Photograph of an aerial overview of the Elm Fork of the Trinity River snaking throughout a heavily wooded landscape. Highways span the river connecting a commercial & industrial region on the left to the rural regions on the right.

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping which states that Judge Edward A. Haggerty Jr. blocked Saturday Evening Post author James Phelan from providing defense testimony.

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping which states that Judge Edward A. Haggerty Jr. blocked Saturday Evening Post author James Phelan from providing defense testimony.

Photograph of a large body of water. Near the center of the photograph, there is a partially-submerged post-and-wire fence and trees running the length of the image. Trees are visible in the background and a patch of grass is visible in the foreground, at the edge of the water. Text on the back of the photograph says: "May 5 - 1935 2:15 PM. Taken from same point as No. 17 but looking North West."

Photograph of the Red River flood in Gainesville, Texas. Text on the back of the photograph reads: "Gainesville, Texas. May 18, 1935. Overflow waters of Elm Creek, in the southwest section of Gainesville, just west of Lindsay Street. Objects in foreground are several mules, entangled in barbed wire fence, their heads barely above the water."

Photograph taken from the west end of a bridge on the Isle du Bois looking west at Sanger Pilot Point Highway. The road is dirt and is lined with grass. There is high water on either side of the road; part of the road is flooded. A group of men are standing in the middle of the road near the flooded area. The photograph was taken at 2:15 p.m.

Photograph of the Trinity River flood. In the photograph, flooding is affecting trees and telephone poles.

Photograph of the Trinity River Flood taken at 12:50 PM, facing west on south side of RR embankment. In the photograph, flooding reaches over into a grove of trees.

Photograph of the Trinity River Flood taken at 12:05 PM, looking east on the south side of the RR embankment.

Photograph of the Trinity River flood taken at 12:10 PM. In the photograph, trees and telephone poles rise out of the water. Text on the back of the photograph reads: "May 5, 1935. 12:10 PM. Taken just east of Trestle No. 20206 and near water's edge looking east on north side of RR embankment."

Photograph of the Trinity River flood taken at 12:40 PM. In the photograph, a stream of water cuts through grass. Beyond a number of trees is a body of water. Text on the back of the photograph reads: "May 5, 1935. 12:40 PM. Taken from same point as No. 11 but looking south."

Photograph taken of the Trinity River flood. In the photograph, flooding reaches treetops. Text on the back of the photograph reads: "May 5, 1935. 12:30 PM. Taken from same point as No. 9 but lloking [sic] south."

Photograph of the Trinity River flood taken at 12:40 PM. In the photograph, flooding is visible between two banks. A series of poles jut out of the water. Text on the back of the photograph reads: "May 5, 1935. 12:40 PM. Taken 1000 ft east of Trestle No. 2026 from RR track looking north."

Photograph of the Trinity River flood at 2:15 PM. The flooding reaches over a fence.

Photograph of the Trinity River Flood taken at 2:15 PM, 100 ft west of Isle du Bois, looking southwest.

Photograph of the Trinity River Flood taken at 2:25 PM from the east end of Isle du Bois Bridge.

Photograph of the Trinity River flood taken at 2:45 PM from the south end of the bridge on Range Creek.

Photograph of the Trinity River flood taken shortly after 1:00 PM. In the photograph, plants are jutting out of the water. A riverbank is visible on the far left. Text on the back of the photograph reads: "May 5, 1935. Shortly after 1 PM. On east side of Elm. Highway No. 10 looking west."

Photograph of the Trinity River flood at 1:15 PM, facing west toward Elm on Highway 10. The road is flooded.

Photograph of the Trinity River flood taken at 12:50 PM. In the photograph, telephone poles jut out of a body of water. The flooding is contained within two banks.

Photograph of the Trinity River flood at 12:10 PM.

Photograph of the Trinity River flood at noon. In the photograph, telephone poles rise out of the water. Text on the back of the photograph reads: "May 5, 1935. Noon. Looking northeast from west end of most eastern trestle No. 2026."

Photograph of the Trinity River Flood taken at 11:10 AM on the east pier of the RR Bridge.

Photograph of the Trinity River flood taken at noon. In the photograph, telephone poles and trees rise out of the water. Text on the back of the photograph reads: "May 5, 1935. Noon. Taken from middle of trestle No. 2026 looking east down north side RR embankment."