Water Streams Into Town -- White, foaming water streams across the railroad tracks to inundate this Iowa rail junction as the flooding Missouri River neared its crest in that area yesterday. Thousands of acres of farmland along the river's course has been inundated by the surging river and thousands made homeless by the flood.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Water Streams Into Town -- White, foaming water streams across the railroad tracks to inundate this Iowa rail junction as the flooding Missouri River neared its crest in that area yesterday. Thousands of acres of farmland along the river's course has been inundated by the surging river and thousands made homeless by the flood.

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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