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Works Progress Administration men remove mine gob from West Raymond Street in Harrisburg. On verso: "This was the temporary roadway that was being built during flood."

A group of men view the street cave in at 15th Street and Poplar Street caused by the undercurrent on a broken water pipe in Cairo.

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

Works Progress Administration men load spoiled meat into a truck from the W. E. Parker Store in Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men load spoiled meat and groceries in Mound City.

A street view shows flooding in the southwest section of Mound City.

Flooding submerges several buildings in the southeast section of Mound City.

A view of flooding shows submerged homes in the southeast section of Mound City.

The view of the south section of Shawneetown looking northeast shows several residences piled on top of each other after the flood waters receded.

Flooding in south Mounds submerges the first floor of several homes.

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

Works Progress Administration men clean debris from South Market Street

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.

The lumber from two lumber yards lifted by floodwaters sits on the south levee looking southwest in Shawneetown.

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

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

The view of flooding looking north shows the Shawneetown Public School Building surrounded by water.

The view of flooding looking southwest from Main Street shows the general condition of Shawneetown buildings.

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

Works Progress Administration men repair the sewer on 27th Street and Commercial Street where one of major sand boils wrecked the Cairo Ice and Coal Company Plant. The view is looking north in Cairo.

A street view shows flooding on Second Street in Mounds looking south.

Floodwaters reach the bottom of a school zone sign looking north on Route 51 from the north section of Mounds.

Works Progress Administration men remove sandbags from McKinley Street in front of Everybody's Drug Store in Harrisburg.

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

A man works at the sand boil at 27th Street and Commercial Avenue in Cairo.