2 RPPC ~ Missouri River basin floods, completely submerged farmyard, Alton,ILL For Sale

The product is a pair of original real photo postcards from the 1943 floods in the Missouri River basin, showing a completely submerged farmyard in Alton, Illinois. The postcards are in standard size (5.5 x 3.5 inches) and made of paper, with a white border. Published by EKC, the images capture the aftermath of the disaster and provide a glimpse into the history of the region during that time period. These postcards offer a unique and historical perspective on the flooding events in North America in the mid-20th century.These vintage postcards capture historical photographs of the devastating Missouri River basin floods in May 1943. Taken by a photographer for the Alton Evening Telegraph, a local newspaper based in Alton, Illinois, it documents a completely submerged farmyard at Missouri Point, located near the convergence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.The Historic 1943 FloodIn the spring of 1943, a series of three massive floods tore through the Midwest. Heavy winter snowmelt from Montana and the Dakotas combined with severe torrential spring rains to overwhelm regional river systems.

• Agricultural Impact: The disaster inundated roughly 1.8 million acres of prime floodplain farmland across multiple states.
• The Turning Point: Coming right in the middle of World War II, the destruction severely threatened vital wartime food supplies and interrupted military industrial production.
• Long-Term Legacy: The sheer magnitude of the 1943 catastrophe served as a critical political catalyst, forcing Congress to pass major infrastructure acts that permanently dammed and channelized portions of the Missouri River.