Safe Step in the Flood- A rescue boat comes alongside as man swings from fire escape ladder on Foster street in flood-washed center of Peabody where 30 families were saved. Others wait turn on fire escape above. A Coast Guard amphibious duck completed the rescue a short time later.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Safe Step in the Flood- A rescue boat comes alongside as man swings from fire escape ladder on Foster street in flood-washed center of Peabody where 30 families were saved. Others wait turn on fire escape above. A Coast Guard amphibious duck completed the rescue a short time later.

Murphy, Dan, 1927-2008 · [ca. May 1954]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Floods: May 1954, Peabody

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