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Flood of 1952 File #5
Volunteers are putting up flashboard on the Council Bluffs side of the Missouri river a few days before the expected crest.
Flood of 1952 File #5
Plank roadway was being laid by volunteers on the levee near Big Lake on Monday. Later, trucks will haul dirt and sand for two miles along this stretch of levee to "beef up" against "wash waves."
Flood of 1952 File #5
Aerial view of the flooded Missouri river between Council Bluffs and Omaha looking south
Flood of 1952 File #5
Salvation Army volunteers bring food to evacuees
Flood of 1952 File #5
Hanging out of the kitchen window
Flood of 1952 File #5
A Hamburg, IA evacuee loads a wagon
Flood of 1952 File #5
Playing baseball in Bayliss Park
Flood of 1952 File #5
Men gather in downtown Council Bluffs
1952 - Man Against The Missouri
Silent Vigils . . . were kept round the clock to watch the river along the flashboard, backed with dirt and walled with rows of sandbags. Miles of wire were strung to allow night-and-day work on the hurriedly built defenses. Council Bluffs went…
Mississippi 'Red-Necks'
These three sun-hardened faces belong to a trio of Mississippi men, members of a civilian crew attached to the Army engineers on special flood duty in Council Bluffs. The "red-necks" as they call themselves, are, left to right, Bill Tate of Natchez,…
Midnight Eyes On The Levee
Two portable spotlights provide light for midnight work at a north levee critical spot Saturday. Soldier on duty at the lights is Cpl. Herbert Schwartzberg of New York City.
Flood of 1952 File #4
Inoculation for measles was an order of the day for small evacuees during the Council Bluffs flood threat. Dr. John Keller of Council Bluffs, who volunteered his services, injects a dose of immune serum globulin while Nurse Regina Riley of Jennie…
Flood of 1952 File #4
Soldiers play cards on makeshift sandbag furniture
Flood of 1952 File #4
Army personnel wash their trucks with fire hoses
Flood of 1952 File #4
Corp. Gerald Botcher, Houston, MN and PFC Teofilo D. Marinez, Durango, CO, Company A 472 Engineers, Aviation Batallion, rest in Bayliss Park.
Flood of 1952 File #4
Smashed paving . . . bears imprint of giant earth-moving machines that scarred city streets during flood fight.
Labor On To Hold The Water
Omaha, NE, April 18 . . . Night falls on a chain of volunteers as they pass sandbags in an effort to contain the water in several sand boils which uprooted the pavement on Pershing Boulevard in the north section of the city. Floodlights light the…
Iowa State Students Help On Flood
Four of a large group of students who came from Ames to work with other volunteers are shown here hefting sandbags into an army truck at the Golden Horse diner on South Omaha road. Left to right are John Peck of Garner; Leon Kruse of Tipton; Roger…
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.