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Surveying railroad tracks near the levee
April 1952

Wrecked truck
April 1952

Waiting for the barber
April 1952

Checking out the water meter
April 1952

April 1952
Photo courtesy of Hudleson Studio, Onawa, IA

A soldier and his dog taking a break
April 1952

Deserted railroad tracks
April 1952

Power line repair
April 1952

Misplaced beaver near the Missouri River

North Levee, Council Bluffs, IA
April 1952

Levee breach on the Missouri River
April 1952

Mayor James Mulqueen raising the flag at the 1952 Flood Volunteer Memorial

Axtell Chevrolet Co. readies for flood waters
April 1952

Reinforcing a door in preparation for Missouri River flooding
April 1952

Safe from the threatening reach of the flooding Missouri river, these people who evacuated their homes as flood waters climbed to a new crest sleep soundly at the Red Cross shelter in the Abraham Lincoln High School.

No Visible Support . . . is provided where 10 feet of Illinois Central roadbed is missing beneath this motor car at edge of a tretle near Pigeon Creek. Frank Servia, Omaha, is on trestle.

Evacuates Cow . . . Walter Marshall, 1514 Avenue N, isn't taking any chances that floodwaters might reach his cow. He walks the animal our North Eighth Street to higher ground near Rainbow Drive.

Ready Gas Plant . . . The Gas company takes precautionary action against possible flood by planking and sandbagging its plant. Looking over the work is Fene Amenta, distribution foreman.
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