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    • Shell Beach Road

    • Shell Beach Road

    • Floods; Fences; Dwellings; Oaks; Spanish moss; Shell Beach Drive (Lake Charles, La.)--Pictorial works; Lake Charles (La.)--Flood, 1913

    • A row of homes on Shell Beach Rd. during the great flood. Picket fences line the road. Water from the lake covers the road.
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Central School

    • Central School

    • Floods; Lake Charles (La.)--Flood, 1913; Central School (Lake Charles, La.)--Pictorial works; Canoes;

    • Caption by Maude Reid: "Boating on Central School grounds - when one could ride in a canoe right up to the door of the schoolhouse - during the high water of the Fall of 1913."
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Broad Street

    • Broad Street

    • Lake Charles (La.)--Flood, 1913; Broad Street (Lake Charles, La.)--Pictorial works; Floods; Boats

    • Caption by Maude Reid: "Broad street near Captain Lock's home, looking east. Corner of Broad and Reid streets." Image shows a man walking down the middle of the flooded street. On the side, young men in and around a flat-bottomed boat.
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Residences on Ryan Street and near Ryan

    • Residences on Ryan Street and near Ryan

    • Lake Charles (La.)--Flood, 1913; South Ryan Street (Lake Charles, La.)--Pictorial works; Floods; Dwellings; Ethel Street (Lake Charles, La.)--Pictorial works;

    • Caption by Maude Reid: "Ethel street near South Ryan, where the water was 10 feet or more deep. The largest section of land under water in town was that contiguous to Pithon Coulee and Margaret Place extending down South Ryan street almost to the...
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Margurete (Margaret) Place

    • Margurete (Margaret) Place

    • Floods; Lake Charles (La.)--Flood, 1913; Oaks

    • Caption by Maude Reid: "Margaret Place, 1913. Looking towards what is now Grove Avenue from South Ryan which was then not occupied by homes - Only the oaks were standing - those not displaced by the few homes - that gave the place its original name...
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Kirkman Street

    • Kirkman Street

    • Floods; Lake Charles (La.)--Flood, 1913; Dwellings; Kirkman Street (Lake Charles, La.)--Pictorial works; Men; Clothing & dress; Umbrellas; Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd (Lake Charles, La.)--Pictorial works;

    • Caption by Maude Reid: "On Kirkman street and the corner of South Division street. Episcopal church and the Wm. Martin home on the right. At the left, the Kellogg home. Mr. Kellogg is seen waiting for a boat to take him downtown to work."
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Railroad Avenue

    • Railroad Avenue

    • Floods; Lake Charles (La.)--Flood, 1913; Railroad cars; Dwellings; Railroad Avenue (Lake Charles, La.)--Pictorial works;

    • Caption by Maude Reid: "Pictures taken by T.H. Mandell, civil engineer, of the flood of Sept. - October, 1913. A section of Railroad Avenue showing freight cars used to keep rails on track. House on the north side of Railroad Avenue."
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Foot of Pine Street

    • Foot of Pine Street

    • Floods; Lake Charles (La.)--Flood, 1913; Hazel (Steamer); Piers & wharves; Clothing & dress; Baby carriages;

    • Caption by Maude Reid: "Pictures taken by T.H. Mandell, civil engineer, of the flood of Sept. - October, 1913. Scene at left taken at foot of Pine street. The steamer "Hazel" is shown through the trees landing at this spot during the high water....
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Railroad Avenue

    • Railroad Avenue

    • Floods; Lake Charles (La.)--Flood, 1913; Railroad Avenue (Lake Charles, La.)--Pictorial works; Ryan Street (Lake Charles, La.)---Pictorial works

    • Caption by Maude Reid: "Pictures taken by T.H. Mandell, civil engineer, of the flood of Sept. - October, 1913. Scene near Railroad Avenue on Ryan street. The home of John Poe is seen at the left."
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Water hyacinth

    • Water hyacinth

    • Floods; Lake Charles (La.)--Flood, 1913; Railroads; Railroad cars; Water hyacinth;

    • Caption by Maude Reid: "Pictures taken by T.H. Mandell, civil engineer, of the flood of Sept. - October, 1913. Tracks held down by sand bags. Water hyacinths washed up to the tracks by the high water."
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Waters of the lake come up to Ryan Street

    • Waters of the lake come up to Ryan Street

    • Floods; Lake Charles (La.)--Flood, 1913; Ryan Street (Lake Charles, La.)---Pictorial works; African Americans; Clothing & dress; Mill Street (Lake Charles, La.)--Pictorial works

    • Caption by Maude Reid: "Pictures taken by T.H. Mandell, civil engineer, of the flood of Sept. - October, 1913. Waters of the lake come up to Ryan street on the corner of Mill street."
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • South Ryan Street

    • South Ryan Street

    • Floods; Lake Charles (La.)--Flood, 1913; Carriages & coaches; South Ryan Street (Lake Charles, La.)--Pictorial works;

    • Caption by Maude Reid: "Ryan street near the Missouri Pacific station (Iron Mountain), looking south. Boys made a fine living during the flood rowing people to and from their homes, particularly in the southern end of town which was badly flooded....
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • The Flood of 1913

    • The Flood of 1913

    • Floods; Houses; Streets; Ryan Street (Lake Charles, La.)--Pictorial works; Ethel Street (Lake Charles, La.)--Pictorial works; Lake Charles (La.)--Flood, 1913

    • Flooded streets. Caption: "Ethel street near South Ryan, where the water was 10 feet or more deep." Caption typed by Maude Reid ca. 1950.
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana

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