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Flood of 1952 File #2
A nurse tends to children with chicken pox on April 16, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
Soldier tending a smoky fire on April 16, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
A man overlooks the flooding Missouri River on April 17, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
Volunteers are preparing food to distribute to levee workers on April 17, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
Sorting mail on April 17, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
Sharing a meal on April 17, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
A young girl is keeping herself entertained at a flood evacuation center on April 17, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
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
Flood of 1952 File #2
A man protects equipment at Howard Plastics on April 19, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
A tugboat moves a barge on the flooded Missouri River on April 19, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
Volunteers prepare sandwiches for levee workers on April 20, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
Sandbags surround radio station KSWI on April 20, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
City officials on April 20, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
A Salvation Army worker provides a meal to children at a flood evacuation center on April 20, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
Women prepare coffee at the Hamburg Canteen on April 20, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
A woman reads with her children on April 21, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
Girl Scouts doing laundry April 23, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #1 and File #5
Fill Earth Bags . . . Employees of the City Ice Company fill earth bags on Gibraltar for possible flood protection around the plant at Tenth Avenue and Twelfth Street.
Flood of 1952 File #1 and File #5
Some 10,000 Empty Sandbags . . . are stored at city hall. Looking over bags are Patrolman C.J. Turpen and Maurice Katelman. A total of 210,000 bags will be on hand for emergency use.
Flood of 1952 File #1 and File #5
Only The Top . . . of the entrace to the school gym is visible as the Modale school begins to fill with water.