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An aerial view shows the Cache River overflow with Mermet right centerduring the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

An aerial view shows the Cache River overflow taken east of Mermet when looking east during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

An aerial view shows the Cache River overflow looking east, with Renshaw at left center during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

An easterly aerial view shows the Cache River overflow with Renshaw at lower left during the 1937 Ohio River Flood

A northeasterly aerial view shows the Cache River overflow with Ullin at left center during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Cage Room Mine No. 8 with mine cars full of coal at the Sahara Coal Company, Harrisburg.

A small group of children travel down the steps at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.

Cars line a brick paved road in Cairo.

Two men look at the camera as Cairo residents work in the muddy streets during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Residents of Cairo work in the muddy streets during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Residents work along the railroad tracks at the waters edge in Cairo during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

A view of the waterfront at Cairo shows residents working along train tracks at left during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Residents work on reinforcement along the train tracks running next to the waterfront in Cairo during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Sandbags are brought in on the train tracks at the waterfront in Cairo during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Several businesses line a main street in 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.

A view of the sand boil at 27th Street and Commercial Avenue in Cairo shows the damaged Cairo Ice and Coal Company Plant.

Four men stand at the back of the Cairo Ice and Coal Company Plant looking at part of the major sand boil at 27th Street and Commercial Avenue in Cairo.

An artist's depiction of the banks of the Ohio River at the levee in Cairo shows a line of cars parked above the water front. On verso: "Cairo levee and water front looking south from Sixth Street. Automobile tourists are lined up on levee road…

A street view shows a retaining wall in Cairo during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.

Caleb Smith notifies B.B. French of his appointment by the President as Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds in the City of Washington.