1928--Flood in lower Richland--Gibbes--home movies

Genre: home movie

Description:

The Congaree River spills over its banks into the Olympia Mills neighborhood. Residents effect rescue operations. Possibly be the flood of Congaree in August, 1928. Year from edge code lists film as 1929. Many long shots of the river. Houses half underwater. Cows and horses wading in water. Carol Benfield interview with Susan GIbbes identifes location as lower Richland. Notes from Heyward Robinson suggest this is the flood of Congaree in August 1928.

This collection contains home movies shot by Dr. Heyward Gibbes in the 1920-1940s in South Carolina. Copyright University of South Carolina. All rights reserved. See more of our collection at: https://digital.library.sc.edu/departments/mirc/

Complete Record: The Congaree River spills over its banks into the Olympia Mills neighborhood. Residents effect rescue operations. Possibly be the flood of Congaree in August, 1928. Year from edge code lists film as 1929. Many long shots of the river. Houses half underwater. Cows and horses wading in water. Carol Benfield interview with Susan GIbbes identifes location as lower Richland. Notes from Heyward Robinson suggest this is the flood of Congaree in August 1928. This collection contains home movies shot by Dr. Heyward Gibbes in the 1920-1940s in South Carolina. Copyright University of South Carolina. All rights reserved. See more of our collection at: https://digital.library.sc.edu/departments/mirc/