Austin Allison

[Flooding at Jacobia, Texas]

This is a photograph of three people in a boat during a flood at Jacobia. The inscription on the verso does not offer a potential date or potential figures in the boat. The hairstyle matches that of Sammy and Jean McKinstry in the early to mid 1920s, but they never lived at Jacobia. Such hairstyles would not have been on children when the Swanns lived at Jacobia. I believe this is from a later flood. This photograph may depict Sam, Loveta, and Sammy McKinstry.
Verso: [Flooding at Jacobia, Texas]

Description

This is a photograph of three people in a boat during a flood at Jacobia. The inscription on the verso does not offer a potential date or potential figures in the boat. The hairstyle matches that of Sammy and Jean McKinstry in the early to mid 1920s, but they never lived at Jacobia. Such hairstyles would not have been on children when the Swanns lived at Jacobia. I believe this is from a later flood. This photograph may depict Sam, Loveta, and Sammy McKinstry.

People

All identifications — No identification available.

Inscriptions

  • verso · ink
    After a flood when we still lived at Jacobia. This picture was teaken in flood waters north of the big pool.
Control number
a.1.3.4
Format
snapshot
Place
Jacobia, Texas
Date
Between 1922 and 1926Possible[1922-1926]

Evidence

  • There is no solid way to date this photograph. The verso suggests this was before the Austin Swann family moved west to New Mexico in the late 1900s, but the hairstyle of the child suggests 1920s. It may have been taken on a trip that the McKinstrys took to east Texas.
Collection
Swann Family Photographs
IIIF manifest
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Rights

Public domain. Photographer unidentified; unpublished.

Public Domain Mark 1.0

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[Flooding at Jacobia, Texas]. 1922–1926. Snapshot. Control no. a.1.3.4. Swann Family Photographs, collection of Austin Allison. https://austinlallison.com/collections/swann-family/jacobia-flooding.

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