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Works Progress Administration men line up to change shifts on the Ohio levee in Cairo.

Works Progress Administration men clean the sidewalk on North Main Street in Mound City.

The lumber from two lumber yards lifted by floodwaters sits on the south levee looking southwest in Shawneetown.

The view of the south levee shows where Works Progress Administration men cut and re-filled a gap used to drain flood water from Mounds.

Works Progress Administration men clean debris from South Market Street

A street view shows flooding in the south section of Mound City looking north.

Flooding in south Mounds submerges the first floor of several homes.

The view of the south section of Shawneetown looking northeast shows several residences piled on top of each other after the flood waters receded.

A view of flooding shows submerged homes in the southeast section of Mound City.

Flooding submerges several buildings in the southeast section of Mound City.

A street view shows flooding in the southwest section of Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men load spoiled meat and groceries in Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men load spoiled meat into a truck from the W. E. Parker Store in Mound City.

The steamboat Richard Barrett takes Works Progress Administration men from Cairo to north of Mound City for a load of sand bags.

A group of men view the street cave in at 15th Street and Poplar Street caused by the undercurrent on a broken water pipe in Cairo.

Works Progress Administration men remove mine gob from West Raymond Street in Harrisburg. On verso: "This was the temporary roadway that was being built during flood."

Works Progress Administration men clean the streets in Shawneetown.

A stranded automobile sits submerged on a flooded street in Mounds.

Houses sit submerged along a flooded street in Mounds.

Floodwaters surround homes in an unidentified north suburb of Mounds.

Several people walk through a tent city.

Works Progress Administration men build toilets for Tent City, 4 miles west of Shawneetown.

A vacant lot containing several of the toilets removed from Mound City streets.

The roofs of several flooded automobiles that were in a traffic jam on Route 37 on the outskirts of Mound City when the Ohio levee broke are barely visible above the water.

A truck takes a load of dead animals from Mound City to the burying grounds.