Safe and Dry--Fred Shaw, right, carries shopping bag of food as rescue workers pulls boat to shore with the rest of his family. Shaw family was removed from their home on the lower part of flooding Wheeling Island today as the Ohio River headed for a 46-foot crest, ten foot over flood stage.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Safe and Dry--Fred Shaw, right, carries shopping bag of food as rescue workers pulls boat to shore with the rest of his family. Shaw family was removed from their home on the lower part of flooding Wheeling Island today as the Ohio River headed for a 46-foot crest, ten foot over flood stage.

Associated Press · [ca. March 1964]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Floods: 1964: Wire Photos

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