Workers Build Flash-Boards--Carpenters shown here are building flashboards as they prepare for the flood crest of the mighty Missouri expected here tonight. In the background can be seen Kansas City's skyline and at right is the Missouri River flowing by.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Workers Build Flash-Boards--Carpenters shown here are building flashboards as they prepare for the flood crest of the mighty Missouri expected here tonight. In the background can be seen Kansas City's skyline and at right is the Missouri River flowing by.

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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