Suwanee Steamboat Swamped during Flood, Greenfield Village, 1968

Summary

A summertime flood overwhelmed the steamboat Suwanee in July 1968. After the necessary repairs were made, the sternwheeler returned to service transporting visitors on the one-third-mile loop around Greenfield Village's Suwanee Lagoon.

A summertime flood overwhelmed the steamboat Suwanee in July 1968. After the necessary repairs were made, the sternwheeler returned to service transporting visitors on the one-third-mile loop around Greenfield Village's Suwanee Lagoon.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

10 July 1968

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.B.48792

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in

Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

Handwritten on red ink stamp on back in ink and pencil: B48792 / Suwanee- flood of / 7-10-68

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