These photos from the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, were taken in Hatfield, Massachusetts by Farm Security Administration photographer, Paul Carter, shortly after the flood waters subsided.
For more flood photos see the related EWM post: The Great Flood of 1936: Hatfield Tobacco Fields. WGBY also has a web page with some incredible photos: 'The Great Flood of 1936: Photo Gallery.' Amherst College served as an evacuation site and shelter during the flooding, as recounted in the Fall, 2005, Amherst Magazine article, 'From the Archives: The Year of the Flood, 1936.' The article includes a photo of evacuees in Pratt Gymnasium, taken on March 23, 1936.
Photo captions are from the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information, Paul Carter, photographer.




Photo source 1: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, FSA-OWI, Digital ID: fsa 8a20570
Photo source 2: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, FSA-OWI, Digital ID: fsa 8a20608
Photo source 3: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, FSA-OWI, Digital ID: fsa 8a20614
Photo source 4: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, FSA-OWI, Digital ID: fsa 8a20612
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