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

A view of flood damage looking south on North Main Street shows several homes in Mound City.

A man stands outside of a damaged building turned on its side on North Main Street in Mound City.

Gilbert Sheerer, Works Progress Administration foreman, looks through his home in Mound City after the flood. On verso: "This was general condition of each room in his home, the house was left in center of street from flood waters."

Works Progress Administration men turn pages in wet books while drying them.

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

Works Progress Administration men fill and tamp the south levee gap that was cut to drain flood water from Mound City.

A view looking west shows Works Progress Administration men cleaning debris from south 5th Street in Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men throw debris onto a truck from the alley of 4th Street and 5th Street in Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men load debris from the alley between 4th Street and 5th Street in Mound City.

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

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

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 out a well on the farm of Clint Beagle, 1 and 1/2 miles west of Equality in Gallatin County.

Works Progress Administration men pump floodwater out of a well on the farm of Clint Beagel, 1 and 1/2 miles west of Equality.

Works Progress Administration men replace the toilet of Walsh Heath in the village of Ridgway.

Works Progress Administration men fill in the old toilet on the Walsh Heath property in Ridgway.

Works Progress Administration men replace a sanitary toilet after the flood on the property of George Walton in Ridgway.

Works Progress Administration men clean the well at the home of George Walton in Ridgway.

Works Progress Administration men pump floodwater out of the well of S. D. Hill in New Haven.

Works Progress Administration men work to remove floodwater from the well of S. D. Hill in New Haven.

One of the many houses submerged in floodwaters in the west suburbs of Shawneetown along Route 13. On verso: "Dead hog lodged in tree."

A man in a boat travels the flooded streets as the camera focuses west on Route 13 from the suburbs of Shawneetown.

The view of flooding looking west from Main Street on Route 13 near Shawneetown shows several small buildings turned on their sides in the center of the intersection.

The view of National Bank Building looking west from Main Street in Shawneetown shows high floodwaters surrounding the building.