Browse Items (266 total)

Harry Hopkins, director of the Works Progress Administration, visits Cairo in Alexander County after the Ohio River Flood.

Harry Hopkins (front row, left), director of the Works Progress Administration, stands with Governor Henry Horner (front row, center) and other individuals during a visit to Cairo to examine the damage caused by the Ohio River Flood.

Governor Henry Horner uses a small bridge to walk across flood waters during his visit to Cairo after the Ohio River Flood.

Members of the Harry Hopkins party gather on a dock in Cairo. Hopkins was theWorks Progress Administration administrator.

Members of the Harry Hopkins party board a boat in Cairo. Hopkins was theWorks Progress Administration administrator.

A man stands on the boat that escorted the Harry Hopkins Party through the flood waters in southern Illinois after the Ohio River Flood.

Two people in a boat view flooding looking south from Route 1 to the intersection with Route 34 in Harrisburg. Gaskin City can be seen in the distance.

A close up view shows flooding at O'Gara Mine Number 3, looking north.

A close up view shows flooding at O'Gara Mine Number 3.

Flood waters surround O'Gara Mine Number 3. The image was taken looking north.

A boat transports passengers through Harrisburg. The image was taken looking north on Raymond Street in Harrisburg.

A boat transports passengers from Everybody's Drug Store to Church Street and McKinley Street in Harrisburg.

A street view shows flooding looking north on McKinley Street in Harrisburg.

Passengers leave a boat docked on McKinley Street in Harrisburg. This street view is looking south.

A street view shows flooding looking east on Elm Street from Poplar Street in Harrisburg.

Several men stand next to a train engine stuck on the tracks. The image was taken while looking north from East Church Street and Commercial Avenue in Harrisburg.

A barge transports an automobile out of Harrisburg.

A boat transports passengers into Harrisburg.

A boat travels down flooded Raymond Street looking east in Harrisburg.

A street view shows flooding on Raymond Street looking west from Granger Street in Harrisburg.

A landscape view shows flooding looking east from West Harrisburg to what is know locally as "West End".

A landscape view shows flooding looking from City Park towards the public swimming pool in Harrisburg.

Orval Dean and his family look over their flooded home at 713 North Main in Harrisburg.

A street view shows flooding looking north on Main Street.

A landscape view shows flooding looking north from North Main Street on Route 142.