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Floodwater drains from Mound City through a gap in the levee cut by Works Progress Administration men.

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Works Progress Administration men work to drain floodwater through the gap cut in the levee at Mound City.

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Works Progress Administration men float a drowned mule down High Street in Mound City.

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Works Progress Administration men pile up destroyed office furniture in the Mound City Courthouse.

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Works Progress Administration men repair a gap on the south levee at Mounds. On verso: "This gap was cut to let flood water out of Mounds."

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A general view looking north shows the gap cut into the south levee at Mounds.

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Works Progress Administration men clean county record books at the Mound City Court House.

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Works Progress Administration men drain flood water through a gap in the back levee at Mound City.

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The flooding at Hudson "Eerplane" Garage on North Main Street in Harrisburg almost entirely covers the building.

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Works Progress Administration men remove a hog from the home of J. H. Tucker on North Oak Street in Harrisburg.

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Two men stand among the interior damage suffered by the Works Progress Administration tool house in Harrisburg.

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Works Progress Administration men pump floodwater from the cistern of Cue Church at 824 West Church Street in Harrisburg.

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Works Progress Administration men remove sandbags from McKinley Street in front of Everybody's Drug Store in Harrisburg.

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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."

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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.

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A landscape view shows flooding looking south from Route 51 northwest of Mounds.

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The view of flooding on Route 51, 1/2 mile south of Mounds shows submerged buildings.

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Floodwaters cover the intersection of Route 51 and 37 at the Mound City National Cemetery looking south.

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Flooding reaches the top of the first floor of several buildings on Front Street in Mounds looking north.

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A street view shows flooding on Second Street in Mounds looking south.

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

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A street view shows flooding on Front Street looking south in Mounds.

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A street view shows flooded buildings on Front Street in Mounds.

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Houses sit submerged along a flooded street in Mounds.

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