. Near Crevasse at Bonnet Carre, Louisiana. Sketch by Alfred R. Waud, 1871. Shows failure of Mississippi River levee. Grocery store, fence, and buildings are in flood waters. At foreground on bit of higher dry ground a man sits in a chair beside two large pots. 23 April 1871. Alfred Rudolph Waud (d. 1891) 147 CrevasseBonnetCarreARWaud

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