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Rosselle, F.A., fl. 1912 Safe From The Overflow-Far

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09940.03 Author/Creator: Rosselle, F.A., fl. 1912 Place Written: Beulah, Mississippi Type: Postcard Date: circa May 1912 Pagination: 1 postcard Order a Copy

One postcard entitled Safe From The Overflow-Far dated circa May 1912. Features five African American children sitting on the crown of a levee, with sandbags stacked to their right. Adults are visible in the background, along with two horses, a chicken, a wagon, and several temporary tarp structures.

Rosselle, F.A., fl. 1912

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