Five men crowd into a small wooden boat and use long poles to push through floodwater in Dundee, Michigan, in this real-photo postcard dated March 8, 1908. Homes and outbuildings sit in the background with water up to the yards, turning a neighborhood into a temporary canal.
Dundee sits on the River Raisin, which has a long history of flooding during heavy rain, thaw and ice breakup. The postcard’s handwritten-style title — “The Brave Five” — suggests these guys became local legends for getting around when streets disappeared.
Do you have family stories, old photos, or memories of River Raisin flooding in Dundee?
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