Item 16: Common Street, Lawrence, Mass., during the flood of 1936, 1936

Gelatin silver print snapshot, March 20, 1936. Image depicts Common Street in Lawrence, Mass., just east of Hampshire Street, during the flood of 1936. Street is flooded; men standing in the street are knee-deep in water. Heavy, dump truck-type vehicle in center of street, another on the right. Common Street is four blocks north of the Merrimack River. 12 x 9.75 cm.