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

An individual sits and uses a radio inside an Air Corps truck built for instrument flying.

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

A barge transports an automobile out of Harrisburg.

Works Progress Administration men clean debris from the backyard of Murry Jennings in Junction.

Part of the Barrett Line in action on the Ohio River at Cairo.

A view of the flooding at Bedford-Nugent Sand and Gravel Company looking west from the Ohio levee shows damaged equipment and buildings.

A view of flooding looking north at the Big Four Railroad Coal Yards shows floodwaters reaching the top of several railway cars carrying coal.

A view of the floodwaters shows flooding looking north from the Big Four Railroad Round House.

Individuals carry a vanity out of the Billingsley residence while cleaning at 417 Commercial after the flood. On verso: "This house was floated from foundation and settled on fence, fence posts through floors."

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

The boat carrying Works Progress Administration administrator Harry Hopkins and his party through floodwaters prepares to undock.

Works Progress Administration workers remove the roof of Bradley's Garage which floated to the center of North Market Street.

Works Progress Administration men clean a building that was used for construction of sanitary privies in Mound City.

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

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

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

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

Works Progress Administration men trample down dirt in the bulkhead on the Ohio levee in Cairo.

Works Progress Administration men burn small animals and poultry found in and around Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men bury the remains of a cow in Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men bury canned fruit and vegetables west of the south levee in Mound City. On verso: "All cans are punctured before burying."

Floodwaters reach the bottom of the Cache River Bridge on Route 51, 4 miles north of Cairo.

A man looks at the flood damage at the Cairo Ice and Coal Company Plant which was partly destroyed by the sand boil at 27th Street and Commercial Avenue in Cairo.

A view of damage at the Cairo Ice and Coal Company Plant from the sand boil at 27th Street and Commercial Avenue which has partly submerged the building.