Boots and the Booming Surf - Giant waves roared over the sea wall at Winthrop and in many shore towns, dumping up to four feet on some roads. At left Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lorance move out to safety with Bruce, 6, and Eve, 5, clinging to their dad while Mrs. Lorance holds Bonnie, 1 1/2. At right Army trucks roll through floods past stalled passenger car on Shore Drive, Winthrop, at start of evacuation mission.

Associated Press · [ca. November 1953]

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