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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…

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,…

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…

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

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

Carter Lake #3
5-27-94
includes riverboat proposals & casino

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.

Reinforcing a door in preparation for Missouri River flooding
April 1952

Axtell Chevrolet Co. readies for flood waters
April 1952

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

Levee breach on the Missouri River
April 1952

North Levee, Council Bluffs, IA
April 1952

Misplaced beaver near the Missouri River

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…

Power line repair
April 1952

Deserted railroad tracks
April 1952

A soldier and his dog taking a break
April 1952

April 1952
Photo courtesy of Hudleson Studio, Onawa, IA

Checking out the water meter
April 1952
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