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Council Bluffs, Iowa - - Red Cross canteens served thousands of sandwiches daily to workers on the dikes north of this flood threatened city. Here, a canteen furnished by the St. Louis, Missouri Chapter of the Red Cross, provides coffee and…

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Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Red Cross nurse Mrs. Helen Kruml, of Council Bluffs, takes time out from her numerous medical duties to amuse a young flood victim, Elinor Montgomery, in front of an Indian statue at Washington School, which is now a Red…

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Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Red Cross nurse Mrs. Helen Kruml of Council Bluffs, feeds a bottle of milk to Janice Collier, Council Bluffs at Washington School, which is now serving as a Red Cross emergency shelter. Approximately 195 flood victims are…

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Piers for a new highway bridge usually standing on dry ground were subjected to torrents of Missouri River water during the flood.

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What was once a peaceful farm scene is now a picture of destruction as the Missouri River flooded this farm north of Omaha.

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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.

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Reinforcing a door in preparation for Missouri River flooding
April 1952

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Axtell Chevrolet Co. readies for flood waters
April 1952

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

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Levee breach on the Missouri River
April 1952

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North Levee, Council Bluffs, IA
April 1952

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Misplaced beaver near the Missouri River

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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…

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Power line repair
April 1952

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Deserted railroad tracks
April 1952

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A soldier and his dog taking a break
April 1952

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April 1952
Photo courtesy of Hudleson Studio, Onawa, IA

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Checking out the water meter
April 1952

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Waiting for the barber
April 1952
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