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Walker Evans: Floods Photographs

21 Walker Evans photographs of floods, from the Library of Congress archive.

Cornbread. Food for flood refugees at the Forrest City concentration…, Arkansas, 1937

Cornbread. Food for flood refugees at the Forrest City…

1937

Negroes waiting for food in the Forrest City, Arkansas, concentration…, 1937

Negroes waiting for food in the Forrest City, Arkansas,…

1937

Negroes waiting for food in the Forrest City, Arkansas, refugee camp, 1937

Negroes waiting for food in the Forrest City, Arkansas,…

1937

Sick flood refugee in the Red Cross temporary infirmary at Forrest…, Arkansas, 1937

Sick flood refugee in the Red Cross temporary infirmary at…

1937

Sick flood refugee in the Red Cross temporary infirmary at Forrest…, Arkansas, 1937

Sick flood refugee in the Red Cross temporary infirmary at…

1937

Sick flood refugee in the Red Cross temporary infirmary at Forrest…, Arkansas, 1937

Sick flood refugee in the Red Cross temporary infirmary at…

1937

Sick Negro in the Red Cross temporary infirmary for flood refugees.…, Arkansas, 1937

Sick Negro in the Red Cross temporary infirmary for flood…

1937

Household goods of a Negro flood refugee in the temporary infirmary.…, Arkansas, 1937

Household goods of a Negro flood refugee in the temporary…

1937

Negro girl in the temporary infirmary. Forrest City, Arkansas, 1937

Negro girl in the temporary infirmary. Forrest City,…

1937

Negro flood refugee in the Red Cross temporary infirmary of Forrest…, Arkansas, 1937

Negro flood refugee in the Red Cross temporary infirmary of…

1937

Flood refugees in canning factory used by the Red Cross as a relief…, Kentucky, 1937

Flood refugees in canning factory used by the Red Cross as…

1937

View taken from train between Memphis, Tennessee, and Forrest City,…, Arkansas, 1937

View taken from train between Memphis, Tennessee, and…

1937

View taken from train between Memphis, Tennessee, and Forrest City,…, 1937

View taken from train between Memphis, Tennessee, and…

1937

Interior of a farmhouse near Ridgeley, Tennessee, after the 1937…

Interior of a farmhouse near Ridgeley, Tennessee, after the…

1937

Interior of a farmhouse near Ridgeley, Tennessee, after the 1937…

Interior of a farmhouse near Ridgeley, Tennessee, after the…

1937

Tennessee farmhouse near Ridgeley after flood had subsided, 1937

Tennessee farmhouse near Ridgeley after flood had subsided

1937

Negroes in the lineup for food at meal time in the camp for flood…, Arkansas, 1937

Negroes in the lineup for food at meal time in the camp for…

1937

The Bessie Levee augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood near…, Tennessee

The Bessie Levee augmented with sand bags during the 1937…

1937

Negroes in the lineup for food at the flood refugee camp, Forrest…, Arkansas, 1937

Negroes in the lineup for food at the flood refugee camp,…

1937

Refugees lined up at meal time in the camp for white flood refugees…, Arkansas, 1937

Refugees lined up at meal time in the camp for white flood…

1937

Sign posted in Marianna, Arkansas during the 1937 flood

Sign posted in Marianna, Arkansas during the 1937 flood

1937

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Public domain archive. All images sourced from the Library of Congress.