, Oregon, 1939
School bus starts up the flat 7:30 a.m. to collect children of new settlers. Malheur County, Oregon. [Below the bench, showing condition of road which leads up to the new farm due to seepage of

Below the bench, showing condition of road which... Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Below the bench, showing condition of road which leads up to the new farm due to seepage of irrigation water. Family who lives in shack have been in the country one year

Flood refugees in canning factory used by the Red Cross as a relief... Mayfield, Kentucky, 1937. Creator: Walker Evans
Flood refugees in canning factory used by the Red Cross as a relief station. Mayfield, Kentucky

Avignon (Flood of 1856) (Avignon [Inondation de 1856]), 1856. Creator: Edouard Baldus
Avignon (Flood of 1856) (Avignon [Inondation de 1856]), 1856. Countryside under water in southern France]. Salted paper print

Boats Rowed Through Inundated Ruins, ca. 1550-62. Creator: Virgil Solis
Boats Rowed Through Inundated Ruins, ca. 1550-62

Plate 29: Civilis Floods the Land by Defensively Breaking the Dikes, from The War of the Romans Against the Batavians (Romanorvm et Batavorvm societas), 1611

Plate 8: The Egyptians Drowning in the Red Sea, from The Battles of the Old... ca
Plate 8: The Egyptians Drowning in the Red Sea, from The Battles of the Old Testament, ca. 1590-ca. 1610

Plate 7: The Flood (Diluvium. ), from Ovids Metamorphoses, 1606
Plate 7: The Flood (Diluvium.), from Ovids Metamorphoses, 1606

The Bursting of St. Anthonys Dike, 5 March 1651. Vertoninge... Amsterdam, 17th century
The Bursting of St. Anthonys Dike, 5 March 1651. Vertoninge...Amsterdam, 17th century

The Deluge, 1544. Creator: Dirck Vellert
The Deluge, 1544

Road Through Flooded Land, 1890s-1900s. Creator: Morgan Whitney
Road Through Flooded Land, 1890s-1900s

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