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Two men stand among the flooding on U. S. Highway 51, 3 and 1/2 miles north of Cairo, looking east. The Cache River bridge can be seen in the background.

Coast Guard boats sit on the Ohio River looking north from 25th Street in Cairo. The Illinois Central Railroad bridge can be seen in the distance.

Works Progress Administration men fill sand bags at the entrance of the sub-way on Route 151 in Cairo, looking north.

W. Williams, director of District #5, looks over the flood situation from in front of the Halliday Hotel in Cairo.

Men use a power shovel belonging to the United States Forest Service to re-enforce the levee 2 miles north of Cairo.

Jimmie Rogers of Cache rescues his dog "Pepper Martin" from floodwaters. His home can be seen in the distance.

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

A man wades through floodwaters at Camp Cache, Works Progress Administration project 2769, located 1 and 1/2 miles north of Cache on Route 150.

A view looking south shows Civilian Conservation Corps boys of Company 1685 in Sparta working on the Ohio Levee 2 miles north of Cairo.

Works Progress Association men work on the Ohio levee at the 4th Street gap in Cairo.

Works Progress Administration men fill sand bags on the Ohio levee between 3rd Street and 4th Street in Cairo.

Two men stand on the old I. C. dump next to some of W. A. Sinks' rescued livestock near the village of Cache. The view is looking west from Cache Depot.

Works Progress Administration men enter Cairo to work on the levee.

Works Progress Administration men fill sand bags for the Ohio levee in Cairo.

A group of men survey the flooding on Route 51, 3 miles north of Cairo, looking south.

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

Civilian Conservation Corps boys of Company 1685 in Sparta work on the bulk head 2 miles north of Cairo.

Works Progress Administration men work on the bulkhead at the foot of 2nd Street in Cairo.

A view of flooding looking south from the top of the Halliday Hotel in Cairo across the Ohio River show a flooded street.

An aerial view shows the flooding from the top of the Halliday Hotel looking southwest of Cairo.

An aerial view of flooding looking south from the top of the Halliday Hotel in Cairo.

An aerial view shows the flooding when looking north from the top of the Halliday Hotel in Cairo.

An interior view of Gulf Warehouse shows where Works Progress Administration workmen slept in Cairo.

A close up view shows the interior of the sand boil at 40th Street in Cairo.

A view of the beginning of three sand boils at Future City, 1 mile north of Cairo. On verso: "Not large enough to work."