Flood of 1952 File #1

Title

Subject

Local news

Description

Last Missouri River Devastation in Southwest Iowa is at Hamburg. Water rushed onto the town from a break in the Plum Creek levee 15 miles to the north. Here residents keep just ahead of the creeping water as they place last-minute bulwarks against the flood.

Creator

Nonpareil photos

Source

Man Against The Missouri, A Document of 1952
A Nonpareil Picture Story

Publisher

Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

Date

1952-04

Format

Black and white photograph

Type

Photograph

Identifier

Flood_of_1952_File1_04_20_1952_04.jpg

Coverage

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Rights

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