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“The Terrible Torrent” by John P. Callahan of the Providence Journal-Bulletin shows the Putnam, Connecticut, flood. It won a tie for third prize in the Spot News category in the 13th annual “News Pictures of the Year” competition, jointly sponsored by the National Press Photographers Association and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Callahan, John P. (Photographer) · [ca. April 1956]
[Information from item housing] Floods: Before 1960: Misc. Photos
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