Unpleasant Easter Sunday Chore--Joe Rush (right), filling station owner, and a friend trundle barrow filled with sandbags as they sandbag station this morning. Joe uses the boat tied to the pumps, to get in and out to check on the station. With the crest on the flooding Missouri expected tomorrow, water is continuing to rise in stricken areas.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Unpleasant Easter Sunday Chore--Joe Rush (right), filling station owner, and a friend trundle barrow filled with sandbags as they sandbag station this morning. Joe uses the boat tied to the pumps, to get in and out to check on the station. With the crest on the flooding Missouri expected tomorrow, water is continuing to rise in stricken areas.

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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