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Flood of 1952 File #4
Donald Wessels looks at the pile of sandbags at the basement window of the Blake Mitchell home at 619 North 30th Street. If the water doesn't reach the area, the neighborhood kids will have a heck of a big sandpile to play in.
Flood of 1952 File #4
Filling sandbags
Flood of 1952 File #4
Food pantry for flood victims
Flood of 1952 File #4 and File #5
Protect Right Of Way - Section men for the Illinois Central railroad sandbag the right of way along their line north of Council Bluffs. In most of the area, Missouri River flood water is either standing or running on both sides of the tracks.
Flood of 1952 File #4
Flooding along the Missouri River
Flood of 1952 File #4
Flooding along the Missouri River
Flood of 1952 File #4
Flood relief helpers
Flood of 1952 File #4
Missouri River flooding
Flood of 1952 File #4
Evacuation efforts
Flood of 1952 File #4
Baking pies for flood relief workers
Flood of 1952 File #4
Soldiers await their orders
Flood of 1952 File #4
Food collection for flood victims
Flood of 1952 File #4
Soldiers resting between shifts
Flood of 1952 File #4
Sandbagging efforts along the flooded Missouri River
Flood of 1952 File #4
Sandbagging efforts
Flood of 1952 File #4
A soldier communicates by radio
Flood of 1952 File #4
Supply trucks
Flood of 1952 File #4
Boats on the flooded Missouri River
Flood of 1952 File #4
Nighttime sandbagging efforts
Flood of 1952 File #4
Reinforcing the levee