Call NumberZ-5097Date1921 JuneSummaryMen stand outside a building and beside cinder brick houses near the Arkansas River in Portland (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows water marks on buildings from the flood, and mud and silt on the ground. A highway bridge over the washed out river bed is in the distance.Physical Description1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 9 x 15 cm (3 1/2 x 6 in.) mounted on album page 28 x 21 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectRidgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--DisastersArkansas RiverPortland (Colo.)Buildings--Colorado--PortlandFloods--Colorado--PortlandHouses--Colorado--PortlandCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialPhotographic print included in: Arkansas River flood, June 1921 / report of Arthur Ridgway for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC Photo Album 327. Arkansas River flood, June 1921NotesMounted on album page with: Z-5096. Mounted on verso of album page: Z-5098, Z-5099. Number "6" inked on photographic print. Title and "Highway bridge over Arkansas River in back ground" inked on album page. R7110050977
Buildings at Portland, showing highwater line (1921 June). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 10/12/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1109065
