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Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Member Journal
July/August 1999 Historical Society newsletter.
Flood of 1952 Series
Seven aerial photographs of the Missouri flood of 1952
The Missouri River Floods
A lesson plan to be used in units on geography and history of the Missouri River and Council Bluffs.
Flood of 1952 File #1
A truck is loaded with household items during the flood evacuation on April 13, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
Women prepare coffee at the Hamburg Canteen on April 20, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
Sharing a meal on April 17, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
Soldier tending a smoky fire on April 16, 1952
Flood of 1952 File #2
Surveying the flooded Missouri River
April 1952
April 1952
Flood of 1952 File #3
Council Bluffs, Iowa - - Making sure that childred in evacuation shelters remained in good health was the responsibility of the nursing staff assigned to evacuation shelters during the Council Bluffs flood threat. Red Cross nurse Mrs. Gene Barnett,…
Flood of 1952
3 unidentified women at a table.
Flood of 1952
Group of unidentified men.
Flood of 1952
Group of unidentified boys in front of Abraham Lincoln High School.
Flood of 1952
Group of unidentified men.
Flood of 1952
Loading sandbags.
Flood of 1952
Two men moving boxes.
Flood of 1952
Unidentified men examining a map.
Flood of 1952
Group of men watching a card game.
Flood of 1952 File #1
Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Red Cross is right on the job of serving thousands of workers who are building dikes along the waterfront of this city. Photo shows Harold Bernstein, a dike worker from Council Bluffs, Iowa, as he receives some nourishment…
Flood of 1952 File #1
Red Cross volunteer Winona Coker has no trouble caring for her small charges in Danish Hall, emergency Red Cross shelter at Council Bluffs, as long as there is television to keep them rapt-eyed and quiet. The children are among the 48 persons…
Flood of 1952 File #1
Council Bluffs, Iowa - Mrs. Dan Shuffler, Red Cross volunteer, makes sure Mrs. George Jacobs (left) and her five children have plenty of milk with their noonday meal at on e of the 23 Red Cross shelters opened here to house families fleeing the…