1939 Press Photo aerial view of flooded wholesale district, Louisville, Kentucky

Disasters-Floods The Ohio River continued its rise Saturday night, and here are 2 pictures from points in Kentucky along the river. At the left is the inundated reformatory at Frankfort, from which some 2,900 convicts are to be evacuated. At the right is an aerial view of Louisville's wholesale district, where boats have replaced trucks following a rise of the river to second story windows. aerial view of flooded wholesale district, Louisville, Kentucky

Photo is dated 1939.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8 inches.