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Men work on the sand boil at 27th Street and Commercial Avenue in Cairo.

Several sandbags line one of the lowest places on the Ohio Levee at 42nd Street. The Big Four Railroad Bridge can be seen in the background.

A Coast Guard boat leaves Cairo for Mound City.

A view of the flooding at Camp Cache, located 1 and 1/2 miles north of Cache on Route 150. The image, looking southwest, shows several flooded buildings.

A view of flooding at Camp Cache, looking northwest, shows several submerged buildings.

Governor Henry Horner stands near the waters edge during his visit to Cairo.

Governor Henry Horner is helped down from the Ohio Levee in Cairo.

Works Progress Administration men raise the bulkhead on the Ohio Levee at Cairo.

Works Progress Administration administrator Harry Hopkins looks over flood damage in Cairo.

Works Progress Administration administrator Harry Hopkins stands on the levee in front of the Halliday Hotel in Cairo.

Videographers film movies of Works Progress Administration administrator Harry Hopkins and Governor Henry Horner as they stand on the Ohio Levee in Cairo.

Several men view the flood damage as the camera looks north from 8th Street along the Ohio Levee in Cairo.

Works Progress Administration men trample down dirt in the bulkhead on the Ohio levee in Cairo.

Men navigate a flooded town by boat.

A view of flooding from Route 51, looking south from South Cairo. The Highway Bridge can be seen in the distance.

The oldest bank building in the State of Illinois, located in Shawneetown, is still intact after the flood.