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Flood of 1952 File #2 and File #5
Sandbag Tracks Through Levee . . . More than 3,500 sandbags are place in the leveel gap near Big Lake where the Illinois Central main line goes north from Council Bluffs. Water has risen to about three feet from the top of the railroad's grade at…
Flood of 1952 File #2
Flooded farmland
April 1952
April 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
Aerial view of sand pit
April 1952
April 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2 and File #5
The "Sandbagged City" . . . becomes a synonym for Council Bluffs in news stories carried throughout the world by press services. Many downtown businesses protected fronts with bags of sand. These are piled alongside the old Howard Plastics Co. at…
Flood of 1952 File #2
Misplaced beaver near the Missouri River
Flood of 1952 File #2
North Levee, Council Bluffs, IA
April 1952
April 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
Levee breach on the Missouri River
April 1952
April 1952
Flood of 1952 File #3
What was once a peaceful farm scene is now a picture of destruction as the Missouri River flooded this farm north of Omaha.
Flood of 1952 File #3
Piers for a new highway bridge usually standing on dry ground were subjected to torrents of Missouri River water during the flood.
Flood of 1952 File #3
One of the great worries of the flood was sandboils, caused by water seeping under the levees and breaking through the earth behind them. Sandboils near the Douglas Street bridge on the Iowa side are ringed with sandbags.
Flood of 1952 File #3
A human chain passes sandbags along at the North Levee in Council Bluffs.
Flood of 1952 File #3
Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Red Cross volunteer, Mrs. Charles Milner, Council Bluffs, calls upon Levee worker Mr. Ben Myatt, 625 Pierce St., Omaha, NE, to take a sample of her freshly made soup. Mr. Myatt is one of the thousands of volunteer workers…
Flood of 1952 File #3
Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Story telling keeps small children happy in Red Cross disaster shelters. Miss Sue Olsen, student at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, helps amuse six young evacuees.
Flood of 1952 File #3
Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Working under the banner of the Red Cross, women of the Broadway Methodist Church in Council Bluffs prepared hot meals for flood evacuees in the church basement and served evacuees and dike workers in the church basement…
Flood of 1952 File #3
Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Miss Shirleymae Hendrix, a Red Cross volunteer residing at 1649 Madison Ave., Council Bluffs, Iowa, prepares freshly made soup in the kitchen of Moose Hall, which is one of the main food preparation centers in this area. …
Flood of 1952 File #3
Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Red Cross volunteer, Mrs. B. Balaban, residing at 900 North 8th St., Council Bluffs, Iowa, assists PFC Willard Dickerson, Co. Headquarters, 199th Engineers, in moving a case of freshly made sandwiches out of Moose Hall…
Flood of 1952 File #3
Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Making 5,000 sandwiches a day and hundreds of hot meals falls on the shoulders of more than 100 Council Bluffs housewives, a group of whom are shown here at work in the Moose Hall commissary, working as Red Cross…
Flood of 1952 File #3
The North Levee, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Flood of 1952 File #3
Sandbagging efforts along the Missouri River
Flood of 1952 File #3
Sandbagging efforts