Flood refugees at the Chrysler Corporation, one of several centers in the city that housed dislocated victims (Red Cross Flood Book)

Elderly couple inside the Chrysler Corporation, which provided shelter for dislocated victims of the flood (Red Cross Flood Book)

Evacuees in Lincoln High School gymnasium (Dufresne 8)

Citizens checking the rising water at noon on January 23, 1937 (Knecht 2024)

Building damage from flood; Anchor Supply Co. at left (Hubbard 18)

Aftermath of the flood near Dress Plaza; 1937 (Leich 24)

Looking towards intersection with Main St. (Knecht 379)

U. S. Coast Guard boats docked on the high water in front of the McCurdy Hotel at right (Red Cross Flood Book)

Another view of the U. S. Coast Guard boats near the McCurdy Hotel; the building at left is the Keller-Crescent Co. (R. Leich 20)

Evening view of Riverside and Dress Plaza from Vine St.; the building at left is the Anchor Supply Co. (R. Leich 72)

At intersection with Main St. (Hoge 1)

View of buildings on Riverside Drive, looking up Main Street, from the Ohio River (R. Leich 1)

Building collapse due to foundation weakened by flood; 1937 (Gehres 15)

Schneiter & Gaunt Grocery under water (Hoge 29)

Keller-Crescent Printing Co. (Knecht 2391)

Paul Schmidt, director of the Vanderburgh Red Cross chapter, awaiting rescue after his boat capsized near Washington and Kentucky avenues; this image became a symbol of Evansville’s distress when it was disseminated internationally (Red Cross Flood Book)

Paul Schmidt (right), director of the Vanderburgh Red Cross chapter, surveys the flood situation with Karl Kae Knecht, photographer and journalist for the Evansville Courier (R. Leich 132)

White Swan Laundry (Dufresne 37)

(Bastin 1)

Water rising on Sixth Avenue (Mofford 3)

View looking west towards the Illinois Central Railroad tracks (Mofford 11)

The “Pat Yager” boat rests next to the Pagoda shelter house (Red Cross Flood Book)

Debris left in the park after the flood receded; the residences in the background are on Riverside Drive near Walnut St. (Red Cross Flood Book)

Man on rooftop (Flood 23)

Probably in or near Akin Park (Flood 11)

Home for unwed mothers, located at 1615 N. Fulton Ave. (Mofford 17)

Looking east towards downtown and the Ohio River (Flood 39)

Looking towards downtown and the Mead Johnson Terminal (Flood 40)

Looking southeast towards the Ohio River and the SIGECO plant (Flood 41)

Photo dated January 1937 (Hubbard 17)

White Rose Gasoline station in foreground (note submerged pumps at right) and Washington Theater on the southwest corner of intersection (Flood 3)

Submerged street car at the intersection with Highway 41 near Bosse High School (Enlow Field visible at far left in background); photo dated February 2, 1937 (Korbel 8)

Submerged street car, probably near Bosse High School (Flood 5)

Stranded automobile (Gehres 33)

(Gehres 34)

The theater was located at 969 Washington Ave., a block west of Kentucky Ave.; it had just opened a few weeks before the flood arrived (Red Cross Flood Book)

Theater is large building at right; White Rose Gasoline station in foreground at intersection of Washington and Kentucky avenues (Flood 1)

Gulf gas station in the foreground (Ruston 5)

Looking south from Gum St. (Ruston 11)

View from bridge (Hubbard 15)

Soldiers on guard duty (Dufresne 41)

In the distance at left is the National Helfrich Potteries Company at 917 N. St. Joseph Ave., just north of Maryland St.; 1937 (Korbel 15)

View from Reitz Hill, looking down on railroad tracks leading to Howell (Mofford 8)

View of residences on or near Reitz Hill, looking towards the flooded Ohio River (Mofford 9)

In the distance is the Franklin St. or Maryland St. bridge over the flooded Pigeon Creek (Mofford 19)