Grim Task Continues-With the crest of the Missouri river expected in Council Bluffs, Ia., some time last night, the task of filling more sandbags continues at a filling point. Sand is dumped into piles (center); bags filled and then hauled to levee points for sandbagging.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Grim Task Continues-With the crest of the Missouri river expected in Council Bluffs, Ia., some time last night, the task of filling more sandbags continues at a filling point. Sand is dumped into piles (center); bags filled and then hauled to levee points for sandbagging.

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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