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- Thomas E. Maxson Collection: A Career in Public Engineering
- civil engineering; drafting; drainage structures; engineering; expressways; floods; highways; land use; levees; mayors; public service; public works; railroads; rivers; sewage; streets; zoning;
- Thomas E. Maxson was born in LaBette County, Kansas in 1901 and grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. He graduated from Texas A&M College in 1922 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. After receiving his degree, Maxson worked for a year...
- Collection of Collections
- 1913: Memphis Gas Works surrounded by flood waters
- 1913 flood; Memphis Gas Works; Greenlaw Avenue; boats; buildings; trees;
- View from Greenlaw looking at the Memphis Gas Works.
- Mid-South Flood Collection
- 1912: "Gas Works Ready for Business 4/17/12"
- 1912 flood; Memphis Gas Works; utilities;
- Two men standing near a flooded Memphis Gas Works.
- Mid-South Flood Collection
- 1912: "Gas Works 4/8/12"
- 1912 flood; Memphis Gas Works; horses; carriages; utilities;
- A carriage traveling down a flooded street near the Memphis Gas Works. The horse's legs are under water.
- Mid-South Flood Collection
- 1912: "Gas Works"
- 1912 flood; Memphis Gas Works; horses; carriages; buildings; utilities;
- A carriage traveling down a flooded street near the Memphis Gas Works. The horse's legs are completely under water.
- Mid-South Flood Collection
- 1912: Pumping water
- 1912 flood; Memphis Gas Works; water; utilities;
- Water gushing out of a pipe at the Memphis Gas Works. Caption reads, "Memphis Gas Works Pumping 4,000,000 Gal's [sic.] in 24 Hours 4-18-12."
- Mid-South Flood Collection
- 1912: 4,000,000 Gallons in 24 hours
- 1912 flood; Memphis Gas Works; portraits; utilities;
- Men standing at Memphis Gas Works. Caption reads, "Memphis Gas Works Pumping Out Water 4,000,000 Gallons in 24 Hours 4/17/12."
- Mid-South Flood Collection
- 1912: "Memphis Gas Works 4-6-12"
- 1912 flood; Memphis Gas Works; portraits; utilities;
- Men standing at Memphis Gas Works surrounded by flood waters.
- Mid-South Flood Collection
- 1913: The Memphis Gas Works surrounded by flood waters
- 1913 flood; Memphis Gas Works; utilities;
- View of workers at a flooded Memphis Gas Works.
- Mid-South Flood Collection
- 1912: "Memphis Gas Plant 4-6-12"
- 1912 flood; Memphis Gas Works; buildings;
- The Memphis Gas Works surrounded by flood waters.
- Mid-South Flood Collection
- 1912: "Memphis Gas Plant-4-6-12"
- 1912 flood; Memphis Gas Works; boats; men;
- The Memphis Gas Works surrounded by flood waters.
- Mid-South Flood Collection
- 1912: "Memphis Gas Plant-4-6-12"
- 1912 flood; Memphis Gas Works; buildings; men;
- A close-up view of the Memphis Gas Works.
- Mid-South Flood Collection
- 1912: "Memphis Gas Plant-4-6-12"
- 1912 flood; Memphis Gas Works; buildings; carriages;
- The Memphis Gas Works surrounded by flood waters.
- Mid-South Flood Collection
- 1912: "Memphis Gas Plant-4-6-12"
- 1912 flood; Memphis Gas Works; buildings;
- View of a flooded Memphis Gas Works.
- Mid-South Flood Collection
- 1912: Memphis Gas Works surrounded by flood waters
- 1912 flood; Memphis Gas Works; utilities;
- Caption reads, "Memphis Gas Works-4/17/12-Pumping Out Water 700,000 Gallons in 24 Hours."
- Mid-South Flood Collection
- 1912: Memphis Water Works (2)
- 1912 flood; Fifth Street; streets; buildings; power lines;
- "4-3-12- 5th St and Mphs Water Works." View of a flooded Fifth Street and Memphis Artesian Water Department.
- Mid-South Flood Collection
- 1912: Memphis Water Works
- 1912 flood; Fifth Street; streets; buildings; power lines;
- "4-3-12. 5th St Mphs Water Works." View of a flooded Fifth Street and Memphis Artesian Water Department.
- Mid-South Flood Collection
- Four works by John R. Terken
- sculpture; Terken, John R.;
- A promotional image featuring four works by sculptor John R. Terken.
- George W. Lee Collection
- Colton Greene Collection
- books; celebrations; disease; entertainment; epidemics; festivals; insurance; Mardi Gras; public service; recreation; social life; yellow fever;
- A leading citizen of Memphis in the decades after the Civil War, Colton Greene is best remembered as the originator of the Memphis Mardi Gras. Little is known of Greene’s early life other than that he was born in South Carolina in 1832. Greene...
- Collection of Collections
- E.H. Crump Collection
- African Americans; barber shops; beauty parlors; blind; bridges; business; campaign finance; civic clubs; commission government; Crump, E. H.; elections; floods; football; government; housing; integration; machine politics; mayors; neighborhoods;...
- Edward Hull Crump was born near Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1874. He was raised by his mother, Mollie Nelms Crump, after his father, a cotton planter and former Confederate officer, died during the yellow fever epidemic of 1878. When he was 19...
- Collection of Collections

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