The Bessis Levee, along a subsidiary of the Mississippi River, near Tiptonville, Tennessee. The levee has been augmented with sand bags during the 1937 flood

1937 · Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States

by Walker Evans

American vernacular, 1935–38 — Library of Congress

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection

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