Ready for the Flood -- An earthen dike goes half way up the side of this building, just being constructed here, in preparation for expected flood. Water already has seeped around small houses (extreme left, background) from Missouri River, only a block away.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Ready for the Flood -- An earthen dike goes half way up the side of this building, just being constructed here, in preparation for expected flood. Water already has seeped around small houses (extreme left, background) from Missouri River, only a block away.

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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