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Debris fills the north-ward view of Main Street in Shawneetown.

Remains of Works Progress Administration sewing machines and equipment stand outside a buildingafter the flood. On verso: "These machines were moved from a one story building into the second floor of another building and was under 5 and 1/2 feet of…

Works Progress Administration men pump flood water from the cistern of the Everett Mathis property in Shawneetown.

Works Progress Administration men re-set the sanitary toilet on the property of Edd Jennings in Junction.

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

Refugees leave Shawneetown High School for home.

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

Flood waters at the J. H. Curry Lumber Company Building reach to the top of the first floor. On verso: "This building originally faced north."

A view of flooding in the central part of Shawneetown shows several submerged buildings with the courthouse in the background, looking southwest.

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

The view of flooding looking north on Main Street from the intersection with Route 13 in Shawneetown shows a person in a boat in the middle of the flooded street.

The oldest bank building in the State of Illinois, located in Shawneetown, is still intact after the flood.

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

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

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

A damaged home in the south section of Shawneetown, looking southwest, shows the condition of all the homes in the area.

The view of National Bank Building looking west from Main Street in Shawneetown shows high floodwaters surrounding the building.

The view of flooding looking west from Main Street on Route 13 near Shawneetown shows several small buildings turned on their sides in the center of the intersection.

A man in a boat travels the flooded streets as the camera focuses west on Route 13 from the suburbs of Shawneetown.

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 work to remove floodwater from the well of S. D. Hill in New Haven.

Works Progress Administration men pump floodwater out of the well of S. D. Hill in New Haven.

Works Progress Administration men clean the well at the home of George Walton in Ridgway.

Works Progress Administration men replace a sanitary toilet after the flood on the property of George Walton in Ridgway.

Works Progress Administration men fill in the old toilet on the Walsh Heath property in Ridgway.