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Works Progress Administration men work on the bulkhead between 4th Street and 6th Street on the Ohio levee in Cairo.

Several men stand next to a pile of sand bags at the sand boil at 40th Street in Cairo.

Works Progress Administration men work on the bulkhead at the foot of 4th Street in Cairo.

W. C. Sargent, local Superintendent of Gulf Warehouse, sits outside of the warehouse in Cairo.

An automobile sits inside the gates of the Gulf Warehouse as the camera looks south in Cairo.

Several men work at the Works Progress Administration Time Office located inside Marine Hospital in Cairo.

Joe Kirch listens on the telephone in the Works Progress Administration Main Office located inside Marine Hospital in Cairo.

Joe Kirch (center) and two other men work at the Works Progress Administration Main Office located inside Marine Hospital in Cairo.

Works Progress Administration men build a bulkhead on the Mississippi River levee at 28th Street and Cache Street in Cairo.

Works Progress Association men work on the Mississippi River Levee.

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.

A landscape view shows flooding on Route 13 looking west near Harrisburg. Peabody Mine Number 43 can be seen in the distance.

A distant view shows flooding at Peabody Mine Number 43 looking northwest from Route 13 near Harrisburg.

Flooding surrounds Peabody Mine Number 43 near Harrisburg.

Sand bags line the entrance to the mine shaft at Peabody Mine Number 43 near Harrisburg.

A landscape view of flooding looking southeast from West Harrisburg shows water levels reaching the rooflines of several houses.

A view shows the flooding at the Works Progress Administration tool house looking east in Harrisburg.

A street view shows flooding on North Main Street looking north four blocks from the square in Harrisburg.

A street view shows the flooding on North Main Street five blocks from the square in Harrisburg.

A railroad crossing sign is just visible above the flooding on North Main Street looking south in Harrisburg.