https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/84190/fullAt the time of the Louisville Flood, Louisville Kentucky1937 (negative); printed laterSheet: 14 15/16 × 20 inches (38 × 50.8 cm);
Panel: 16 7/8 × 21 7/8 inches (42.9 × 55.6 cm);
Mat: 22 × 28 inches (55.9 × 71.1 cm)Gelatin silver print, mounted on panelGift of the artist, Class of 1927, and LIFE Magazine65.6880Photographs20530640728Margaret Bourke-WhiteThis photograph led off the February 15, 1937, feature story for LIFE Magazine documenting the devastation of Louisville, Kentucky, by Ohio River flooding. Bourke-White was sent on assignment with only a few hours notice and arrived on the last plane to land in Louisville. Her best-known image from the shoot—one used in many different contexts—captures African American men, women, and children lined up at a relief center in front of a billboard of a smiling white family with the headline: “World’s Highest Standard of Living—There’s no way like the American way.” ("Margaret Bourke-White: From Cornell Student to Visionary Photojournalist," curated by Stephanie Wiles and presented at the Johnson Museum January 24 - June 7, 2015)
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