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Flood of 1952 File #3
A human chain passes sandbags along at the North Levee in Council Bluffs.
It's Apple Harvest Time in S.W. Iowa
APPLE HARVEST--Autumn time is apple time in Southwestern Iowa. Carefully relieving the bending limbs of their golden fruit is [sic] Archie Stacey and Jack Suhr, both of Glenwood.
It's Apple Harvest Time In S.W. Iowa
First established in 1912...the Carter Orchard east of Glenwood was replanted in 1941. Now covering some 70 acres of the rolling Mills County land, the orachrd containes nearly 2,000 fruit trees...mostly apple. It is presently owned and operated by…
It's Apple Harvest Time In S.W. Iowa
The Journey...from orchard to the farm plant is a careful one as Stacey and Suhr head for the sorting and packing shed with a trailer load of apples.
It's Apple Harvest Time In S.W. Iowa
Both Mechanical And Human Means...are used in sorting and grading the orchard fresh fruit. Edwin Carter watches as apples mover over the grader. Mrs. Carl Yates of Malvern watches for rejects.
It's Apple Harvest Time In S.W. Iowa
Channeled Into Their Proper Bin...by the grader, the apples are next carefully packed in labeled boxes for storage. After Mrs. Truman Chambers of Malvern has deftly packed them, the cases are moved into the mommouth[sic] storage cave where…
It's Apple Harvest Time In S.W. Iowa
Pleasing To Both Eye And Taste...is this box of apples shown by Edwin Carter. The new cardboard packing cases are becoming popular in the trade.
It's Apple Harvest Time In S.W. Iowa
They Look Good Enough To Eat...Calvin Sell of Glenwood displays a box of apples for Mr. and Mrs. Jens Christensen of Route 2, Council Bluffs, who drove out to the orchard to make a purchase.
It's Apple Harvest Time In S.W. Iowa
An Apple A Day...might deep the doctor away, but they also are good eating. Enjoing nice red apples are, left to right: Carole Sue Stacey, Linda Rae Stacey, Mary Williams, Dale Stacey, Anna May Stacey, and Gary Lee Sell.
Flood of 1952 File #3
Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Red Cross volunteer, Mrs. Charles Milner, Council Bluffs, calls upon Levee worker Mr. Ben Myatt, 625 Pierce St., Omaha, NE, to take a sample of her freshly made soup. Mr. Myatt is one of the thousands of volunteer workers…
Flood of 1952 File #3
Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Story telling keeps small children happy in Red Cross disaster shelters. Miss Sue Olsen, student at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, helps amuse six young evacuees.
Flood of 1952 File #3
Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Working under the banner of the Red Cross, women of the Broadway Methodist Church in Council Bluffs prepared hot meals for flood evacuees in the church basement and served evacuees and dike workers in the church basement…
Flood of 1952 File #3
Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Miss Shirleymae Hendrix, a Red Cross volunteer residing at 1649 Madison Ave., Council Bluffs, Iowa, prepares freshly made soup in the kitchen of Moose Hall, which is one of the main food preparation centers in this area. …
Flood of 1952 File #3
Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Red Cross volunteer, Mrs. B. Balaban, residing at 900 North 8th St., Council Bluffs, Iowa, assists PFC Willard Dickerson, Co. Headquarters, 199th Engineers, in moving a case of freshly made sandwiches out of Moose Hall…
Flood of 1952 File #3
Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Making 5,000 sandwiches a day and hundreds of hot meals falls on the shoulders of more than 100 Council Bluffs housewives, a group of whom are shown here at work in the Moose Hall commissary, working as Red Cross…
Flood of 1952 File #3
The North Levee, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Flood of 1952 File #3
Sandbagging efforts along the Missouri River
Flood of 1952 File #3
Sandbagging efforts
Flood of 1952 File #3
NW Railroad officials surveying the tracks