Jan. 26, 5-7pm
What

Ekstrom Library
Events
University Libraries

When: Jan 26, 2012
from 5pm -7pm
Where: Ekstrom Library, Lower Level East

The University of Louisville Photographic Archives will kick off a yearlong celebration of its 50th anniversary with an exhibit and talk on the 1937 Ohio River flood.

The exhibit, “The 75th Anniversary of the 1937 Flood,” will open with a reception on Jan. 26 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. — nearly 75 years to the day that the Ohio River crested in Louisville at a record 30.4 feet above flood stage.

Historian Robert Reid will talk about the flood and its impact on Louisville at 6 p.m., in Room W104, in the west wing of the library.

The exhibit will include images from the archives holdings, including aerial photos taken by the Indiana Air National Guard and photos obtained from Getty Images that renowned photographer Margaret Bourke-White took for Life magazine.

Exhibit hours will be from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays through March 9. Admission is free.