"Photo Source: Tompkins County Flood Photographs Collection (History Center of Tompkins County) in the New York Heritage Digital Collections (https://nyheritage.org/collections/tompkins-county-flood-photographs).
Photo Title: "Flood Meadow St at Old Elmira Rd."
Photo Description: "A man standing in a flooded intersection with water up to his knees, with a traffic light overhead and telephone poles down the side of the street on the left. A building in the background is labeled, "Plaza Motel, 85 Rooms" The sign below it says "Sunnyside." A Loblaw's grocery store is behind it to the right."
Photo Date and Time: Year (1956) is taken from the year recorded in the archives. Month is estimated as April based on other historic photos in the archives. Day and time were input as a placeholder on the 1st at noon as there was no exact date or time documented.
Cause of flooding: Assumed from photo.
What is flooded: Based on what is shown in the photo."
"Photo Source: Tompkins County Flood Photographs Collection (History Center of Tompkins County) in the New York Heritage Digital Collections (https://nyheritage.org/collections/tompkins-county-flood-photographs). Photo Title: "Flood Meadow St at Old Elmira Rd." Photo Description: "A man standing in a flooded intersection with water up to his knees, with a traffic light overhead and telephone poles down the side of the street on the left. A building in the background is labeled, "Plaza Motel, 85 Rooms" The sign below it says "Sunnyside." A Loblaw's grocery store is behind it to the right." Photo Date and Time: Year (1956) is taken from the year recorded in the archives. Month is estimated as April based on other historic photos in the archives. Day and time were input as a placeholder on the 1st at noon as there was no exact date or time documented. Cause of flooding: Assumed from photo. What is flooded: Based on what is shown in the photo."