Tears of Thanks -- Shown wiping tears from his eyes is Art Zumbaum, 51, who was rescued by helicopter after being marooned for 44 hours on a roof top of a rural Bismarck farm when the Missouri river on a rampage yesterday. To the left of Zumbaum is Gil Gaisler, Red Cross disaster director of Hennepin county-Minneapolis.

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Tears of Thanks -- Shown wiping tears from his eyes is Art Zumbaum, 51, who was rescued by helicopter after being marooned for 44 hours on a roof top of a rural Bismarck farm when the Missouri river on a rampage yesterday. To the left of Zumbaum is Gil Gaisler, Red Cross disaster director of Hennepin county-Minneapolis.

Associated Press · [ca. April 1952]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Floods: 1952: Wire Photos

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