Operation "Home Again"--Mrs. Harry Springer watches workmen unload her furniture as flood evacuees start moving back into their homes in Council Bluffs today. More than 30,000 Council Bluffs residents and nearly 10,000 in Omaha evacuated as a precaution against possible inundation by Missouri river flood waters last week. The levees held and only a few homes were affected.

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Operation "Home Again"--Mrs. Harry Springer watches workmen unload her furniture as flood evacuees start moving back into their homes in Council Bluffs today. More than 30,000 Council Bluffs residents and nearly 10,000 in Omaha evacuated as a precaution against possible inundation by Missouri river flood waters last week. The levees held and only a few homes were affected.

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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