I have no clue where in West Monroe this was taken. I don’t even know when. I don’t see any levees, so this would be before 1935. I saw this postcard for sale on eBay in December and had to have it.
Flooding in West Monroe
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I have no clue where in West Monroe this was taken. I don’t even know when. I don’t see any levees, so this would be before 1935. I saw this postcard for sale on eBay in December and had to have it.
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 
Could it be a photo of “The great Mississippi River Flood of 1927”? There is a book entitled Rising Tide, the great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America, by John Barry. [1997]. Here is a quote from page 281 of the book: “Soon the Memphis Commercial-Appeal announced, ‘Today it is possible to go from Vicksburg to Monroe, Louisiana, by boat.’ Monroe was 75 miles distant. The Cabin Teele crevasse extended the width of the inland sea to 125 miles.”
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