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Mrs. George W. Gunn, the mayor's wife, comes for drinking water shipped in by rail to Mound City. On verso: "This water is closely guarded day and night."

A street view of flood damage looking north on Main Street in Mound City shows several men outside damaged commercial buildings.

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

A street view shows destruction on Route 37 in the south city limits of Mound City, looking north.

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

Works Progress Administration men dump condemned fruit and vegetables at the burying ground southwest of Mound City.

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

Works Progress Administration men pile up destroyed office furniture in the Mound City Courthouse.

Works Progress Administration men float a drowned mule down High Street in Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men work to drain floodwater through the gap cut in the levee at Mound City.

Floodwater drains from Mound City through a gap in the levee cut by Works Progress Administration men.

Floodwaters engulf Roy's Super Service on Route 51 in Mounds.

Floodwaters surround homes in an unidentified north suburb of Mounds.

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

A street view shows flooding in part of the residential district in Mounds.

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

Houses sit submerged along a flooded street in Mounds.

A street view shows flooded buildings on Front Street in Mounds.

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

A stranded automobile sits submerged on a flooded street in Mounds.

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

Flooding reaches the top of the first floor of several buildings on Front Street in Mounds looking north.

Floodwaters cover the intersection of Route 51 and 37 at the Mound City National Cemetery looking south.

The view of flooding on Route 51, 1/2 mile south of Mounds shows submerged buildings.