Evacuation Center--Cots fill the gymnasium at the Abraham Lincoln High School here yesterday, furnishing a haven for Council Bluffs residents evacuated from the low-lying section of the city threatened by the rising waters of the Missouri River. Women and children while away the time as their menfolk man the levees and aid in other volunteer work in the flood-threatened city.

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Evacuation Center--Cots fill the gymnasium at the Abraham Lincoln High School here yesterday, furnishing a haven for Council Bluffs residents evacuated from the low-lying section of the city threatened by the rising waters of the Missouri River. Women and children while away the time as their menfolk man the levees and aid in other volunteer work in the flood-threatened city.

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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