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  • Tags: Flood of 1952

Evacuates Cow . . . Walter Marshall, 1514 Avenue N, isn't taking any chances that floodwaters might reach his cow. He walks the animal our North Eighth Street to higher ground near Rainbow Drive.

High Missouri River water levels near the ASARCO plant and the Port of Omaha on April 14, 1952

Children playing with a puppy on April 14, 1952

A nurse tends to children with chicken pox on April 16, 1952

Soldier tending a smoky fire on April 16, 1952

A man overlooks the flooding Missouri River on April 17, 1952

Volunteers are preparing food to distribute to levee workers on April 17, 1952

Sorting mail on April 17, 1952

Sharing a meal on April 17, 1952

A young girl is keeping herself entertained at a flood evacuation center on April 17, 1952

Storekeeper A.E. Hill surveys 500 regular telephones and 100 pay phones removed from evacuated areas and placed in temporary storage in a local garage on April 18, 1952

A man protects equipment at Howard Plastics on April 19, 1952

A tugboat moves a barge on the flooded Missouri River on April 19, 1952

Volunteers prepare sandwiches for levee workers on April 20, 1952

A Salvation Army worker provides a meal to children at a flood evacuation center on April 20, 1952

Women prepare coffee at the Hamburg Canteen on April 20, 1952

A woman reads with her children on April 21, 1952

Girl Scouts doing laundry April 23, 1952

No Visible Support . . . is provided where 10 feet of Illinois Central roadbed is missing beneath this motor car at edge of a tretle near Pigeon Creek. Frank Servia, Omaha, is on trestle.
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