Grandmother Rescued - Mrs. Anna Covrig, 92 (center), is lifted aboard a tractor after her farm home near Bellevue, Neb., was threatened by the rising Missouri river. More than 20 farm families were evacuated from Bellevue, a suburb of Omaha, after a 12 square mile area was caught between the surging Missouri and Platte rivers.

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Grandmother Rescued - Mrs. Anna Covrig, 92 (center), is lifted aboard a tractor after her farm home near Bellevue, Neb., was threatened by the rising Missouri river. More than 20 farm families were evacuated from Bellevue, a suburb of Omaha, after a 12 square mile area was caught between the surging Missouri and Platte rivers.

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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