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This Hyde Park motorist was one of hundreds stranded on flooded Boston streets. The gentleman could go nowhere so patiently waited for water to recede.
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This Hyde Park motorist was one of hundreds stranded on flooded Boston streets. The gentleman could go nowhere so patiently waited for water to recede.

[ca. September 1960]

CC0 — Public Domain
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[Information from item housing] Weather: Hurricane: Donna, Sept. 1960

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